"We have learned a lot over the past few weeks and we are still learning." A message from Christopher Castiglia and Christopher Reed.
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A Burning White Ga(y)ze: On “Free Speech” and White Gay Men
Blu Buchanan writes: "In the recent debate regarding trans people ... in the academy, there has been an enormous (white) elephant in the room. Race."
Best of BLARB, 2018
Looking back on 2018, we bring you some notable pieces from the year on LARB's blog, BLARB.
The Land of Remembrance: Jake Marmer’s The Neighbor Out of Sound
Micah Zevin reviews Jake Marmer's poetry collection "The Neighbor Out of Sound."
Lars von Trier’s Ban-Worthy Serial Killer Epic is Really About Us, the Audience
Ellena Basada reviews Lars von Trier's newest psychological horror film, "The House That Jack Built."
Setting Sons: Nicole Holofcener’s The Land of Steady Habits
Grace Lovelace reviews "The Land of Steady Habits," a new film from Nicole Holofcener.
Questions of Genre and Gender: Talking to Cristina Rivera Garza
Andy Fitch interviews Cristina Rivera Garza about her novel "The Taiga Syndrome" (translated by Suzanne Jill Levine and Aviva Kana).
An Open Letter from Queer Studies Scholars
Queer Studies scholars write an open letter in response to "Conversion Therapy v. Re-Education Camp," which ran on BLARB on December 11.
The Poetry of José Eugenio Sánchez
Anthony Seidman reviews Anna Rosenwong's translation of "here the sun’s for real, selected poems" by José Eugenio Sánchez.
Difficult Lessons: Remembering Andrei Bitov (1937-2018)
José Vergara remembers the Russian writer Andrei Bitov, who died on December 3.
