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Back, Scoundrels: Eating the Rich on Film
Pat Cassels considers a spate of new class-conscious popular films, including “Triangle of Sadness,” “The Menu,” and “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery.”
Pat CasselsMar 7, 2023
- Film
Two Roads: A Review-in-Dialogue of Jenny Xie’s “The Rupture Tense” and Monica Youn’s “From From”
Victoria Chang and Dean Rader review Jenny Xie’s “The Rupture Tense” and Monica Youn’s “From From.”
Dean Rader, Victoria ChangMar 7, 2023
- Two Roads: Poetry Reviews in Dialogue
Ingesting Mercury and the Noble Lie: On Anthony Barbieri-Low’s “The Many Lives of the First Emperor of China” and Shadi Bartsch’s “Plato Goes to China”
Leigh Jenco reviews Anthony Barbieri-Low’s “The Many Lives of the First Emperor of China” and Shadi Bartsch’s “Plato Goes to China: The Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism.”
Leigh JencoMar 6, 2023
- History
Kalokohan!: On Martika Ramirez Escobar’s “Leonor Will Never Die”
Katarina O’Briain reviews Martika Ramirez Escobar’s “Leonor Will Never Die.”
Katarina O’BriainMar 6, 2023
- Film
Mistrust on Both Sides: On Terry Lautz’s “Americans in China” and John Delury’s “Agents of Subversion”
Jeremiah Jenne reviews John Delury’s “Agents of Subversion: The Fate of John T. Downey and the CIA’s Covert War in China” and Terry Lautz’s “Americans in China: Encounters with the People’s Republic,” two books about the people who shaped the contours of United States–China relations in the 20th century.
Jeremiah JenneMar 5, 2023
- Nonfiction
Shelves Full of Bread: On Joan Ramon Resina’s “Cultures of Currencies”
Christoph Wulf reviews “Cultures of Currencies: Literature and the Symbolic Foundation of Money,” edited by Joan Ramon Resina.
Christoph WulfMar 5, 2023
- Nonfiction
Ode to Survival: On Saeed Jones’s “Alive at the End of the World”
Christos Kalli examines Saeed Jones’s encounters with the end of the world in a poetry collection about survival, “Alive at the End of the World.”
Christos KalliMar 4, 2023
- Poetry
I Was Wrong to Buy This Notebook, Very Wrong: On Alba de Céspedes’s “Forbidden Notebook”
Joy Castro reviews Alba de Céspedes’s “Forbidden Notebook,” translated by Ann Goldstein.
Joy CastroMar 4, 2023
- Fiction
Emmanuel Iduma’s “I Am Still With You”
Kate Wolf is joined by writer and critic Emmanuel Iduma to discuss his new memoir, “I Am Still With You: A Reckoning With Silence, Inheritance, and History.”
LARB Radio HourMar 3, 2023
Los Angeles Is Burning: Ian Winwood on Rock Music in L.A.
Ian Winwood writes about covering the music industry in Los Angeles.
Ian WinwoodMar 3, 2023
- Music
Shipwrecked: On Lorenza Pieri’s “Lesser Islands”
Julia Case-Levine reviews Lorenza Pieri’s “Lesser Islands.”
Julia Case-LevineMar 3, 2023
- Fiction
The Flat Circle: On Jenny Odell’s “Saving Time”
Mary Retta reviews Jenny Odell’s “Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock.”
Mary RettaMar 2, 2023
- Nonfiction
Identifications and Their Refusal: On Alice Diop’s “Saint Omer”
Francey Russell reviews Alice Diop’s film “Saint Omer.”
Francey RussellMar 2, 2023
- Film
Teresa Bücker on Time as a Political Resource
Mar 2, 2023
The Manic Pixie Dream Girl in the Attic: On Netflix’s “Love Is Blind”
Samantha Pergadia reviews Netflix’s “Love Is Blind” in the context of Victorian literature.
Samantha PergadiaMar 1, 2023
- Television
Maybe One Day I Will Learn How to Live: On John Freeman’s “Wind, Trees”
Scott Korb reviews John Freeman’s new poetry collection “Wind, Trees.”
Scott KorbMar 1, 2023
- Poetry