Archive

How to Destroy a Creative Industry (And How to Save It)
Alessandro Camon discusses the WGA/SAG strike as a turning point for Hollywood.
Alessandro CamonSep 3, 2023
Against the MFA Contrarians
Joel Cuthbertson defends the creative writing MFA as an educational, not a vocational, enterprise.
Joel CuthbertsonSep 2, 2023
Ripening and Rotting in the Uncanny Valley: On Sarah Rose Etter’s “Ripe”
Hannah Bonner reviews Sarah Rose Etter’s new novel “Ripe.”
Hannah BonnerSep 2, 2023
- Fiction
Maya Binyam’s “Hangman”
Writer Maya Binyam joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to speak about her debut novel “Hangman.”
LARB Radio HourSep 1, 2023
Prison Left Me Laughing: A Conversation with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Remo Verdickt and Emiel Roothooft talk with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o about his new book, “The Language of Languages.”
Emiel Roothooft, Remo VerdicktSep 1, 2023
- Fiction
Still Meets Moving Image: The 54th Annual Les Rencontres d’Arles Photography Festival [VIDEO]
Michael Kurcfeld reviews the 54th annual Les Rencontres d’Arles festival.
Michael KurcfeldSep 1, 2023
“Mobility” by Lydia Kiesling
Post-Soviet geopolitics, oil wars, and the climate crisis provide the backdrop for a young woman’s coming-of-age in a novel that seamlessly intertwines the political with the personal. Check out our Fall 2023 pick for the LARB Book Club: “Mobility” by Lydia Kiesling.
Aug 31, 2023
Why the 17th Century (Still) Matters: On Jonathan Healey’s “The Blazing World”
Ed Simon reviews Jonathan Healey’s “The Blazing World: A New History of Revolutionary England, 1603–1689.”
Ed SimonAug 31, 2023
- History
- Religion
Nature’s on Top This Time: On Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Lost World and The Poison Belt”
Sasha Karsavina reviews Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Lost World and The Poison Belt” from the MIT Press Radium Age series.
Sasha KarsavinaAug 31, 2023
- Fiction
- SF
Fact, Fiction, and the Father of the Bomb: On Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer”
Alex Wellerstein assesses the depiction of J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan’s 2023 film.
Alex WellersteinAug 30, 2023
Change Is Hard: On Miriam Aroni Krinsky’s “Change from Within”
Laurie L. Levenson reviews Miriam Aroni Krinsky’s “Change from Within: Reimagining the 21st-Century Prosecutor” and discusses the “progressive prosecution” movement in the criminal justice system.
Laurie L. LevensonAug 30, 2023
- Law
- Politics
Salvaging a Soviet Jewish Literary Culture: On Marat Grinberg’s “The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf”
Yelena Furman reviews Marat Grinberg’s “The Soviet Jewish Bookshelf: Jewish Culture and Identity Between the Lines.”
Yelena FurmanAug 29, 2023
Misunderstood Musical Genius: On Harvey Sachs’s “Schoenberg”
Musicologist Judith Finell reviews Harvey Sachs’s new biography of the influential and misunderstood 20th-century musical genius Arnold Schoenberg, titled “Schoenberg: Why He Matters.”
Judith FinellAug 29, 2023
- History
- Music
Whose Fantasy Is This? On Sally Wen Mao’s “The Kingdom of Surfaces”
Hazem Fahmy reviews “The Kingdom of Surfaces” by Sally Wen Mao.
Hazem FahmyAug 28, 2023
Rereading George Eliot One Year After “Dobbs”
Dara Rossman Regaignon explores what George Eliot’s Victorian fiction can tell us about the complexities of pregnancy, viability, miscarriage, abortion, and intent.
Dara Rossman RegaignonAug 28, 2023
Adrift in Mythic Country: On Tom Zoellner’s “Rim to River”
Craig Childs reviews Tom Zoellner’s “Rim to River: Looking into the Heart of Arizona.”
Craig ChildsAug 27, 2023
- History
- Memoir & Essay