The Best of Los Angeles Review of Books
10 most popular Los Angeles Review of Books articles, as voted by our community.
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The Program Era and the Mainly White Room
We are insistent on something structural: at most of the poetry readings we attend, the room is mainly white....
Los Angeles Review of Books on Books
Ugly Cats and the Loneliness of Man
Lauren Collee reflects on the history of cats as companions and as subjects of internet memes....
The Habit of Interestedness: On Eva Brann’s “Pursuits of Happiness”
Peggy Ellsberg reviews Eva Brann’s “Pursuits of Happiness: On Being Interested.”...
Los Angeles Review of Books on Gaming
There Is No Escape: On Supergiant’s “Hades”
Vivian Lam explores how Supergiant’s “Hades” turns Greek myth into a subversive allegory of resistance....
Los Angeles Review of Books on Politics
Beyond Liberalism?: On Raymond Geuss’s “Not Thinking Like a Liberal”
Richard Eldridge reviews Raymond Geuss’s “Not Thinking Like a Liberal.”...
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The Philosophy of Shittiness: On Kieran Setiya’s “Life Is Hard”
Helena de Bres reviews Kieran Setiya’s new book, “Life Is Hard: How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way.”...
The Internet Is a Crime Against Humanity
Justin E. H. Smith’s new book, “The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is,” shows how the human dream of telecommunication has been twisted into a nightmare....
The Storykeeper: A Conversation with Svetlana Alexievich
José Vergara and his students ask Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich about how war has shaped her work, as well as about her writing process and Chornobyl’s legacy.
Breaking into English
Lily Meyer on the hard work of translators and editors that brings international literature to English-language readers....
How to Read English in India
Akshya Saxena tells us why English in India is A Good Thing to Have.
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