Ambivalent Fanonism: On Adam Shatz’s “The Rebel’s Clinic”
Anthony Alessandrini reviews Adam Shatz’s “The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon.”
Anthony Alessandrini reviews Adam Shatz’s “The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon.”
Anthony AlessandriniFeb 7
Thomas Elrod reviews Francesca Peacock’s “Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish.”
Thomas ElrodFeb 5
LARB presents an excerpt of Lauren Markham’s new book “A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging.”
Lauren MarkhamFeb 1
Laurent Dubois reviews two new books on Haiti’s past and present: Marlene L. Daut’s “Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History” and Jake Johnston’s...
Laurent DuboisJan 30
Deborah Coen shows how historians miss a great deal when they rely on the quantitative tools of scientists.
Deborah R. CoenJan 25
Yael Friedman speaks with Wim Wenders and provides a review of his work with sculptor Anselm Kiefer in the wake of Wenders’s new documentary, “Anselm...
Yael FriedmanJan 24
Ian Ellison reviews Sarah Watling’s “Tomorrow Perhaps the Future: Writers, Outsiders, and the Spanish Civil War.”
Ian EllisonJan 14
Jarrod Shanahan reviews Orisanmi Burton’s “Tip of the Spear: Black Radicalism, Prison Repression, and the Long Attica Revolt.”
Jarrod ShanahanJan 11
Mike Rodelli considers John Keahey’s “Following Caesar: From Rome to Constantinople, the Pathways That Planted the Seeds of Empire.”
Mike RodelliJan 10
Julie Park reflects on the process of bringing out her book on the 18th-century camera obscura.
Julie ParkJan 9
Craig Calhoun reviews two books on history and memory in China: Ian Johnson’s “Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and Their Battle for the...
Craig CalhounJan 6
Edna Bonhomme reviews Nicholas L. Syrett’s “The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America’s Most Infamous ‘Female Physician’ and the...
Edna BonhommeJan 3
Julien Crockett talks with Jill Lepore about her new book “The Deadline.”
Julien CrockettJan 2
Peter B. Kaufman reviews Carlos Eire’s “They Flew: A History of the Impossible.”
Peter B. KaufmanDec 12, 2023
Abena Ampofoa Asare writes about teaching Black history.
Abena Ampofoa AsareNov 30, 2023
Ed Simon reviews Benjamín Labatut’s newest book “The MANIAC.”
Ed SimonNov 25, 2023
Katherine Turk reviews Jenni Nuttall’s “Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women’s Words.”
Katherine TurkNov 15, 2023
Tom Zoellner talks to Lydia Otero about her new account of a young adulthood in Los Angeles, “L.A. Interchanges: A Brown & Queer Archival Memoir”
Tom ZoellnerNov 13, 2023
John Reeves considers Julian Jackson’s “France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Pétain.”
John ReevesNov 12, 2023
Alex Langstaff calls “Balkan Cyberia: Cold War Computing, Bulgarian Modernization, and the Information Age Behind the Iron Curtain” a must-read for...
Alex LangstaffNov 10, 2023
Jamie Peck reviews “The George Floyd Uprising” by Vortex Group.
Jamie PeckNov 6, 2023
Mariella Rudi reviews Kate Flannery’s “Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles.”
Mariella RudiNov 2, 2023
James Penner on Edward J. Delaney’s 2022 novel “The Acrobat."
James PennerNov 2, 2023
Aya Labanieh analyzes the history of the anti-masturbation NoFap movement, which has historical roots far beyond contemporary internet culture.
Aya LabaniehNov 1, 2023