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We’re very pleased to announce Medaya Ocher as our next Editor-in-Chief! No stranger to LARB, Medaya served as our Managing Editor and Senior Editor from 2014–2021, and is a current host of the LARB Radio Hour. We’re thrilled to welcome Medaya back to direct LARB’s vision.
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We’re very pleased to announce Medaya Ocher as our next Editor-in-Chief! No stranger to LARB, Medaya served as our Managing Editor and Senior Editor from 2014–2021, and is a current host of the LARB Radio Hour. We’re thrilled to welcome Medaya back to direct LARB’s vision.
Delighted to be back at LARB!
We’re very pleased to announce Medaya Ocher as our next Editor-in-Chief! No stranger to LARB, Medaya served as our Managing Editor and Senior Editor from 2014–2021, and is a current host of the LARB Radio Hour. We’re thrilled to welcome Medaya back to direct LARB’s vision.
Wonderful interview and mention of how Beyond Baroque informed @nancyagabian's writing journey when discussing her new book, The Fear of Large and Small Nations, with @Chahinian in @LAReviewofBooks. Stay tuned for Nancy's live reading of her novel this spring at Beyond Baroque!
"It felt like, all this is going down in Artsakh, but you guys are attacking your queer brothers and sisters? Have you lost your souls?" @Chahinian interviews @nancyagabian on her new book, "The Fear of Large and Small Nations." lareviewofbooks.org/article/parent…
wrote about playing squid games with christine medrano (normal & not on twitter)
"I am not the first person to say this: we are living in hell." Maddie Connors (@personallyrich) visits "Squid Game: The Trial Experience," a Dave & Buster’s for fascism cosplay. lareviewofbooks.org/short-takes/co…