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“If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, come to the LARB Publishing Workshop because it’s going to open doors.” -Anthony Karambelas, 2020 #LARBWorkshop Fellow.
Applications for the 2026 Publishing Workshop are open now until March 15. https://lareviewofbooks.org/publishing-workshop/
Applications for the 2026 Publishing Workshop are open now until March 15. https://lareviewofbooks.org/publishing-workshop/
February 16, 2026 at 10:33 PM
“If you have an entrepreneurial spirit, come to the LARB Publishing Workshop because it’s going to open doors.” -Anthony Karambelas, 2020 #LARBWorkshop Fellow.
Applications for the 2026 Publishing Workshop are open now until March 15. https://lareviewofbooks.org/publishing-workshop/
Applications for the 2026 Publishing Workshop are open now until March 15. https://lareviewofbooks.org/publishing-workshop/
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I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
February 17, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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In an interview for Asymptote Journal, Hiromitsu Koiso discusses his career as a translator, including his experiences translating the works of Anne Carson and Teju Cole: "I feel I was able to introduce a truly remarkable work to Japanese readers and to the literary scene."
Desire is No Light Thing: An Interview with Hiromitsu Koiso on Translating Anne Carson and Teju Cole into Japanese - Asymptote Blog
Rather than being shaped by any single figure, I’m more interested in how one’s present moment can be placed in relation to a much longer history.
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February 17, 2026 at 5:04 PM
In an interview for Asymptote Journal, Hiromitsu Koiso discusses his career as a translator, including his experiences translating the works of Anne Carson and Teju Cole: "I feel I was able to introduce a truly remarkable work to Japanese readers and to the literary scene."
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“Novelists have more of a chance of lasting than historians do. We get supplanted pretty easily. The only way you have a shot at extending your shelf life is by seeking to find and write what you think is the truth.” —Annette Gordon-Reed
Annette Gordon-Reed, The Art of Nonfiction No. 11
“We law professors have a certain arrogance— we think we can be experts on anything.”
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February 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
“Novelists have more of a chance of lasting than historians do. We get supplanted pretty easily. The only way you have a shot at extending your shelf life is by seeking to find and write what you think is the truth.” —Annette Gordon-Reed
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"Michael Silverblatt’s words remind me that great books (and great conversations) are never finished, even when one turns the final page."
From the archives, remembering Michael Silverblatt: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-readers-reader-on-michael-silverblatts-bookworm/
From the archives, remembering Michael Silverblatt: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-readers-reader-on-michael-silverblatts-bookworm/
The Readers’ Reader: On Michael Silverblatt’s “Bookworm” | Los Angeles Review of Books
Chris Via reviews the selection of literary interviews gathered in “Bookworm: Conversations with Michael Silverblatt.
lareviewofbooks.org
February 17, 2026 at 7:40 PM
"Michael Silverblatt’s words remind me that great books (and great conversations) are never finished, even when one turns the final page."
From the archives, remembering Michael Silverblatt: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-readers-reader-on-michael-silverblatts-bookworm/
From the archives, remembering Michael Silverblatt: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-readers-reader-on-michael-silverblatts-bookworm/
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"These are dark times, and the direction of travel looks grim. But who knows what the future has in store? Just look at Taiwan."
Paul Kreitman on Chris Horton’s “Ghost Nation” and CK Lee’s “Forever Hong Kong” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/ghost-nation-taiwan-forever-hong-kong-china-resistance
Paul Kreitman on Chris Horton’s “Ghost Nation” and CK Lee’s “Forever Hong Kong” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/ghost-nation-taiwan-forever-hong-kong-china-resistance
February 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
"These are dark times, and the direction of travel looks grim. But who knows what the future has in store? Just look at Taiwan."
Paul Kreitman on Chris Horton’s “Ghost Nation” and CK Lee’s “Forever Hong Kong” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/ghost-nation-taiwan-forever-hong-kong-china-resistance
Paul Kreitman on Chris Horton’s “Ghost Nation” and CK Lee’s “Forever Hong Kong” https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/ghost-nation-taiwan-forever-hong-kong-china-resistance
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Feels like a good time to repost episode when the brilliant
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February 12, 2026 at 11:24 AM
Feels like a good time to repost episode when the brilliant
@salomesaque.bsky.social was a guest on our podcast. podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/t...
@salomesaque.bsky.social was a guest on our podcast. podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/t...
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We've picked up Rafael Manuel's stunning and surreal FILIPIÑANA for release later this year! This Sundance prize winner, executive produced by Jia Zhangke, follows a young "tee girl" at a posh Manila golf club, whose wanderings reveal troubling truths about the club and her native Philippines. ⛳️ 🇵🇭
February 12, 2026 at 3:15 PM
We've picked up Rafael Manuel's stunning and surreal FILIPIÑANA for release later this year! This Sundance prize winner, executive produced by Jia Zhangke, follows a young "tee girl" at a posh Manila golf club, whose wanderings reveal troubling truths about the club and her native Philippines. ⛳️ 🇵🇭
Arie and Chuko Esiri’s upcoming film, ‘Clarissa.’ The directors of 'Eyimofe'(This is my Desire) ❤️
Ayo Edebiri, Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo, India Amarteifio, and Toheeb Jimoh, have been cast in Arie and Chuko Esiri’s upcoming film, ‘Clarissa.’
‘Clarissa’ will be a modern reimagining of Virginia Woolf's novel 'Mrs. Dalloway.'
‘Clarissa’ will be a modern reimagining of Virginia Woolf's novel 'Mrs. Dalloway.'
February 8, 2026 at 4:12 AM
Arie and Chuko Esiri’s upcoming film, ‘Clarissa.’ The directors of 'Eyimofe'(This is my Desire) ❤️
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Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo, India Amarteifio and Ayo Edebiri will star in ‘CLARISSA’ for Neon.
The film - from directors Arie and Chuko Esiri - is a modern reimagining of Virginia Woolf’s ‘MRS. DALLOWAY’ set in Lagos, Nigeria.
#Clarissa #MrsDalloway #Neon
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
The film - from directors Arie and Chuko Esiri - is a modern reimagining of Virginia Woolf’s ‘MRS. DALLOWAY’ set in Lagos, Nigeria.
#Clarissa #MrsDalloway #Neon
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
February 6, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo, India Amarteifio and Ayo Edebiri will star in ‘CLARISSA’ for Neon.
The film - from directors Arie and Chuko Esiri - is a modern reimagining of Virginia Woolf’s ‘MRS. DALLOWAY’ set in Lagos, Nigeria.
#Clarissa #MrsDalloway #Neon
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
The film - from directors Arie and Chuko Esiri - is a modern reimagining of Virginia Woolf’s ‘MRS. DALLOWAY’ set in Lagos, Nigeria.
#Clarissa #MrsDalloway #Neon
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Virginia Woolf, but make it Lagos ✨ The Esiri twins’ Clarissa reimagines Mrs. Dalloway with Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo, and Ayo Edebiri. Prestige incoming.
#Clarissa #filmsky #AfricanCinema #FilmNews
#Clarissa #filmsky #AfricanCinema #FilmNews
Everything We Know About Clarissa: The Esiri Twins’ Star-Studded Lagos Spin on a Literary Classic
Dust off your vintage Woolf collections and prepare your finest silk kaftans, because the Esiri twins are about to prove that 1920s London high society has nothing on the vibrant, high-stakes social s...
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February 6, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Virginia Woolf, but make it Lagos ✨ The Esiri twins’ Clarissa reimagines Mrs. Dalloway with Sophie Okonedo, David Oyelowo, and Ayo Edebiri. Prestige incoming.
#Clarissa #filmsky #AfricanCinema #FilmNews
#Clarissa #filmsky #AfricanCinema #FilmNews
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Omg thank you for publishing the poems — I’m eager to see the new issue!
So moved by this Carl Phillips poem in our new issue.
February 7, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Omg thank you for publishing the poems — I’m eager to see the new issue!
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“As I look back on it, I think you can feel the unrest and the dis-ease with closure even in my first book.” —Nathaniel Mackey
Nathaniel Mackey, The Art of Poetry No. 107
“By making breath more evident, more material, more dwelled-upon, they make black breath matter, implicitly insist that black lives matter.”
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February 7, 2026 at 2:01 PM
“As I look back on it, I think you can feel the unrest and the dis-ease with closure even in my first book.” —Nathaniel Mackey
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“I put on my suit every day for work.
It takes three hours.
cannot live inside it for more than fifteen
or twenty minutes or I die. So, I don’t.”
Read Kami Enzie’s “Bolaji Badejo,” published in Epiphany #BlackHistoryMonth www.epiphanymagazine.org/features/202...
It takes three hours.
cannot live inside it for more than fifteen
or twenty minutes or I die. So, I don’t.”
Read Kami Enzie’s “Bolaji Badejo,” published in Epiphany #BlackHistoryMonth www.epiphanymagazine.org/features/202...
Bolaji Badejo — Epiphany Magazine
I put on my suit every day for work. It takes three hours.
www.epiphanymagazine.org
February 7, 2026 at 5:35 PM
“I put on my suit every day for work.
It takes three hours.
cannot live inside it for more than fifteen
or twenty minutes or I die. So, I don’t.”
Read Kami Enzie’s “Bolaji Badejo,” published in Epiphany #BlackHistoryMonth www.epiphanymagazine.org/features/202...
It takes three hours.
cannot live inside it for more than fifteen
or twenty minutes or I die. So, I don’t.”
Read Kami Enzie’s “Bolaji Badejo,” published in Epiphany #BlackHistoryMonth www.epiphanymagazine.org/features/202...
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“Our experiences are painful and sometimes annihilating, and if we have the strength to crawl out of and excavate that wreckage, we have to ask ourselves how to describe the truth of it.” —Hilton Als
Hilton Als, The Art of the Essay No. 3
“I’ve kept asking questions and trying, through writing, to understand where I come from.”
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February 2, 2026 at 2:01 PM
“Our experiences are painful and sometimes annihilating, and if we have the strength to crawl out of and excavate that wreckage, we have to ask ourselves how to describe the truth of it.” —Hilton Als
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Don't miss Q&As with director Sophie Hyde on opening weekend of her new film JIMPA, a moving and authentic portrait of a multigenerational queer family starring Olivia Colman and John Lithgow.
Get tickets: knlor.com/jimpanyc
Get tickets: knlor.com/jimpanyc
February 2, 2026 at 6:45 PM
Don't miss Q&As with director Sophie Hyde on opening weekend of her new film JIMPA, a moving and authentic portrait of a multigenerational queer family starring Olivia Colman and John Lithgow.
Get tickets: knlor.com/jimpanyc
Get tickets: knlor.com/jimpanyc
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Check out some of Nicholas Britell's great Closet Picks on the Criterion Channel! ✨
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE
TOKYO OLYMPIAD
LA JETÉE/SANS SOLEIL
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE
TOKYO OLYMPIAD
LA JETÉE/SANS SOLEIL
Nicholas Britell's Closet Picks
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February 2, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Check out some of Nicholas Britell's great Closet Picks on the Criterion Channel! ✨
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE
TOKYO OLYMPIAD
LA JETÉE/SANS SOLEIL
THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VÉRONIQUE
TOKYO OLYMPIAD
LA JETÉE/SANS SOLEIL
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“I wanted to write a book that was beyond what usually gets communicated in language.” —Claudia Rankine
Claudia Rankine, The Art of Poetry No. 102
“I think of America as my audience, and inside that space are white people as well as people of color.”
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February 3, 2026 at 2:01 PM
“I wanted to write a book that was beyond what usually gets communicated in language.” —Claudia Rankine
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“I start with something that bugs me, some philosophical problem, and then I look for a way to explore it.” —Percival Everett
Percival Everett, The Art of Fiction No. 235
“What I want to do is write something that seems like it means something and doesn’t. I want to write a novel that even I don’t understand.”
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February 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
“I start with something that bugs me, some philosophical problem, and then I look for a way to explore it.” —Percival Everett
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I decided to forego my monthly author newsletter and sent this instead. I got loads of positive, encouraging emails (folks from around the world are really pulling for us) and so far have lost only 40 subscribers (which is just a little over 1%). I'm glad to see them go.
February 1, 2026 at 11:30 PM
I decided to forego my monthly author newsletter and sent this instead. I got loads of positive, encouraging emails (folks from around the world are really pulling for us) and so far have lost only 40 subscribers (which is just a little over 1%). I'm glad to see them go.
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Seichō Matsumoto – A Quiet Place (1971). A 2016 translation of a 1971 Japanese novel. A man investigates the mysterious death of his wife and is drawn into committing a crime of his own. The drama is slow and repetitive in places but the novel really kicks off in the second half. #SeichoMatsumoto
February 1, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Seichō Matsumoto – A Quiet Place (1971). A 2016 translation of a 1971 Japanese novel. A man investigates the mysterious death of his wife and is drawn into committing a crime of his own. The drama is slow and repetitive in places but the novel really kicks off in the second half. #SeichoMatsumoto