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When a Revolution Tells Children’s Stories
Mina Khanlarzadeh reflects on the children’s stories impacted by the 1979 Iranian Revolution
Mina KhanlarzadehOct 15, 2022
Kathryn Scanlan’s “Kick the Latch”
Kathryn Scanlan joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to discuss her new novel, “Kick the Latch.”
LARB Radio HourOct 14, 2022
Pathological Aliveness: A Conversation with Harmony Holiday
Lauren Mackler interviews Harmony Holiday on her new book "Maafa."
Lauren MacklerOct 14, 2022
- Poetry
When Reality Isn’t: On Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal”
Israel Daramola reviews Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal.”
Israel DaramolaOct 14, 2022
- Film
- Television
What Comes After the Bailout State?
Martijn Konings discusses implications of government bailouts within the neoliberal order and potential futures for the post-bailout state.
Martijn KoningsOct 14, 2022
- Economics and Finance
- Philosophy & Religion
An Enigmatic Woman: On Julian Barnes’s “Elizabeth Finch”
Connor Harrison reviews Julian Barnes’s new novel “Elizabeth Finch.”
Connor HarrisonOct 13, 2022
- Fiction
Unity in Diversity: On Overcoming the Erasure of Kurdistan and Jina Amini
Activists Ala Riani and Rezan Labady explain the significance of the Iran 2022 protests and the need to spotlight Kurdish identities in the face of cultural erasure.
Ala Riani, Rezan LabadyOct 13, 2022
Opposites Blur Together: On Dane Bahr’s “The Houseboat”
Jason Namey reviews Dane Bahr’s “The Houseboat,” a gothic noir about a detective investigating an outcast suspected of murder in 1960s Iowa.
Jason NameyOct 13, 2022
Imagine More Deeply: A Conversation with Cai Emmons
Aimee Liu speaks with Cai Emmons about her two new novels, “Unleashed” and “Livid.”
Aimee LiuOct 12, 2022
- Fiction
In a Garden of Zeroes: On Brenda Hillman’s “In a Few Minutes Before Later”
Forrest Gander considers “In a Few Minutes Before Later” by Brenda Hillman.
Forrest GanderOct 12, 2022
- Poetry
Musket on Your Shoulder and No Bread at Home: On Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s “The Families’ Civil War”
Erin L. Thompson considers Holly A. Pinheiro Jr.’s “The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice.”
Erin L. ThompsonOct 12, 2022
Variations on a Theme: On Gwendoline Riley’s “First Love” and “My Phantoms”
Oona Holahan reviews Gwendoline Riley’s novels “First Love” and “My Phantoms.”
Oona HolahanOct 11, 2022
- Fiction
- Literary Fiction
What Is It Like to Have a Brain?: On Patrick House’s “Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness”
Henry M. Cowles reviews Patrick House’s “Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness” and finds House’s brains to be remarkably similar to Wallace Stevens’s birds in “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird.”
Henry M. CowlesOct 11, 2022
Russia Has Committed War Crimes in Ukraine
Don Franzen interviews law expert Mark Ellis regarding recent atrocities committed in Ukraine and the subsequent international pursuit of justice.
Mark EllisOct 10, 2022
All That Really Happens Happens to Me: On Annie Ernaux’s “Getting Lost”
Kaya Genç surveys the work of Annie Ernaux via her memoir “Getting Lost,” translated by Alison L. Strayer.
Kaya GençOct 10, 2022
Femo-Imperialism and La Mission Civilisatrice: On Françoise Vergès’s “A Feminist Theory of Violence”
Sohum Pal reviews Françoise Vergès’s “A Feminist Theory of Violence: A Decolonial Perspective,” translated by Melissa Thackway.
Sohum PalOct 9, 2022
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion