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Helen Cammock’s “I Will Keep My Soul”
Kate Wolf is joined by Helen Cammock to discuss her latest exhibit and book, “I Will Keep My Soul.”

LARB Radio HourApr 28, 2023
The Gravitas of the South: A Conversation with Pete Candler
Tom Zoellner talks to Pete Candler about his new book “The Road to Unforgetting: Detours in the American South, 1997–2022.”
Tom ZoellnerApr 28, 2023
- Art & Architecture
A Crowd of Incompetents: On Peter Burke’s “Ignorance”
Peter B. Kaufman reviews Peter Burke’s “Ignorance: A Global History.”
Peter B. KaufmanApr 28, 2023
- History
The Politics of Disenchantment: On Wendy Brown’s “Nihilistic Times”
Kieran Setiya reviews Wendy Brown’s “Nihilistic Times: Thinking with Max Weber.”
Kieran SetiyaApr 27, 2023
- Philosophy & Religion
The Algorithmic Hustle: Surplus Comedy and Hollywood Specwork
J. D. Connor discusses Netflix’s business model, specwork in comedy, and the extraction of surplus value from Black labor.
J. D. ConnorApr 27, 2023
- Television
Tom Comitta’s “The Nature Book” & Suzaan Boettger’s “Inside the Spiral”
A doubleheader episode, Kate Wolf speaks with Tom Comitta about their first novel “The Nature Book” and Kate Wolf and Eric Newman are joined by the scholar Suzaan Boettger to discuss “Inside the Spiral: The Passions of Robert Smithson.”
LARB Radio HourApr 26, 2023
Is Drawing Connections Enough?: On Brian Dillon’s “Affinities”
Alana Pockros reviews Brian Dillon’s “Affinities: On Art and Fascination.”
Alana PockrosApr 26, 2023
- Nonfiction
Refuge and Resistance: On Sophie K. Rosa’s “Radical Intimacy”
Matthew James Seidel reviews Sophie K. Rosa’s “Radical Intimacy.”
Matthew James SeidelApr 26, 2023
- Gender & Sexuality
Plight and Parody: On Charles Johnson’s “All Your Racial Problems Will Soon End”
Andrew Montiveo examines the impact of award-winning author Charles Johnson’sfearless political satire cartoons from the 1960s to the 2010s, finding themes that are as relevanttoday as ever.
Andrew MontiveoApr 25, 2023
- Comics
The Universe’s Couch: A Conversation Between Bud Smith and Mike Jeffrey
Bud Smith and Mike Jeffrey discuss their semi-autobiographical fiction in the forthcoming “Fire” issue of “The LA RB Quarterly.”
Bud Smith, Mike JeffreyApr 25, 2023
- LARB Lit
The Saints and Algorithms of Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof’s “Mrs. Davis”
Nicholas Russell reviews Peacock’s new series “Mrs. Davis,” created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof.
Nicholas RussellApr 21, 2023
- Television
The Ways We Were: On Sydney Pollack’s “The Way We Were” at 50
Harry Waksberg compares two recent histories of Sydney Pollack’s 1973 film “The Way We Were.”
Harry WaksbergApr 21, 2023
- Film
A Gargantuan Pulp Sphinx: On Miquel de Palol’s “The Garden of Seven Twilights”
Ben Hooyman reviews Miquel de Palol’s “The Garden of Seven Twilights.”
Ben HooymanApr 20, 2023
- Fiction
It Girls and E-girls: On Madeline Cash’s “Earth Angel”
Anna Dorn reviews Madeline Cash’s “Earth Angel.”
Anna DornApr 20, 2023
- Fiction
Anorexia Turbocharged: On Hadley Freeman’s “Good Girls”
Catharine Morris pens a poignant appreciation of Hadley Freeman’s “Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia.”
Catharine MorrisApr 19, 2023
- Memoir & Essay
Is Hungary’s Present the United States’ Future?: On Zsuzsanna Szelényi’s “Tainted Democracy”
Jeffrey C. Isaac reviews Zsuzsanna Szelényi’s “Tainted Democracy: Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary.”
Jeffrey C. IsaacApr 19, 2023
- Politics