The Crisis at the Heart of Modernity
Terry Eagleton’s recent book employs his trademark witty style in an attempt to say something new about the era that birthed modernism.
Arleen IonescuFeb 9
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What Comes First, the House or the Haunting?
‘Silk & Sinew: A Collection of Folk Horror from the Asian Diaspora,’ a new anthology edited by Kristy Park Kulski, uses storytelling to demonstrate why ‘the ghosts of our futures cannot just be entities that lurk in the background.’
Jered MabaquiaoFeb 7
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A Clearing in the Mind’s Petrified Forest
In ‘Monk Fruit,’ Edward Salem’s poetry presents ‘a wild ride of touchpoints’ that serve together as a ‘gastric lavage’ for the trauma-fatigued reader.
Rosalie MoffettFeb 7
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Kristin Ross's 'The Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life'
Kristin Ross talks about her book, The Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life, and political transformation and cultural representation in an archive episode.
LARB Radio HourFeb 6
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Incredible Prophecies, Sick Truths
Oedipal iterations, from Sophocles to Arundhati Roy.
Ankhi MukherjeeFeb 6
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Losing home and rebuilding, reluctantly, in the year after Los Angeles’s Eaton Fire.
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A Week Occupied by ICE, or How Close Does the Violence Become
Rhys Langston reports from Los Angeles.
Rhys LangstonJun 20, 2025
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A Void Filled with Possibilities
The protagonist of Antônio Xerxenesky’s novel ‘An Infinite Sadness,’ newly translated by Daniel Hahn, searches for ‘something beyond psychological solutions’ at a sanatorium in the Swiss Alps.
Rachel GerryFeb 5
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Misaimed Kindnesses and Cruelties
Camille Bordas discusses her new story collection, her writing process, and why anxiety fuels her as a person and a writer.
Lily FelsenthalFeb 5
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Mama Don’t Take My Chromophobia Away
Pantone’s 2026 Color of the Year is selling us a white fantasy.
Lida Zeitlin-WuFeb 4
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The End of Psychiatry (Kind Of)
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Pria AnandFeb 3
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Franny’s Papers
What was lost when Claire Douglas’s archive burned.
Satya Doyle ByockJan 23
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Learn to Love Engineers
New books by Dan Wang and Hu Anyan depict ‘both the achievements and the costs of China’s technological rise,’ and why Americans should take note.
Afra WangJan 22
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And I Never Looked Back
Tracing the California lineage of Charles Bukowski’s publisher, Black Sparrow Press, and its passionate founder, John Martin.
Joshua BodwellJan 16
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Made in America
Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme” and the mythmaking around a monoculture masterpiece.
Sam BodrojanDec 26, 2025
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Loners and Assassins
Tom Lutz’s new novel ‘Chagos Archipelago’ finds unexpected heart in the adventures of geopolitical operatives and globe-trotting fuckups.
Jerry StahlFeb 3
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Hold Me Too Close
Writer-director Bradley Cooper’s ‘evangelizing’ new film ‘Is This Thing On?’ explores human connection in marriage and stand-up comedy.
Frank FalisiFeb 2
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Edward Said and the Task of the Intellectual Today
What does a new edition of Edward Said’s classic ‘Representations of the Intellectual’ reveal in the context of the crisis in Gaza?
Rebecca Ruth GouldFeb 2
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Iranians Don’t Need to Prove Their Revolution to You
The uprising in Iran isn’t only against armed oppression; it’s also over narrative.
Sahar DelijaniFeb 1
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Biography of a Corrupted Court
Lisa Graves’s new exposé of Chief Justice John Roberts deconstructs the right-wing takeover of the Supreme Court.
Paul FinkelmanJan 31
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Sounds of Freedom: The Biden Years On-Screen, Part Three
The third installment of ‘The Biden Years On-Screen’ considers the cinematic fallout of cancel culture, the overruling of Roe v. Wade, and the 2022 midterm elections.
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Toward a More Creative Vampirism
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Ryan BedsaulJan 26
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Outward Signs of Inner Mysteries
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Designing Feminism or Fascism?
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Jake FlanaginDec 28, 2025
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Hail, Caesar
Friends, Romans, countrymen: Nathan Jefferson lends his ears (and eyes) to the immersive “Julius Caesar” production at Heritage Square Museum.
Nathan JeffersonMay 8, 2025
The Whole Idea of Knowing the Truth
Elizabeth Barton trawls through the newly opened Joan Didion archives at New York Public Library to learn about the making of the author’s first book.
Elizabeth BartonApr 30, 2025
Jackpot!
“Nothing is clearly defined” in Julia Yerger’s art exhibition, which Keith J. Varadi finds to be a big win.
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My Date at the Holocaust Ballet
Dorie Chevlen attends “Memoryhouse,” an abstract, cinematic performance that still managed to dance around comparisons to contemporary injustices.
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