Archive

What Has Become of Home?
Zahra Hankir explores Mai Al-Nakib’s debut novel, “An Unlasting Home.”
Zahra HankirJul 3, 2022
- Fiction
A Cosmos of Bodies: On Jazmina Barrera’s “Linea Nigra: An Essay on Pregnancy and Earthquakes”
Stephanie Malak follows “Linea Nigra: An Essay on Pregnancy and Earthquakes” by Jazmina Barrera.
Stephanie MalakJul 2, 2022
- Gender & Sexuality
In Defense of Wasting Time: On C. Thi Nguyen’s “Games: Agency As Art”
If you think games are a waste of time, it is only because you have fundamentally misunderstood how humans decide how to spend their lives.
David Zvi KalmanJul 2, 2022
- SF
The Formality of Nostalgia: On Boris Dralyuk’s “My Hollywood and Other Poems”
Art Beck considers “My Hollywood and Other Poems” by Boris Dralyuk.
Art BeckJul 2, 2022
- Poetry
The Price You Pay: Of Crimes and Closets
Michael Nava reads Katherine V. Forrest’s “Delafield” and explains why Forrest is an icon of lesbian fiction.
Michael NavaJul 1, 2022
- Noir
At the Beginning of Hope: On Ocean Vuong’s “Time Is a Mother”
Donnelle McGee considers “Time Is a Mother” by Ocean Vuong.
Donnelle McGeeJul 1, 2022
- Poetry
Natalia Molina’s “A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community”
Kate Wolf and Eric Newman are joined by Natalia Molina to discuss her latest, “A Place at the Nayarit: How a Mexican Restaurant Nourished a Community.”
LARB Radio HourJul 1, 2022
What You Would Think of as Noise: On Matthew G. Kirschenbaum’s “Bitstreams: The Future of Digital Literary Heritage”
Kelly Baker Josephs reviews Matthew G. Kirschenbaum’s “Bitstreams: The Future of Digital Literary Heritage.”
Kelly Baker JosephsJul 1, 2022
- Literary Criticism
Passing Through: A Conversation with Jhani Randhawa
Lyle Daniel in conversation with Jhani Randhawa about their new book, “Time Regime.”
Lyle DanielJun 30, 2022
- Poetry
“Carry Her, Round as the Globe”: Three Poems of War in Ukraine
Ukrainian-American poet Vasyl Makhno offers three poems on the war in Ukraine, translated by Olena Jennings, Luba Gawur, and Jaroslaw Anders.
Vasyl MakhnoJun 30, 2022
Feeling Like a Feminist with Audrey Diwan’s “Happening”
Lori J. Marso uses Simone De Beauvoir and a feminist phenomenological lens to consider Audrey Diwan’s “Happening,” a film adapted from the work of Annie Ernaux.
Lori MarsoJun 30, 2022
- Film
Christine Landfried on the Democratic Potential of Citizens' Assemblies
Jun 30, 2022
A Writer’s Project for the 21st Century: A Conversation with Congressman Ted Lieu
LARB Legal Affairs Editor Don Franzen talks with Congressman Ted Lieu about his 21st Century Federal Writers’ Project Act.
Don FranzenJun 29, 2022
- Law
“You Passed Through Here Like a Miracle”: On Maya Abu Al-Hayyat’s “You Can Be the Last Leaf”
Lena Khalaf Tuffaha celebrates the appearance of “You Can Be the Last Leaf,” a collection by Palestinian poet Maya Abu Al-Hayyat, translated by Fady Joudah.
Lena Khalaf TuffahaJun 29, 2022
Who Killed Orchestral Music?
Tom Teicholz turns his ear to “The War on Music: Reclaiming the 20th Century” by John Mauceri.
Tom TeicholzJun 29, 2022
- Music
Long and Variegated Struggles: On “Abolition. Feminism. Now.”
Amna A. Akbar reviews a new book by Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Ritchie, “Abolition. Feminism. Now.”
Amna A. AkbarJun 28, 2022
- Politics