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Laura Marsh

Laura Marsh is the literary editor of the New Republic. She has written for the New York Review of Books, Dissent, Bookforum, The Times Literary Supplement and Literary Review. Previously she was an editor at the New York Review of Books.

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June 18, 2021
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In the Malcolm Archives
Four writers reflect on the legacy of Janet Malcolm, who died this week at 86.
June 18, 2021
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Moving to Janet Malcolm’s America
In unflinching prose, Malcolm described the ordinariness of American life and the erratic impulses beneath the surface.
March 22, 2021
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Philip Roth’s Revenge Fantasy
The novelist wanted his biography to settle scores. It has badly backfired.
May 19, 2020
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The Flawed Fantasy of a Different Hillary Clinton
Curtis Sittenfeld’s novel “Rodham” imagines an alternative world in which Hillary never marries Bill.
February 12, 2020
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Infinite Jerk
Adrienne Miller’s memoir of her relationship with David Foster Wallace is part of an emerging genre of women coming of age via an older, powerful man.
March 21, 2017
More than Magic: the Legacy of Robert Silvers
The editor of the 'New York Review of Books' championed the life of the mind.
October 27, 2016
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The Flaws of the Overton Window Theory
How an obscure libertarian idea became the go-to explanation for this year’s crazy politics.
September 6, 2016
In Praise of Pamela Adlon
'Better Things,' her new show with Louis C.K., finally puts Adlon in the lead with this female-led autobiographical comedy.
August 30, 2016
The Myth of the Millennial as Cultural Rebel
We have two popular historians to blame for our profound misunderstanding of young people’s lifestyle choices.
April 5, 2016
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Vladimir Nabokov, Scientific Genius
He made thousands of obsessive drawings of butterflies—but do they help us read his novels?
December 28, 2015
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The Radical History of 1960s Adult Coloring Books
These subversive coloring books ridiculed pill-popping executives, hipsters, communist-hunters, and conspiracy theorists.
December 8, 2015
The Year in Literary Backlash
A guide to books the critics loved and hated in equal measure.
November 24, 2015
Food, Interrupted
Bee Wilson's “First Bite” explores the roots of our disordered twenty-first century eating habits.
October 14, 2015
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Can a Pickup Artist Unlearn His Tricks?
An evening with the author of "The Game"—and his fans
September 21, 2015
The Scientific Art of the Perfect Meal
A new wave of food bloggers optimize our favorite recipes
August 6, 2015
Vacations with Marilyn, Dinner with Picasso
At 99, George Braziller surveys his publishing empire in a new memoir
July 31, 2015
What’s David Foster Wallace Doing in a Bromance Movie?
July 21, 2015
Complicated Fame
Interest in Joan Didion's personal life—and her personal belongings—has become insatiable.
July 16, 2015
What's the Next 'Go Set a Watchman'?
The lost works of Joan Didion, Marilynne Robinson, and other great writers
July 14, 2015
These Scholars Have Been Pointing Out Atticus Finch's Racism for Years

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