Weijia Pan’s ‘Tokyo’
A new poem by Weijia Pan from the LARB Quarterly, no 49: ‘Traffic.’
All Essays
Hands and Fins and Feet
What a dead goliath grouper, killed by an industrial spill, tells us about cerebrocentrism and our denied kinship with other species.
Fatimah Asghar’s ‘[i can’t fight]’
A new poem by Fatimah Asghar from the LARB Quarterly, no 49: ‘Traffic.’
Kyle Carrero Lopez’s ‘A Few Miles from Prison’
A new poem by Kyle Carrero Lopez from the LARB Quarterly, no 49: ‘Traffic.’
Eleni Sikelianos’s ‘Human Mornings’
A new poem by Eleni Sikelianos from the LARB Quarterly, no 49: ‘Traffic.’
Christina Davis’s ‘Vigil Strange’
From the LARB Quarterly no 49: ‘Traffic,’ a new poem by Christina Davis, dedicated to John H. Davis (1938–2006).
I Ain’t Mad at Cha
On Tupac’s letter to Madonna from prison, and their complex romantic relationship mediated by race, sexualization, and fame.
Lone Geniuses in Political Worlds
Comparing Andy Weir’s and Jules Verne’s political visions of science.
A Place of Greater Safety
In granting their prime minister a third term, Armenians have embarked on a bold historic gamble to align their country with Turkey and the West.
Character Study
The burgeoning field of fiction character biographies.
The Last of the Great Butterfly Collectors
‘Papilio nobilis, male.’
Only a Place Like This
Reporting from a car in Baghdad.
"The Bed Trick" by Izabella Scott
We’re thrilled to announce Izabella Scott's The Bed Trick as the LARB Book Club Fall 2026 selection, a riveting debut work of nonfiction that unravels the twisted tale of a catfishing scheme between best friends that lasted more than a decade and ended in a very public trial.
Who Owns Women Detectives?
Now that Miss Marple and Nancy Drew’s early novels are entering the public domain, what comes next for them?
The Other Asimov
Isaac Asimov’s laws of robotics have influenced AI’s development, but to what end?
Advice from a Stunt Double
In this new story, a stunt double finds Brooklyn’s industrial backyard ripe for urban exploration, and for losing yourself along the way.
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