History as Dissent: On Ian Johnson’s “Sparks” and Tania Branigan’s “Red Memory”
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 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
Cory Stockwell reviews Michel Houellebecq’s “Quelques mois dans ma vie.”
Cory StockwellJan 4
Julien Crockett talks with Jill Lepore about her new book “The Deadline.”
Julien CrockettJan 2
Bob Blaisdell examines the public life of autofiction icon Karl Ove Knausgaard.
Bob BlaisdellDec 30, 2023
Los Angeles booksellers choose their favorite books of 2023.
LARB StaffDec 24, 2023
Olivia Giovetti surveys memoirs about the opera diva Maria Callas, on the centenary of her birth.
Olivia GiovettiDec 21, 2023
Carey Mott reviews two books about the blurred lines between communism and capitalism in China: Christopher Marquis and Kunyuan Qiao’s “Mao and...
Carey MottDec 18, 2023
Tim Riley reviews Ray Padgett’s “Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members.”
Tim RileyDec 17, 2023
Mariella Rudi reviews Susanne Wedlich’s “Slime: A Natural History” and Christopher Michlig’s “File Under: Slime.”
Mariella RudiDec 17, 2023
Edmée Lepercq reviews French author Clara Schulmann’s newly translated book-length essay “Chicanes."
Edmée LepercqDec 15, 2023
Rose Higham-Stainton reviews Robert Glück’s “About Ed.”
Rose Higham-StaintonDec 13, 2023
Peter B. Kaufman reviews Carlos Eire’s “They Flew: A History of the Impossible.”
Peter B. KaufmanDec 12, 2023
Merry White and Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft discuss their new book “Ways of Eating: Exploring Food Through History and Culture.”
Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft, Merry WhiteDec 7, 2023
Neuroscientist Patrick House reviews two new books on the art of repetition in video games—“Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games,” edited by...
Patrick HouseNov 29, 2023
Heather Treseler reviews “Winter Solstice: An Essay” by Nina MacLaughlin.
Heather TreselerNov 29, 2023
Fear and Writing in Xinjiang: On Tahir Hamut Izgil’s “Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet’s Memoir of China’s Genocide” and Perhat...
Benno WeinerNov 28, 2023
Tanya Ward Goodman reviews Minna Dubin’s “Mom Rage: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood.”
Tanya Ward GoodmanNov 20, 2023
Melissa Chan writes about the performance of Wagner operas in China.
Melissa ChanNov 13, 2023
Cal Revely-Calder finds much to appreciate, and more to decry, in Omar Kholeif’s “Internet_Art: From the Birth of the Web to the Rise of NFTs.”
Cal Revely-CalderNov 11, 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
Todd Shy reviews Lawrence Buell’s “Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently” and Robert D. Richardson’s “Three Roads Back: How Emerson, Thoreau...
Todd ShyNov 7, 2023
Jamie Peck reviews “The George Floyd Uprising” by Vortex Group.
Jamie PeckNov 6, 2023
Thom Sliwowski reviews Marie Darrieussecq’s “Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia.”
Thom SliwowskiNov 6, 2023
Meredith Maran reviews Caitlin Moran’s “What About Men? A Feminist Answers the Question.”
Meredith MaranOct 30, 2023