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In this upcoming *extra* special edition of #LARBRadioHour, we're bringing the episode to you: we're hosting a live Radio Hour. Join us on January 11 in Pacific Palisades alongside hosts Eric Newman, Kate Wolf, and Medaya Ocher. They'll be joined by journalists Leslie Berestein Rojas and Oscar Garza to discuss the objectivity of media outlets, rise of right-wing politics, the future of newspapers and magazines, and the integrity of journalism when faced with corporatization, and ultimately address the question: is the media alright? RSVP at our #linkinprofile. https://lareviewofbooks.org/event/is-the-media-alright-larb-radio-hour-live/

In the newest LARB Quarterly, we’re taking a look at the things we fixate on—and everything we miss because of it. LARB Quarterly, no. 43: Fixation is out now, with new essays, short fiction, and poetry from Charlie Clewis, Venita Blackburn, Brontez Purnell and more. Featuring: @melissaseley @charley.burlock @phi_beta_bimbo Arielle Gordon @brontezpurnell Christina Wood Charlie Clewis @escobabes8 David Hollander @evan.mcgarvey @emotrophywife @bradybricknerwood @v_is_for @claressinka Douglas Manuel @baruchdayanemet Connie Voisine and Jenny Xie. Get yours now at our #linkinprofile. https://lareviewofbooks.org/quarterly/

We're starting to close out 2024, and as we look ahead to 2025, we have at least one big assignment remaining: to meet a generous matching grant challenge made by an anonymous donor. Every gift we receive between now and December 31 will be doubled up to $100,000. Reaching $200,000 would go an incredibly long way to support our staff and operations as a small nonprofit organization. We need your support to continue the work that you—and millions of global readers, local community members, and workshop students and alumni—rely on. Please give today at our #linkinprofile. https://lareviewofbooks.org/donate?utm_source=social&utm_medium=igfeed&utm_campaign=openingletter

Our current hyperfixations (excluding our new Quarterly)! LARB Quarterly, no. 43: Fixation is here now at our #linkinprofile. https://lareviewofbooks.org/quarterly/

In a new short story by Grace Byron (@emotrophywife) for LARB Quarterly, no. 43: Fixation, a woman navigates pain, punishment, and being a couple’s third. Read at our #linkinprofile. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/bright/

Before 2024 ends, we want to give your favorites back to you. Your LARB Wrapped is here, with our top 10 most-read pieces of the year. Check them out at our #linkinprofile. https://lareviewofbooks.org/feature/most-read-of-2024/

The year is winding down, and the holidays are ramping up. If you need a little help brainstorming what to get for your loved ones (or yourself), you’re in luck: the LARB gift guide is here. You can get any or all of our gifts by donating instead of buying; it’s like a typical gift guide but better—it’s tax-deductible. More at our #linkinprofile. https://lareviewofbooks.org/donate?utm_source=social&utm_medium=igfeed&utm_campaign=openingletter

“What is there left that isn’t repetition and revision, / now that meaning has no skin and the unfamiliar arrives more / or less at the same temperature?” In the new issue of LARB Quarterly, no. 43: Fixation, Jenny Xie, @baruchdayanemet, and @claressinka offer three new poems. Read at our #linkinprofile. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/three-new-poems-straining-for-the-noise-srdicko-boli-and-has-your-spirit-dried-up/

On this week's #LARBRadioHour, Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf are joined by writer Kathryn Davis. Davis discusses her novel "Versailles", originally published in 2002, recently reissued by @graywolfpress. "Versailles" is the story of Marie Antoinette, beginning when she’s a teenager traveling to France. The book is a lyrical meditation on personhood and girlhood, amidst the objects and structures of power, politics and history. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, or at our #linkinprofile. https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/kathryn-davis-versailles/

Happy holidays! With new editors, new workshops, new LARB Quarterlies, one new dog, one new baby, and so much more, 2024 was a big year for LARB. Here’s some of the things our staff got up to this year—but we couldn’t have done it without you! Help us keep it going in 2025 at our #linkinprofile! Portraits by @tiger_stepmom <3 https://lareviewofbooks.org/donate?utm_source=social&utm_medium=igfeed&utm_campaign=openingletter

Check out our reviews from November 30 - December 6 at our #linkinprofile! https://lareviewofbooks.org/articles/reviews/ Trenton B. Olsen’s review of Camille Peri’s “A Wilder Shore: The Romantic Odyssey of Fanny and Robert Louis Stevenson” . Blaire Briody’s review of Sasha Abramsky’s “Chaos Comes Calling: The Battle Against the Far-Right Takeover of Small-Town America” . Katie Peterson’s review of Hannah Arendt’s “What Remains: The Collected Poems of Hannah Arendt,” edited by Samantha Rose Hill #bookreviews #lareviewofbooks #LARB #literarycriticism #nonfiction #fiction #politics #robertlouisstevenson #biography #romance #altright #conservatism #gop #ruralamerica #poetry #hannaharendt

@brontezpurnell pays tribute to Madonna and "Desperately Seeking Susan" for LARB Quarterly, no. 43: Fixation."It showcased and capitalized on Madonna’s image and her fame, but it also reimagined what an It girl could be." Read at our #linkinprofile. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-only-girl-in-the-world-on-madonna-and-desperately-seeking-susan/