Jeremy DeSilva in memory of legendary scientist Stephen Hawking, who died last week.
White Travel Writers, Please Stop Saying You Fell in Love with a Country Full of Brown People
Rosalie Metro considers the historical connotation of travel writers saying they "fell in love" with a country.
Dillon Chitto’s Bingo Hall at The Autry Puts the Pueblo Community Front and Center
Pamela Avila on Dillon Chitto's play "Bingo Hall," currently showing at The Autry.
Context-Dependent Discretion, Mood-Reading, Personal Charisma: Talking to Tae-Yeoun Keum
Andy Fitch interviews Tae-Yeoun Keum, who is at work on a book about the legacy of Plato’s myths in political thought.
Mental Illness and School Shootings
Rebecca Seligman argues that we should reframe mental illness as a social phenomenon to better understand the mass shooting epidemic.
Why I Decided to Pose Nude for Bek Andersen
Mark Grayson reflects on his experience of posing nude for photographer Bek Andersen, and the changing definition of masculinity.
Al and Abu Ghraib
Sarah Boxer reflects on the eerie similarities between two famous photographs.
The Warped Lens of Sorrow: The Fourth Corner of the World by Scott Nadelson
Joe Donovan reviews the new collection from Scott Nadelson, "The Fourth Corner of the World."
A Conversation with Poet Laureate, Publisher, and Mentor Luis Rodriguez
RJ Newell talks to Luis Rodriguez, who spoke at the 2017 LARB/USC Publishing Workshop.
Pass the Zantac: Why Nathanael West (Still) Gives Angelenos Heartburn
Palak Patel reviews the Los Angeles classic "The Day of the Locust" by Nathanael West.