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    Wounds in Time: Why We Need Rothko More Than Ever

    Brad Evans on the prescience of Mark Rothko’s work, which “opens up wounds in time.”

    Kavanaugh and the Judicial Temperament Issue: A Personal View

    LARB's legal affairs editor Don Franzen examines whether Brett Kavanaugh passes the judicial temperament test.

    To My Younger Self: Los Angeles, 1972

    Stephanie Taylor writers a letter to her younger self, when she was working in advertising in Los Angeles in 1972.

    What’s Funny in A Farewell to Arms

    Verna Kale writes on the under-appreciated comedy of Hemingway's classic, "A Farewell to Arms."

    Livable Art: Classical Music in The Ensemble and The Incendiaries

    Shannon Draucker examines the role classical music plays in two recent novels, Aja Gabel's "The Ensemble" and R. O. Kwon's "The Incendiaries."

    Renovating the House (and Senate…)

    "One thing that sent Christine Blasey Ford to therapy in 2012 was a marital disagreement about a house renovation," writes Bonnie Honig.

    The Colors of Pyongyang, Seoul’s Shadow Self

    Much of South Korea had some or all of last week off work, owing to the chuseok fall harvest festival. …

    An Image or Idea Arises to Fill Out the Blank: An Interview with Poet Kate Colby

    Nathan Scott McNamara interviews poet Kate Colby about her new book "The Arrangements."

    Alabama Was Bringing it: Talking to Carol Anderson

    Andy Fitch interviews Carol Anderson, author of "One Person, No Vote: How Voter Suppression Is Destroying Our Democracy."

    The Outdoor Shower, In Three Acts

    Amy Carleton shares her love for the outdoor shower.