LA Review of Books (August 13, 2024) – The latest issue, No. 42, features Gossip. The editors start a group chat on group chats, inviting Daniel Lavery, Summer Kim Lee, Whitney Mallett, Natasha Stagg, Sarah Thankam Mathews, Tal Rosenberg, Sophie Kemp, Hillary Brenhouse, Sophia Stewart, and Jamie Hood;

Zoe Mendelson puts a dollar sign and a public spin on the phrase “daddy issues” in an online-only exclusive;

Rhian Sasseen swipes right on behalf of a fictional porn addict;

Francesca Peacock roots through the archives for a deeper understanding of scandal and speech;

Ruth Madievsky closes the gate on her college rumor mill;

and Emmeline Clein recounts an “American Icarus story” spelled out in diet pills and rhinestones.

Gossip as a Literary Genre, or Gossip as “L’Écriture feminine”?

Francesca Peacock roots through the archives for a deeper understanding of scandal and speech in an essay from the LARB Quarterly issue no. 42, “Gossip.”