Today’s post was originally published by LARB Channel The Offing. By Maruan Paschen Translated by Amanda DeMarco Muammer’s last day is my first …
March 2015
Cookie on My Mind
By Magdalena Edwards It’s Wednesday again and I miss Cookie. I know I’m not the only one, given how Fox’s …
The People’s Republic of Amnesia and Age of Ambition Revisited: A Quick Q&A
By Jeffrey Wasserstrom Many twelve-month periods witness the publication of one or two significant books by talented journalists with long …
Days and Nights of Candlewood
This piece was originally published by LARB Channel The Offing. By Paul Lisicky I knew that it was going to be temporary: You …
A Q&A with The Offing
The Los Angeles Review of Books is happy to announce a new channel, The Offing, an online literary magazine publishing …
Coming Home: The Problem of Haigui, Then and Now
By Austin Dean The rhythms of social media are everywhere the same: a story goes viral, peaks, and fades away. …
Death and the Author: A Brief Commemoration of Terry Pratchett
By Andrew M. Butler By now, of course, Death is almost an old friend. You’ll know him when you see …
Inconvenient Truths
By Maura Elizabeth Cunningham It’s not every week that China-and-India-watchers have parallel stories to chew over, but that’s what’s been …
This Week’s Triptych Artist: Lois Conner
Lois Conner is known for her large-scale panoramic photographs relating to a global landscape. Her pictures are characterized by their …
Another Perspective on Goshen
By Faheem Haider SOME 20 YEARS AGO, while living in a small village near Goshen, New York, I got my …