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A Style So Clear It Could Wash a Face: On Pleiades Press’s “Bert Meyers”
Shoshana Olidort reviews Pleiades Press’s “Bert Meyers: On the Life and Work of an American Master,” edited by Dana Levin and Adele Williams.
Shoshana OlidortAug 12, 2023
- Biography & Autobiography
- Poetry
Koritha Mitchell and Michelle Lanier on Harriet Jacobs’s “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”
In this special edition LARB Book Club episode of the Radio Hour, Editor-in-Chief Michelle Chihara talks with Koritha Mitchell, editor of Harriet Jacobs’s “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” and Michelle Lanier, professor and public historian in North Carolina.
LARB Radio HourAug 11, 2023
The Labor of Being: A Conversation with Bojan Louis
Quyen Pham talks with Bojan Louis about his award-winning debut story collection “Sinking Bell."
Quyen PhamAug 11, 2023
- Fiction
Lying, Archiving, Surviving: On Fernanda Melchor’s “This Is Not Miami”
Philip Luke Johnson reviews Fernanda Melchor’s “This Is Not Miami.”
Philip Luke JohnsonAug 11, 2023
- Fiction
- Noir
The Handover
Jonah Siegel explores the complicated implications of repatriating art.
Jonah SiegelAug 10, 2023
- Art & Architecture
- Politics
A Not Completely Happy Warrior: On Samuel Freedman’s “Into the Bright Sunshine”
William Jones considers Samuel Freedman’s new biography of Hubert Humphrey, “Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights.”
William JonesAug 10, 2023
- History
Lies Are Beautiful. They Make Life Possible: On Ivica Prtenjača’s “Let’s Go Home, Son”
Michael Tate reviews Croatian author Ivica Prtenjača’s newly translated novel “Let’s Go Home, Son."
Michael TateAug 9, 2023
- Fiction
Measured Longings and Layered Stories: On Jonathan Leal’s “Dreams in Double Time”
Sam V.H. Reese reviews Jonathan Leal’s “Dreams in Double-Time: On Race, Freedom, and Bebop."
Sam V. H. ReeseAug 9, 2023
- Music
- Nonfiction
Trapped in a Cage of Loneliness: On Gerda Blees’s “We Are Light”
Cory Oldweiler reviews the new translation of Dutch author Gerda Blees’s debut novel “We Are Light.”
Cory OldweilerAug 8, 2023
- Fiction
Always a Radical: A Conversation with Barbara Winslow
Eleanor J. Bader speaks with Barbara Winslow about her new book “Revolutionary Feminists: The Women’s Liberation Movement in Seattle.”
Eleanor J. BaderAug 8, 2023
- Gender & Sexuality
- History
A Different Language: A Conversation with Percival Everett
George Makari speaks with novelist Percival Everett.
George MakariAug 7, 2023
- Fiction
- Philosophy & Religion
These Family Legacies: A Conversation with Ruth Madievsky
Sasha Vasilyuk speaks with Los Angeles–based author Ruth Madievsky about her debut novel, “All-Night Pharmacy.”
Sasha VasilyukAug 7, 2023
- Fiction
When Mise-En-Scène Is Metaphor: On Celine Song’s “Past Lives”
Asher Luberto examines Celine Song’s new film “Past Lives.”
Asher LubertoAug 6, 2023
- Art & Architecture
- Film
Of Autism and Americans: On Marie Myung-Ok Lee’s “Hurt You”
Carol Roh Spaulding reviews Marie Myung-Ok Lee's "Hurt You."
Carol Roh SpauldingAug 6, 2023
- Fiction
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Withering Green Rush: California Cannabis Breeding at a Crossroads
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 38: Earth, Ali Bektaş examines one of the state’s most contentious and consequential industries.
Ali BektaşAug 5, 2023
- LARB Lit
- Science & Technology
What Is Home? On Sophie Klahr’s “Two Open Doors in a Field”
Adedayo Agarau reviews “Two Open Doors in a Field” by Sophie Klahr.
Adedayo AgarauAug 5, 2023
- Poetry