Archive
Life of the Party
Montaigne invented the genre of the essay, one suspects, because he himself was an essay
Black Blood: Ross Macdonald and the Oil Spill
An offshore oil platform stood up out of its windward end like the metal handle of a dagger that had stabbed the world and made it spill black blood.
Flea Market
An essay on the late photographer Miroslav Tichý, excerpted from 'Richard Prince: Collected Writings'.
The Other Nancy Mitford
Let’s pretend that we know no more of Nancy Mitford than we do of Shakespeare.
Buster Keaton and the World of Objects
Given the choice between a book and a baseball bat, there is no choice for Buster. He’ll take the bat every time
The Death of the Book
Pity the book. It’s dead again.
VIDEO: Clara Mokri on 'Marley & Me'
The movie doesn't have the characters from the book -- it has movie stars.
VIDEO: Cecil Castellucci
Cecil Castellucci talks to LARB about reading and writing Young Adult fiction.
VIDEO: Book Lover
VIDEO ARCHIVE
Both Coasts: An Interview with Geoffrey G. O'Brien
Maybe we could say that the internet too is prose that’s full of verse form, no one’s and everyone’s.
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