Andy Fitch interviews Cristina Rivera Garza about her novel "The Taiga Syndrome" (translated by Suzanne Jill Levine and Aviva Kana).
Questions of Genre and Gender: Talking to Cristina Rivera Garza
LARB Blog
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.
Living Inside Your Mediocre Moment: Heather Havrilesky’s What If This Were Enough?
Phoenix Tso reviews Heather Havrilesky’s essay collection "What If This Were Enough?"
Conversion Therapy v. Re-education Camp: An Open Letter to Grace Lavery
Christopher Castiglia and Christopher Reed respond to Grace Lavery's essay "Grad School as Conversion Therapy."
LARB Channel Highlights, 2018
The LARB Channels are wholly independent online magazines supported by LARB. Here, some of our Channel editors have highlighted standout pieces from 2018.
Centenary: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008)
"Had he died during the 1960s, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn would have been remembered as a hero, a prophet, and a great writer from a country of great writers."
Revisiting 301, 302, Park Chul-soo’s Stylish Film About Food, Sex, and Other Horrors
Colin Marshall considers the grotesque sensory of experience of Park Chul-soo's film "301, 302."
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy Upends the Rock-Star Memoir with Let’s Go
Eric R. Danton reviews "Let's Go (So We Can Get Back)," a memoir from Wilco's Jeff Tweedy.
