(Editor’s Note: This piece was originally posted on Avidly, one of our LARB Channels, and was featured on USA …
Ramona at Forty: From Avidly
June 2014
Graffiti in Beijing
By Cutler Dozier A skinny 21-year-old Beijinger with shoulder length hair, wearing baggy jeans and a worn t-shirt, stares through his …
Marginalia Radio Interviews Elizabeth Johnson
https://soundcloud.com/marginalia/mrb-radio-12-elizabeth-johnson Marginalia’s interview with Elizabeth Johnson, part of their ongoing series of radio-style interviews, was published today. Elizabeth Johnson is Distinguished …
Dear Television Weekly Roundup: May 31 – June 7
By Jacob Surpin It’s summer, and times are changing here at the LARB Blog. In addition to the LARB Channels …
To Speak Truly About God: A Review From Marginalia
The beginning of the essay over on Marginalia, by Rowan Williams: When we say that something is true or adequate, …
Satire, Cyberspace and the 25th Anniversary of the June 4th Massacre
I learned several weeks ago that China Digital Times was about to publish Crazy Crab’s Chinese Dream in Cartoons, an …
Words, Words, Words: Part of Avidly’s Series on Public Intellectualism
Avidly is running a selection of pieces on public intellectualism and the public commons this week. Today they published the …
A Quantitative Analysis of California in World Literature, from Boom
David L. Ulin writes: California owes its name to the written word. The source is the fictional Queen Califia, whose …