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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 …
