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Extraordinary Hustle: A Profile of Laure Calamy
Eileen G’Sell interviews Laure Calamy, star of the film “Full Time.”
Eileen G’SellFeb 6, 2023
- Film
They Toss Bodies at You: On Mariana Enríquez’s “Our Share of Night”
Elizabeth Gonzalez James reviews Mariana Enríquez’s “Our Share of Night.”
Elizabeth Gonzalez JamesFeb 6, 2023
- Fiction
When Perry Miller Invented America: On Abram C. Van Engen’s “City on a Hill”
Ed Simon reviews Abram C. Van Engen’s “City on a Hill: A History of American Exceptionalism.”
Ed SimonFeb 5, 2023
- Nonfiction
All Despotisms Must End: On Lydia Moland’s “Lydia Maria Child”
J. C. Hallman reviews Lydia Moland’s biography of a 19th-century abolitionist, “Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life.”
J. C. HallmanFeb 5, 2023
- Nonfiction
I’m Looking to Jump Ship Sooner Than I Should: A Conversation with Percival Everett
Percival Everett, this year’s LARB Lifetime Achievement Award winner, in conversation with Ayize Jama-Everett.
Ayize Jama-EverettFeb 4, 2023
- Fiction
Graphic Medicine: Comics Redraw Health Narratives
DW McKinney explores a recent spate of graphic-medicine narratives that deal with mental health and other medical issues.
DW McKinneyFeb 4, 2023
- Comics
A Poem That Is a Witness: On Vasyl Makhno’s “Paper Bridge”
Nicole Yurcaba reviews Ukrainian poet Vasyl Makhno’s new collection “Paper Bridge,” translated by Olena Jennings.
Nicole YurcabaFeb 4, 2023
- Poetry
De’Shawn Charles Winslow’s “Decent People”
Kate Wolf and Eric Newman are joined by author De’Shawn Charles Winslow to speak about his novel, “Decent People.”
LARB Radio HourFeb 3, 2023
Visions of Selves and Systems: Muslim Lives on American Television
Farah Bakaari reviews “Ramy,” “Mo,” and shows about Muslim life on American TV.
Farah BakaariFeb 3, 2023
- Television
This Is Stealth Empire: On Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Petersen’s “Sinostan” and Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey’s “On the Edge”
Valerie Hansen reviews Raffaello Pantucci and Alexandros Petersen’s “Sinostan: China’s Inadvertent Empire” and Franck Billé and Caroline Humphrey’s “On the Edge: Life along the Russia-China Border.”
Valerie HansenFeb 3, 2023
- Politics
The Costs of Women’s Writing: On Devoney Looser’s “Sister Novelists”
Thomas McLean reviews Devoney Looser’s “Sister Novelists: The Trailblazing Porter Sisters, Who Paved the Way for Austen and the Brontës.”
Thomas McLeanFeb 2, 2023
- Nonfiction
Structures of Belonging and Nonbelonging: On Kirsten Silva Gruesz’s “Cotton Mather’s Spanish Lessons”
Joseph Rezek contemplates “Cotton Mather’s Spanish Lessons: A Story of Language, Race, and Belonging in the Early Americas” by Kirsten Silva Gruesz.
Joseph RezekFeb 1, 2023
- History
The Band’s Massive Weight: On Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Waltz” and Jeff Sellars and Kevin C. Neece’s “Rags and Bones”
Ethan Warren reviews “Rags and Bones: An Exploration of the Band” and Criterion’s remaster of Martin Scorsese’s “The Last Waltz.”
Ethan WarrenJan 31, 2023
- Music
Whose Body Is in the Analog World?: On David Sax’s “The Future Is Analog”
Philosopher Evan Selinger eviscerates David Sax’s unabashedly privileged views in “The Future Is Analog: How to Create a More Human World.”
Evan SelingerJan 31, 2023
- Science & Technology
Let the Knife Speak: On José Rizal
Gina Apostol explores the works and cultural meanings of the great Filipino rebel-poet José Rizal.
Gina ApostolJan 30, 2023
- Fiction
- History
Democracy from the Ashes: On David Stuttard’s “Phoenix”
Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn reviews David Stuttard’s “Phoenix: A Father, a Son, and the Rise of Athens.”
Elisabeth Lasch-QuinnJan 29, 2023
- History