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"Most commenters agree that reading is in trouble; the question is just how bad things have gotten." Michael O’Donnell reviews James Marriott’s new book, "The New Dark Ages": lareviewofbooks.org/article/new-dar…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 3h
"Eros may be there on the surface, but 'forever gone,' it seems to me, is Hofmann’s true subject." Austen Leah Rose reviews Richie Hofmann’s poetry collection, "The Bronze Arms": lareviewofbooks.org/article/richie-…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 20h
"'Ply' moves beyond both classical physics and realist fiction to point toward the possibility of transcending capitalism itself." M. Keith Booker reviews Hernan Diaz's third novel, "Ply": lareviewofbooks.org/article/hernan-…
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The Slow Apocalypse of Capitalist Decay | Los Angeles Review of Books
Hernan Diaz completes his hopeful trilogy following the rise and fall of American capitalism.
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 21h
Coming to a screen near you. Join us on October 10 at the Now Instant Bar and Bookstore for a special screening celebrating our 50th LARB Quarterly, Scene. And then stick around for drinks at our issue launch party! Get tickets now: now-instant.la/events/larb-scene
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 23h
"The Countess’s youthful beauty, like all life, contained within it a reminder of its inevitable end." Meghan Racklin reviews Benedetta Craveri’s biography of Virginia Oldoini: lareviewofbooks.org/article/virgini…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Celebrate 15 years of LARB! Join us on Saturday, Nov. 7th for our anniversary gala celebration. Enjoy a special evening of dinner, drinks, conversation, and more as we honor Jamaica Kincaid’s extraordinary career. Tickets available now: lareviewofbooks.org/event/15th-anni…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"'The Rhyl Poster' is more conventionally plotted than its precursors, but it’s still summative." Tom LeClair on "The Rhyl Poster": lareviewofbooks.org/article/rhyl-po…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ronald Mellor explores Mary Beard's "Talking Classics": "One of Beard’s recurring concerns is how Greco-Roman antiquity can challenge us to look, as she puts it, 'demons in the eye.'" lareviewofbooks.org/article/mary-be…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Games like 'Pokopia' help us at least think through the possibility of 'dying well' in an age of ever-looming nuclear disaster and environmental collapse." Phoenix Alexander on "Pokopia": lareviewofbooks.org/article/pokemon…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"In more modern times, maybe they even felt a bit superior for not using air-conditioning. And maybe their sense of superiority is well earned." Jennifer Lunden on surviving France's heat waves: lareviewofbooks.org/article/jennife…
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Greetings from the Inferno | Los Angeles Review of Books
Postcards from an American in an increasingly hotter France.
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"She has inspired books, films, and poems, but the first work devoted to the replication of her beauty was her own corpus of images." Meghan Racklin reviews "The Contessa": lareviewofbooks.org/article/virgini…
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Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
@lareviewofbooks.bsky.social  reviews THE MAN WHO READ EVERYTHING. "Beyond the concerns of cultural theory and literary history, this short but rich selection of letters between Bloom and eight fellow writers offers much to ponder in the dim wintry light of our times."
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Lord Knows What I Am | Los Angeles Review of Books
What we can learn from the published correspondence of literary critic and academic titan Harold Bloom.
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Elizabeth Alsop @elizabethalsop.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I loved writing this piece, and I love Steven Conrad’s weird shows, and I hope more people—especially those who liked DTF St Louis—will watch Patriot and Perpetual Grace LTD
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Bowie and Renan make a powerful argument against judicial review. Don’t let this review displace your own review—you should dig into their case." Leah M. Litman on the case of "Supremacy": lareviewofbooks.org/article/suprema…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In this special chat episode of the #LARBRadioHour, Medaya Ocher, Eric Newman, and Kate Wolf use Catherine Liu's new book "Traumatized" to dive into the political uses and pitfalls of trauma. Listen now: lareviewofbooks.org/av/catherine-li…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Despite generic foundations, it’s clear from the start that 'DTF St. Louis' is something stranger, and sadder, than a standard noir." @elizabethalsop.bsky.social on "DTF St. Louis": lareviewofbooks.org/article/dtf-st-…
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Phoenix Alexander @dracopoullos.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My article on Pokopia and the climate crisis is out in LARB today! @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social What do Bill, fictional inventor of the Pokémon storage system, and Joanna Russ, sf legend, have in common? lareviewofbooks.org/article/poke...
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The greatest lesson of the book is that the study of the classics should not be merely an elite preoccupation but should force us to 'read difficult things.'" Ronald Mellor on Mary Beard's "Talking Classics": lareviewofbooks.org/article/mary-be…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"Here, the Anthropocene is the final boss: one that cannot be defeated by violence—there is no combat in the game—but only by empathy." Phoenix Alexander on the new "Pokopia" game: lareviewofbooks.org/article/pokemon…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Alison Laurence on "The End of Oak Street": "All dinosaur stories, from scholarly articles to science fiction, contain elements of fact and fantasy working together." lareviewofbooks.org/article/end-oak…
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We Tell Ourselves Dinosaur Stories in Order to Live | Los Angeles Review of Books
We live within a library of antediluvian narratives, with more accessioned every day.
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Niko Bowie @nikobowie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@leahlitman.bsky.social makes the case for Supremacy (the book, not the idea!) in @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social:
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Who Is Supreme, the People or the Court? | Los Angeles Review of Books
Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan’s new book challenges the supremacy of judicial review over democracy itself.
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"'From Life' makes a concerted effort to weave the diverse threads of Berger’s work into a cohesive tapestry without smoothing out its multitextured richness." Zach Gibson on Tom Overton’s biography of John Berger: lareviewofbooks.org/article/john-be…
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Leah Litman @leahlitman.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I reviewed SUPREMACY for the Los Angeles Review of Books! @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/supr...
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Who Is Supreme, the People or the Court? | Los Angeles Review of Books
Nikolas Bowie and Daphna Renan’s new book challenges the supremacy of judicial review over democracy itself.
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"In an age of highly predictive text, improbability has the virtue of assuring viewers: this was made by human hands." @elizabethalsop.bsky.social reviews HBO's "DTF St. Louis": lareviewofbooks.org/article/dtf-st-…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
"Every once in a while, a book comes along that is so transformative and so persuasive that it has the potential to shape our institutions and our democracy." Leah M. Litman reviews "Supremacy": lareviewofbooks.org/article/suprema…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Though 'Ply' might not seem the most scintillating title, it is quite appropriate for several reasons, some more obvious than others." M. Keith Booker reviews Hernan Diaz's third novel, "Ply": lareviewofbooks.org/article/hernan-…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"It’s as if the children are moving with us through the poems. The effect of crossing mediums is soul-preserving." Christian Wessels reviews Fady Joudah’s "Exhibit G" and resisting the "unspeakable": lareviewofbooks.org/article/fady-jo…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"I try to feel for its radiations, where they might land on my skin. Hers are the delayed rays of a star." Vanessa Holyoak on the work of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha: lareviewofbooks.org/article/theresa…
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Generous Opacities | Los Angeles Review of Books
Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s wide-ranging art practice is on display in a traveling retrospective.
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Places, please! The stage is set for the launch of our 50th Quarterly issue, Scene. Join us on October 10 at the Now Instant Bar and Bookstore for a night of screenings, readings, and festivities. This is your cue. Get tickets now: now-instant.la/events/larb-scene
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"'From Life' stands as a testament to Berger’s faith in the storyteller’s role in sustaining our companionship with those who are no longer alive." Zach Gibson reviews Tom Overton’s biography of John Berger: lareviewofbooks.org/article/john-be…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"The novel gets to the rotten core of the influencer ecosystem, the corporate hyper-consumerism underlying its semblance of connection." Xavier Aldana Reyes reviews Alma Katsu's "Incarnate": lareviewofbooks.org/article/alma-ka…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"'JOAN' asks to be read differently, read as different, read as a neither/nor, both/and. Maybe seen, maybe unseen. Maybe hiding, maybe found." Amanda Hawkins explores Jake Rose's "JOAN": lareviewofbooks.org/article/joan-of…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
How do I make this about me—and how do I make it about more? Join Mychal Denzel Smith for a workshop on weaving personal narratives with research, criticism, and argument in non-fiction. Learn more: lareviewofbooks.org/event/interiore…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"'Exhibit G' echoes this idea that finality is dishonest, a veneer that must be challenged in order to understand cultural erasure and political complicity." Christian Wessels reviews Fady Joudah’s "Exhibit G": lareviewofbooks.org/article/fady-jo…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"'Ply' moves beyond both classical physics and realist fiction to point toward the possibility of transcending capitalism itself." M. Keith Booker reviews Hernan Diaz's third novel, "Ply": lareviewofbooks.org/article/hernan-…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"When I decided to move here, I did not know that Europe is the world’s fastest-warming continent, heating up at twice the speed of the global average." Jennifer Lunden's writes about France's heat wave: lareviewofbooks.org/article/jennife…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
All dinosaur stories, from scholarly articles to science fiction, contain elements of fact and fantasy working together." Alison Laurence on "The End of Oak Street": lareviewofbooks.org/article/end-oak…
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We Tell Ourselves Dinosaur Stories in Order to Live | Los Angeles Review of Books
We live within a library of antediluvian narratives, with more accessioned every day.
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Xavier Aldana Reyes @xaldanareyes.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My first review for Los Angeles Review of Books is out! Incarnate will appeal to anyone interested in 'beauty horror' or 'social media horror'. @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social lareviewofbooks.org/article/alma... #horror #beautyhorror #bodyhorror #gothic
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Another Means to Torment | Los Angeles Review of Books
Alma Katsu crafts beauty horror for the age of influencers.
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Even when the language sounds contemporary in its diction, detail, and clip, the experience is slippery across times, and this contributes to its pleasure." Amanda Hawkins reviews Jake Rose's "JOAN": lareviewofbooks.org/article/joan-of…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"'Incarnate' seems dedicated to this generation, and its message is crystal clear" Xavier Aldana Reyes on Alma Katsu's "Incarnate": lareviewofbooks.org/article/alma-ka…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Last chance! Get 25% off your year-long LARB x Kismet subscription. Offer ends *TODAY.* Don’t miss it—join now: account.lareviewofbooks.org/forms/k…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Chekhov sought to anesthetize our anesthetized empathy, to inoculate us against ignorance and indifference." Raymond De Luca reviews Yuri Corrgian’s "Chekhov’s Antidotes:": lareviewofbooks.org/article/anton-c…
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A Humanism of Bad News | Los Angeles Review of Books
Revisiting Chekhov’s literary prescriptions for our divided times.
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"The book’s metaphors are bombastic and excessive. They now shape our cultural and political present." Alexandra Minna Stern on the eugenics fantasies of Jean Raspail’s "The Camp of the Saints": lareviewofbooks.org/article/camp-sa…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"It seems as though I have jumped from the frying pan into a different frying pan." Jennifer Lunden's postcards from France's heat waves: lareviewofbooks.org/article/jennife…
Athanasius Kircher's Systema Ideale Pyrophylaciorum Subterraneorum
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"The stories featured tell of struggle, of deep conviction, of the desire for justice." Shaul Magid dives into Benjamin Moser's "Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History": lareviewofbooks.org/article/anti-zi…
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Snow Globe Palimpsest | Los Angeles Review of Books
Benjamin Moser delivers biographical sketches of Jews who refused to abandon the Diaspora.
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Alison Laurence on "The End of Oak Street": "All dinosaur stories, from scholarly articles to science fiction, contain elements of fact and fantasy working together." lareviewofbooks.org/article/end-oak…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Are you oversharing, undersharing, or somewhere in between? Join Mychal Denzel Smith for a six-week workshop exploring how to weave the personal with the public in non-fiction writing. Learn more: lareviewofbooks.org/event/interiore…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The best things come in two. Only TWO DAYS left to get your LARB x Kismet joint subscription. Receive a year-long print + digital subscription to both publications for 25% off. Offer ends Sept 27. Don’t miss it—join now: account.lareviewofbooks.org/forms/k…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
"Why is a half-century-old French novel by Jean Raspail being repeatedly invoked in the mainstream media and across social media?" Alexandra Minna Stern on the eugenics fantasies of "Camp of the Saints": lareviewofbooks.org/article/camp-sa…
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Los Angeles Review of Books @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One price. Two magazines. Three days left. The LARB x Kismet joint subscription deal is almost over. Receive a year-long print + digital subscription to both publications for 25% off. Offer ends Sept 27. Join now: account.lareviewofbooks.org/forms/k…
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