• The LARB Questionnaire Interviews Avidly

    This week, LARB’s channel Avidly celebrates its third birthday.  In honor of the occasion, Avidly editors Sarah Blackwood and Sarah …

    Making Their Way in The World Today

    Today’s post was originally published by LARB Channel Avidly.  By Sarah Blackwood “City’s hard,” my three-year-old son occasionally remarks. He offers those words …

    The One That Got Away: On Inherent Vice

    Today’s post was originally published by LARB Channel Avidly.  By Evan Kindley “Doc stroked his chin and gazed off into …

    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 …

    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 …

    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 …

    Grief, Investigation, and Mulholland Dr.

    Today’s post was originally published on LARB Channel Avidly. By Lisa Beskin A month or so after my mother’s death in 2001, …

    On the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge and Ferguson

    Today’s post was originally published last week by LARB Channel Avidly.  By M.J. Dinius Last night on Facebook, my friend explicitly …

    Pop Politics: Angela Davis, Nina Simone, and Bob Dylan

    By Jordan Alexander Stein If I hum a few bars, you might begin to recall the tune. It goes like …

    Quiet Days in Malibu: Beck’s Recent Album

    Below is an excerpt from a review by Dave Coon of Beck’s most recent album, “Morning Phase,” originally published on …