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Widow’s Peak
Laura Mauldin explores long and intensive caregiving, the devastation of losing a partner, and the process of healing, in part through having and loving a child.
Laura MauldinAug 7, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
Anthropocene Gothic
Steven Shaviro reviews "Dark Scenes from Damaged Earth," a new academic collection of weird ecocriticism edited by Justin D. Edwards, Rune Graulund, and Johan Höglund.
Steven ShaviroAug 6, 2022
On Thanksgiving, an Uninvited Guest
Jacque Gorelick explores her grief upon her breast cancer diagnosis, her experience of her treatment program, and the fear that she will have fewer Thanksgivings with her children.
Jacque GorelickAug 6, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
Strength of Convictions: On Dervla McTiernan’s “The Murder Rule”
Glenn Harper reviews Dervla McTiernan’s “The Murder Rule,” a legal thriller about a law student’s complicated personal ties with a project that’s working to overturn a convicted murderer’s death sentence.
Glenn HarperAug 6, 2022
- Fiction
- Noir
Plummeting Upstairs: On Joseph Sassoon's “The Sassoons”
Pratinav Anil finds much to admire in Joseph Sassoon’s history of his own storied merchant family.
Pratinav AnilAug 6, 2022
L.A., LAtinx Style: A Conversation Between Natalia Molina, Juan De Lara, George J. Sánchez, and Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo
A panel at the 2022 LA Times Festival of Books addressed the past and future of Los Angeles’s Latinx neighborhoods.
George J. Sánchez, Juan De Lara, Natalia Molina, Pierrette Hondagneu-SoteloAug 5, 2022
Elvia Wilk’s “Death by Landscape”
Kate Wolf is joined by Elvia Wilk to discuss her new collection of essays, “Death by Landscape.”
LARB Radio HourAug 5, 2022
Ruling Class in Session: On Charlie Eaton’s “Bankers in the Ivory Tower”
Dennis Hogan considers Charlie Eaton’s “Bankers in the Ivory Tower”
Dennis M. HoganAug 5, 2022
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
“The Leprosy of the Soul in Our Time”: On the European Origins of the “Great Replacement” Theory
Richard Wolin excavates the roots of the right-wing conspiracy theory that liberal elites are trying to “replace” white Americans with nonwhites.
Richard WolinAug 4, 2022
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
“Cats Are Indescribably Wonderful, Shostakovich’s Fugues Less So”: On Elizabeth Wilson’s “Playing with Fire: The Story of Maria Yudina, Pianist in Stalin’s Russia”
Tim Riley reviews Elizabeth Wilson’s new biography “Playing with Fire: The Story of Maria Yudina, Pianist in Stalin’s Russia.”
Tim RileyAug 4, 2022
- Biography & Autobiography
- Music
The Sublime Danielle Steel: For the Love of Supermarket Schlock
Dan Sinykin reconsiders the career of Danielle Steel.
Dan SinykinAug 3, 2022
- Fiction
- LARB Lit
It’s Not Me, It’s You: On Sloane Crosley’s “Cult Classic”
Randy Rosenthal reviews Sloane Crosley’s new novel “Cult Classic."
Randy RosenthalAug 3, 2022
- Fiction
The Swimmer: Two Poems by Tomas Venclova
Rimas Uzgiris, Tomas VenclovaAug 3, 2022
“The Cut Is Tangible”: A Conversation with Anwen Crawford
Mireille Juchau talks with Anwen Crawford about her new hybrid memoir “No Document.”
Mireille JuchauAug 3, 2022
- Poetry
Two Roads: A Review-in-Dialogue of Roger Reeves’s “Best Barbarian”
Victoria Chang and Dean Rader consider “Best Barbarian,” a collection of poems by Roger Reeves.
Dean Rader, Victoria ChangAug 2, 2022
- Two Roads: Poetry Reviews in Dialogue
The Making of a Prophet
Pradeep Niroula lauds Alec Nevala-Lee’s new biography, "Inventor of the Future," which soberly fact-checks Buckminster Fuller’s legend.
Pradeep NiroulaAug 2, 2022
- Art & Architecture
- Science & Technology