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Dysphoria Blues: On Luke Dani Blue’s “Pretend It’s My Body”
Grace Byron reviews Luke Dani Blue’s “Pretend It’s My Body.”
Grace ByronFeb 14, 2023
- Fiction
Not Just a Daughter: On Stephanie LaCava’s Short Film “Based On, If Any”
Sarah Fensom reviews Stephanie LaCava’s “Based On, If Any.”
Sarah FensomFeb 13, 2023
- Film
Love Labor: On Touring as an Independent Musician
Eli Winter details the material and psychological quirks of touring as an independent musician.
Eli WinterFeb 13, 2023
- Music
A Lost World: On Travis Zadeh’s “Wonders and Rarities”
Nile Green reviews Travis Zadeh‘s “Wonders and Rarities: The Marvelous Book That Traveled the World and Mapped the Cosmos.”
Nile GreenFeb 12, 2023
- Nonfiction
The Fluid Dynamics of Authorial Identity: On Douglas Robinson’s “The Last Days of Maiju Lassila” and His Transcreation of Volter Kilpi’s “Gulliver’s Voyage to Phantomimia”
Brendan Riley reviews Volter Kilpi’s “Gulliver’s Voyage to Phantomimia: A Transcreation by Douglas Robinson” and “The Last Days of Maiju Lassila — A Memoir-Novel About the White Terror Following the Finnish Civil War by J. I. Vatanen: A Pseudotranslation by Douglas Robinson.”
Brendan RileyFeb 12, 2023
- Fiction
Marginality and Mahua Literature: On Li Zi Shu’s “The Age of Goodbyes” and Cheow Thia Chan’s “Malaysian Crossings”
Jeremy Tiang reviews Li Zi Shu’s “The Age of Goodbyes” and Cheow Thia Chan’s “Malaysian Crossings: Place and Language in the Worlding of Modern Chinese Literature.”
Jeremy TiangFeb 11, 2023
- Fiction
- Literary Criticism
Game Wonder: On FromSoftware’s “Bloodborne” and H. P. Lovecraft’s “The Haunter of the Dark”
Nathan Wainstein explores the aesthetic ambiguities of wonder in FromSoftware’s video game “Bloodborne” and H. P. Lovecraft’s story “The Haunter of the Dark.”
Nathan WainsteinFeb 11, 2023
- SF
Maggie Millner’s “Couplets”
Maggie Millner joins Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf to discuss her debut book, “Couplets.”

LARB Radio HourFeb 10, 2023
An Unnatural Spring: On Haruki Murakami’s “Novelist as a Vocation”
Robert Allen Papinchak reviews Haruki Murakami’s “Novelist as a Vocation,” translated by Philip Gabriel and Ted Goossen.
Robert Allen PapinchakFeb 10, 2023
- Nonfiction
Yacht, Rocks: On HBO’s “The White Lotus” and Picturesque Dread
Jorge Cotte reviews HBO’s “The White Lotus.”
Jorge CotteFeb 10, 2023
- Television
Going Klear: A Glass Onion Franchise in the Wild
J. D. Connor asks why Netflix spent $450 million to acquire the “Glass Onion” franchise.
J. D. ConnorFeb 9, 2023
- Film
The Character of the Crisis: On Dylan Riley’s “Microverses”
Luisita Lopez Torregrosa considers Dylan Riley’s “Microverses: Observations from a Shattered Present.”
Luisita Lopez TorregrosaFeb 9, 2023
- Politics
Plagues and Painting with Words: Glimpses of Orhan Pamuk’s Writing Process
Erdağ Göknar discusses Orhan Pamuk’s writing notebooks and how they illuminate his new novel “Nights of Plague.”
Erdağ GöknarFeb 8, 2023
- Fiction
Tell Me About Yourself: On Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Cure”
Greg Cwik reviews Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s film “Cure” on the occasion of its 25th anniversary last year.
Greg CwikFeb 8, 2023
- Film
The Engine of Self-Knowledge: On Maggie Millner’s “Couplets”
Heather Treseler reviews Maggie Millner’s “Couplets: A Love Story.”
Heather TreselerFeb 7, 2023
- Poetry
The Second First Love: On Maggie Millner’s “Couplets”
Ana Cecilia Alvarez reviews Maggie Millner’s “Couplets: A Love Story.”
Ana Cecilia AlvarezFeb 7, 2023
- Poetry