Archive

A Fiction of Global Terror
Timothy Rideout’s new book shows how precarity among the middle and working classes powers the fears at the heart of 21st-century gothic literature.
Tracy Fernandez RysavyFeb 19
I Was a Punk for the FBI
Brian James Schill speaks with the founders of ‘Punk’ magazine on its 50th anniversary about whether they were surveilled by the feds.
Brian James SchillFeb 18
God and the Unconscious
Joan Copjec’s new book charts the conceptual affinities and historical convergences between psychoanalysis and Islamic philosophy.
Henry ClementsFeb 17
- Philosophy & Religion
- Film
Sex in the City: Istanbul 1923
A cheerful collection of Turkish erotica, translated by Burcu Karahan, offers insights into early 20th-century sexuality in Istanbul.
Kaya GençFeb 17
- Gender & Sexuality
- Fiction
Opera (and Comics) Against Fascism
Exploring how the graphic novel ‘Death Strikes’ intersects with the modernist opera ‘Der Kaiser von Atlantis,’ a work composed by Jewish prisoners during the Holocaust.
Melissa ChanFeb 16
Social Mobility and Stagnation
How the university entrance exam and residency permits structure life for in China.
Susan Blumberg-KasonFeb 16
- Cultural Studies
- Education
The End of Cinema?
Amid cinema’s decline, two new books by A. S. Hamrah resist defeatism.
Georgie CarrFeb 15
- Film
Cut Gems
Asha Schechter documents the experience of retouching precious gems, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47: ‘Security.’
Asha SchechterFeb 14
- LARB Lit
- Memoir & Essay
Making a Literary Future with Artificial Intelligence
Five writers and AI researchers discuss the future of literature.
Dashiel Carrera, Katy Gero, Christian Bök, Nick Montfort, Amy CatanzanoFeb 14
- Science & Technology
- Literary Criticism
Richard Hell's 'Godlike'
Richard Hell joins the podcast to speak about the reissue of his novel 'Godlike'
LARB Radio HourFeb 13
- LARB Radio Hour
How to See Like a 17th-Century Friar
A major new study puts the visual paradoxes and optical illusions of baroque art at the heart of theological debates of the Counter-Reformation.
Emanuele LugliFeb 13
- Philosophy & Religion
- Art & Architecture
A Cyberpunk Blueprint for Hollywood’s AI Dreams
Revisiting Pat Cadigan’s 1991 novel “Synners” in light of dystopian developments in Los Angeles.
Jeff HewittFeb 12
- SF
- Film
Really Classical Figures
In the wake of Bob Weir’s death, a new book emerges on the Grateful Dead’s overlooked engagement with literature.
Christian KriticosFeb 12
- Music
- Literary Criticism
Taiwan, Hong Kong, Columbia
Chris Horton’s ‘Ghost Nation’ and Ching Kwan Lee’s ‘Forever Hong Kong’ follow protesters and revolutionaries who, successfully or otherwise, challenged the power of the state.
Paul KreitmanFeb 11
- Politics
- History
A Glutton for Duration
Devon Walker-Figueroa discusses eros, eternity, and her new collection ‘Lazarus Species’ with LARB’s poetry editor Elizabeth Metzger.
Elizabeth MetzgerFeb 10
- Poetry
Until the Next Grave Is Dug
On Urszula Honek’s bleak debut story collection, the Booker long-listed ‘White Nights,’ newly translated by Kate Webster.
Cory OldweilerFeb 10
- Fiction