Archive

A Down-and-Out but Amusing Character: On Alex Harvey’s “Song Noir”
Dec Ryan reviews Alex Harvey’s “Song Noir: Tom Waits and the Spirit of Los Angeles.”
Declan RyanDec 9, 2022
Police and Thieves: On Tony Gilroy’s “Andor”
Aaron Bady reviews Tony Gilroy’s “Andor,” streaming on Disney+.
Aaron BadyDec 8, 2022
Absolute Sovereignty: On Constance Debré’s “Love Me Tender”
Gracie Hadland reviews Constance Debré’s “Love Me Tender.”
Gracie HadlandDec 8, 2022
- Literary Criticism
- Memoir & Essay
Raul Krauthausen on Inclusion and Accessibility
Dec 8, 2022
Memento Mori: On Lauren Haldeman’s “Team Photograph”
Lee Thomas takes a look at Lauren Haldeman’s experimental graphic novel “Team Photograph.”
Lee ThomasDec 7, 2022
“The Persuaders” by Anand Giridharadas
How do we call out injustice and its perpetrators? How do we pave a way toward healing a fractured country? This book analyzes progressive movements in the age of extreme polarization in an attempt to answer those questions. Check out our Winter 2023 pick for the LARB Book Club: “The Persuaders” by Anand Giridharadas.
Dec 7, 2022
Dashing Expectations: On Malcolm Whyte’s “Gorey Secrets” and Nathalie Tierce’s “Pulling Weeds from a Cactus Garden”
Jessica McCort reviews Malcolm Whyte’s “Gorey Secrets: Artistic and Literary Inspirations Behind Divers Books by Edward Gorey” and Nathalie Tierce’s “Pulling Weeds from a Cactus Garden.”
Jessica McCortDec 7, 2022
- Art & Architecture
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Eco-Relations: On Jody Gladding’s “I entered without words” and Forrest Gander’s “Your Nearness”
Susan McCabe reviews Jody Gladding’s “I entered without words” and Forrest Gander’s “Your Nearness.”
Susan McCabeDec 6, 2022
- Poetry
Never Solitary: On Jean-Thomas Tremblay’s “Breathing Aesthetics”
Ricky Varghese reviews Jean-Thomas Tremblay’s “Breathing Aesthetics.”
Ricky VargheseDec 6, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
Hollywood on Hollywood: On Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson’s Oral History “Hollywood”
Chris Yogerst reviews Jeanine Basinger and Sam Wasson’s “Hollywood: The Oral History.”
Chris YogerstDec 5, 2022
Naming Names: On A. N. Wilson’s “Confessions”
Timothy Larsen reviews A. N. Wilson’s “Confessions: A Life of Failed Promises.”
Timothy LarsenDec 4, 2022
The Cost of Silence
Michael Wolfe appreciates his slice of Los Angeles.
Michael WolfeDec 4, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
The Fantasy Story as a Merciless Laboratory of History: On R. F. Kuang’s “Babel, or The Necessity of Violence”
Kurt Guldentops and Sungshin Kim trace the intellectual adventure that is R. F. Kuang’s “Babel, or The Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution.”
Kurt Guldentops, Sungshin KimDec 3, 2022
- Fiction
- SF
All of the Monsters (In Which I Accuse James Purdy of Throwing My Four-Year-Old Child Down Two Flights of Stairs Using His Powers of Telekinesis): On Michael Snyder’s “James Purdy”
Matthew Stadler recalls his friend James Purdy via Michael Snyder’s new biography of the novelist, playwright, and poet, “James Purdy: Life of a Contrarian Writer.”
Matthew StadlerDec 3, 2022
Jamieson Webster’s “Disorganisation and Sex”
Kate Wolf speaks with the writer and psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster about her recent book “Disorganisation and Sex.”
LARB Radio HourDec 2, 2022
Lousy Listing: On “Sight & Sound” and Taste
Brian Jacobson gives historical and cultural context to the “Sight & Sound” Best Of poll.
Brian R. JacobsonDec 2, 2022
- Film