Archive

Run for the Sun, Little One
Carly Mattox considers recent critiques of imperialist nostalgia via Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later” and Adam Curtis’s “Shifty.”
Carly MattoxDec 10
- Film
- Television
Feral, Fearless, and Long Overdue
Alma Katsu and Sadie Hartmann discuss women who write horror fiction.
Alma Katsu, Sadie HartmannDec 10
- SF
Saints of the Middlebrow
Jon Repetti considers Jeremy Rosen’s “Genre Bending: The Plasticity of Form in Contemporary Literary Fiction.”
Jon RepettiDec 9
- Literary Criticism
Filthy Matters
Calvin Gimpelevich writes on the history and politics of public bathrooms, in this essay from LARB Quarterly no. 47, “Security.”
Calvin GimpelevichDec 9
- LARB Lit
- History
A Fierce and Complicated Compassion
Alix Christie considers Susan Straight’s challenging yet crucial portraits of an “overlooked” California.
Alix ChristieDec 9
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
Ha Ha. Sob Sob.
Hannah Tennant-Moore explores Jesse James Rose’s debut memoir.
Hannah Tennant-MooreDec 8
- Memoir & Essay
- Gender & Sexuality
American Action, Then and Now
Tess Pollok interviews Lauren O’Neill-Butler about her new essay collection, “The War of Art: A History of Artists’ Protest in America.”
Tess PollokDec 8
- Art & Architecture
- History
The Fascist Cinematic Universe
Tim Brinkhof considers Joe Wright’s new Mussolini miniseries as a flawed representation of the rise of fascism in Italy.
Tim BrinkhofDec 7
- Television
- History
A Martyr for Free Speech
Historian Paul Finkelman praises Brad Snyder’s new account of a wrongfully convicted civil rights hero.
Paul FinkelmanDec 7
- Law
- History
Your Life Is Not a Plot
Nada Alic speaks with Halle Butler about social satire, writing humor, and her newest novel, “Banal Nightmare.”
Nada AlicDec 6
- Fiction
The Law Is Never a Given
Sumaiya Aftab Ahmed considers “38 Londres Street: On Impunity, Pinochet in England, and a Nazi in Patagonia,” the newest book from Philippe Sands.
Sumaiya Aftab AhmedDec 6
- Law
- History
Julia Loktev's "My Undesirable Friends"
Julia Loktev joins the podcast to talk about her new documentary "My Undesirable Friends," following a team of journalists in Russia right before the invasion of Ukraine.
LARB Radio HourDec 5
- LARB Radio Hour
Freeing the Library
Aaron Boehmer writes about community libraries and the importance of accessible archival and literary resources in these times.
Aaron BoehmerDec 5
- Politics
- Cultural Studies
King Lear Goes to China
Jeffrey Wasserstrom speaks with Xue Yiwei and Nan Z. Da about Shakespeare’s legacy in China.
Jeffrey WasserstromDec 5
- History
- Cultural Studies
Ambivalence and Devotion
Karen E. Park explores Kristin Grady Gilger’s “mother memoir” about her son’s most troubling decision: to become a Catholic priest.
Karen E. ParkDec 4
- Philosophy & Religion
Blambustercated
Sanjena Sathian speaks with Dan Chaon about his new novel, “One of Us.”
Sanjena SathianDec 4
- Fiction