Lori Feathers on two sleep-obsessed heroes, one in Ottessa Moshfegh's "My Year of Rest and Relaxation," and the other in Ivan Goncharov’s "Oblomov."
Slumber as Self-Preservation: Oblomov and My Year of Rest and Relaxation
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An excerpt from Roberto Simanowski's "Facebook Society: Losing Ourselves in Sharing Ourselves," translated by Susan H. Gillespie.
No Strings Attached: An Argument for Universal Basic Income
As the modern economy rapidly changes and grows, a Universal Basic Income offers a simple solution to poverty in the United States.
On Literary Grifters and Predators
Michelle Falkoff considers why writers are susceptible to being taken advantage of financially, and what to do about it.
Crossing Memories: Reckoning with Loss Past and Present in North and South Korea
Elizabeth W. Son on the 65th anniversary of the signing of the armistice agreement that formally ended the hostilities of the Korean War.
Institutional Norms Taking Hits from Both Sides: Talking to Michael Hayden
Andy Fitch discusses "The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies" with General Michael Hayden.
After We Killed: Reflecting on Memoirs by Darin Strauss and Gregory Orr
Ella Jacobson explores the mental turmoil of those who have accidentally killed someone through the memoirs of Darin Strauss and Gregory Orr.
V. S. Naipaul and the Archbishop
Alan Warhaftig provides a memory of V. S. Naipaul, who died last week at age 85, and the late Trinidadian Archbishop Anthony Panti.
To Change the Dialogue: An Interview with Claire G. Coleman
Robert Wood interviews Noongar writer Claire G. Coleman about her novel "Terra Nullius," out in September.
Beyond Baroque in Los Angeles
Oona Oglesby on Los Angeles bookstore Beyond Baroque, which is part of LARB's Reckless Reader program.
