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    “FEW SOCIAL PRACTICES now seem more antiquated than the formal duel by swords or pistols. The so-called ‘judicial duel’ became …

    Congratulations to New US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera

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    Congratulations to our friend, colleague, contributor and now, US Poet Laureate Juan Felipe Herrera. Read his most recent poems for the …

    Letter From the Chairman

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    Wouldn’t it be of great interest and value if we could watch filmed interviews with our favorite authors from previous eras? …

    A Letter from Editor-in-Chief Tom Lutz

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    Hello friends of LARB,  I’m writing you from Iowa City, which, primarily because of the legendary Writers Workshop and its International …

    Hey Phil

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    By Juan Felipe Herrera for Phil Levine, RIP   They are writing about you Phil – you know good stuff …

    This Week’s Triptych Artist: Claude Viallat

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    Born in Nimes, France in 1936, Claude Viallat last exhibited in New York in 2002 at Cheim Read Gallery. He …

    The LARB Quarterly Journal: Winter 2015

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    The LARB Quarterly Journal is a testament to the fact that print is still thriving as readers continue to have …

    No Crisis: A LARB Special Series

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    “No Crisis” is a Los Angeles Review of Books special series considering the state of critical thinking and writing — …

    LARB’s Top 25 Most Read Articles of 2014

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    1. Young Adult Cancer Story by Briallen Hopper, July 16th, 2014 Author John Green called it his “favorite essay on The Fault in …

    Haiti: Then and Now

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    The following are selections from a photo essay by Allison Shelley titled “Haiti: Then and Now,” documenting Shelley’s time both covering …