The Dilemma of #Instapoetry

Alessia Degraeve explores what is gained, and what is lost, when poetry ventures off the page and onto the screen.

Dec 8

From Guyana with Love

Brandon Sward traces the lines between race, sexuality, and colonialism in Vishal Jugdeo’s “Caribbean Television” at Commonwealth and Council.

Dec 6

Heroes Don’t Die, They Just Sparkle in the Sky

So bad it’s good, or all the way around to bad again? A. J. Urquidi ponders this and more at a screening of Tommy Wiseau’s sophomore film.

Dec 5

I Used to Be Disgusted, and Now I Try to Be Amused

Jack Skelley went to the Poetic Research Bureau and found two writers finding themselves in mass-cultural epiphanies.

Dec 1

LARB Radio Hour

Andrew Chan’s “Why Mariah Carey Matters”

Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer and critic Andrew Chan to discuss his latest book, “Why Mariah Carey Matters.”

Dec 1

LARB Radio Hour

Sasha Frere-Jones’s “Earlier”

Writer, musician, and critic Sasha Frere-Jones joins Kate Wolf to discuss his first book, “Earlier.”

Nov 27

LARB Radio Hour

Nicole Newnham’s “The Disappearance of Shere Hite”

Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by award-winning director Nicole Newnham to discuss her latest film, “The Disappearance of Shere Hite.”

Nov 17

LARB Radio Hour

Dan Sinykin’s “Big Fiction”

Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer and professor, Dan Sinykin, to talk about his new book “Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the...

Nov 10