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Namwali Serpell's “The Furrows”
On this special LARB Book Club episode of the Radio Hour, Boris Dralyuk and Medaya Ocher are joined by Namwali Serpell, to speak about her new novel, “The Furrows.”
LARB Radio HourOct 21, 2022
Retouched with the Stone: On Les Murray’s “Continuous Creation”
Spencer Hupp considers “Continuous Creation” by Les Murray.
Spencer HuppOct 21, 2022
- Poetry
Armpit Tortillas and Cactus Saliva: On Linda Ronstadt and Lawrence Downes’s “Feels Like Home”
Caroline Tracey reviews Linda Ronstadt and Lawrence Downes’s “Feels Like Home.”
Caroline TraceyOct 21, 2022
Racialized Geographies: A Conversation with Susan Gillman
Cherene Sherrard-Johnson talks with Susan Gillman about her new book “American Mediterraneans: A Study in Geography, History, and Race.”
Cherene Sherrard-JohnsonOct 20, 2022
Refugees, Art, Democracy
Anthony RendonOct 20, 2022
When Family Is a Foreign Language: On Linda Murphy Marshall’s “Ivy Lodge”
Liz Chang reviews Linda Murphy Marshall’s new book “Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery.”
Liz ChangOct 20, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
Boris Dralyuk on Poetry, Translation and Émigrés
Oct 20, 2022
Big Dreams and Strange Connections: A Conversation with Joe Coscarelli
Donald Morrison talks to Joe Coscarelli of “The New York Times” about the state and shape of Atlanta hip-hop.
Donald MorrisonOct 19, 2022
- History
- Music
No Home at All?: On Kenneth B. Moss’s “An Unchosen People”
David N. Myers reviews Kenneth B. Moss’s “An Unchosen People: Jewish Political Reckoning in Interwar Poland.”
David N. MyersOct 19, 2022
The Rules of the Game: On Toni Ann Johnson’s “Light Skin Gone to Waste”
Désirée Zamorano reviews Toni Ann Johnson’s story collection “Light Skin Gone to Waste.”
Désirée ZamoranoOct 18, 2022
- Fiction
Petro-Menopause in “Borgen: Power & Glory”
Julia Leyda and Anne Marit Waade explore the link between transitioning away from fossil fuels and menopause in the Danish Netflix series “Borgen: Power & Glory.”
Anne Marit Waade, Julia LeydaOct 18, 2022
The House of Amapiano
Sanya Osha explores the joyous energy of the amapiano music genre in South Africa.
Sanya OshaOct 17, 2022
- Around the World
- Music
How We Know What We Are Being Told: On Peter Brooks’s “Seduced by Story”
Caterina Domeneghini reviews Peter Brooks’s new book “Seduced by Story: The Use and Abuse of Narrative.”
Caterina DomeneghiniOct 17, 2022
- Literary Criticism
The Utopian Horizon of Memory Art: A Conversation with Andreas Huyssen
Abigail Susik speaks with Andreas Huyssen about his book “Memory Art in the Contemporary World: Confronting Violence in the Global South.”
Abigail SusikOct 16, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
A Weighty Affair: On Ed Simon’s “Pandemonium”
David Bentley Hart reviews Ed Simon’s “Pandemonium: A Visual History of Demonology.”
David Bentley HartOct 16, 2022
The First Climate Fiction Masterpiece: On John Wyndham’s 1953 Novel “The Kraken Wakes”
Matthew James Seidel explores the eerie parallels between the climate crisis and John Wyndham’s prescient novel “The Kraken Wakes.”
Matthew James SeidelOct 15, 2022
- Fiction
- SF