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FilmFebruary 14, 2023
The Lessons of “Women Talking”
A recent adaptation of the Miriam Toews novel asks a difficult question: What if the people we love are the people we fear?
Larissa Pham
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November 17, 2021
Emily Ratajkowski: “I’m Very Displeased With Capitalism”
A conversation with the essayist and model about her debut collection My Body, critiquing capitalism, the commodification of one’s image, and much more.
Larissa Pham
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FictionOctober 5, 2021
Anthony Veasna So’s Portraits of Diaspora
His posthumous collection Afterparties is part of a new wave of writing on the cultural memory and historical traumas of Southeast Asian immigrants.
Larissa Pham
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Cultural Criticism and AnalysisNovember 10, 2020
The Limits of the Viral Book Review
Why are literary critics fixating on one quality nowadays?
Larissa Pham
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FictionSeptember 8, 2020
C Pam Zhang’s Radical Retelling of Western Myths
Her novel How Much of These Hills Is Gold follows two Chinese American siblings’ quest to find home amidst the prejudice and danger of the frontier.
Larissa Pham
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Fine ArtDecember 11, 2019
Fast Days, Slow Company: The Art of Vija Celmins
An immersive retrospective of the Los Angeles painter’s work luxuriates in attention to detail.
Larissa Pham
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FictionJuly 30, 2019
Chia-Chia Lin’s Haunting Immigrant Novel
Set in a dreamlike Alaska, The Unpassing examines the hope and tragedy of a Taiwanese-American family.
Larissa Pham
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October 2, 2018
Ling Ma’s Disaster Fiction
Part sci-fi thriller, part genre-fiction, Severance follows a millennial New Yorker’s struggle to survive.
Larissa Pham
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Video ArtMarch 30, 2018
The Ubiquitous Medium
Carissa Rodriguez’s work leads viewers to scrutinize our choices and values as they relate to video—to recording and being recorded.
Larissa Pham
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Literary CriticismJanuary 29, 2018
A Bell With a Distant Ring
There is much to learn from Yasunari Kawabata’s final novel, even as—especially as—it gives rise to more questions than answers.
Larissa Pham