• Essays That We, As Ladies of Early Middle Age, Would Like to See Written*

    Today’s post was originally published by LARB Channel Avidly.  “Witty Meeting Comebacks that Indicate Your Displeasure While Concealing the (Professionally Discrediting) Whirling Dervish …

    Marginalia’s Most Read Articles of 2014

    Below are the Top 10 most read articles of 2014 published by LARB Channel Marginalia.  1. The Vanishing Jews of Antiquity — Adele Reinhartz on …

    Our Deep Springs Syllabus

    Today’s post was originally published on LARB Channel Avidly.  By Sarah Mesle and Sarah Blackwood AMERICAN ENCOUNTERS Drs. Sarahs Office Hours: 9-midnight …

    Genius Denied and Reclaimed: A 40-Year Retrospect on Marshall G.S. Hodgson’s The Venture of Islam

    Today’s post was originally published on LARB Channel Marginalia.  By Bruce B. Lawrence Marshall Hodgson was both a genius and a visionary. While …

    On Observation

    Today’s post was originally published on LARB Channel Boom. By Rafe Sagarin In The Log From the Sea of Cortez, John Steinbeck …

    Philosophers and YouTube

    Today’s post, an essay by philosopher Alain de Botton, is from LARB Channel Marginalia. It was published last week – if …

    Nature’s Haunted House

    Today’s post is from LARB Channel Boom. By D.J. Waldie A View from Bixby Hill. Sometimes I go up on a hill that …

    Reading Jeter’s Joy

    Today’s post is from LARB Channel Avidly. By Pete Coviello I am not a sports fan. It’s true, I watch a …

    Stop Hunting Ishi

    Photo: Portrait of Ishi by E.H. Kemp, July 1912. Courtesy of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology and the Regents …

    Futures Past

    Today’s post was originally published on LARB Channel Boom, which describes it as “exploring California landscapes with the San Francisco Estuary …