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Waiting for Eucatastrophe: On Katy Carl’s “As Earth Without Water” and Joshua Hren’s “Infinite Regress”
John-Paul Heil finds a yearning for utopia in “As Earth Without Water” by Katy Carl and “Infinite Regress” by Joshua Hren.
John-Paul HeilJun 11, 2022
- Fiction
Renee Gladman’s “Plans for Sentences”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by Renee Gladman to speak about her latest book, "Plans for Sentences."
LARB Radio HourJun 10, 2022
The Missing: On Sasha LaPointe’s “Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk”
Ellen Wayland-Smith explores the meanings of exile and impermanence “Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk” by Sasha taqʷšəblu LaPointe.
Ellen Wayland-SmithJun 10, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
Self-Curation: On Rachel Mannheimer’s “Earth Room”
C. Francis Fisher considers “Earth Room,” the debut collection of poems by Rachel Mannheimer.
C. Francis FisherJun 10, 2022
- Poetry
Complications of the Body: A Conversation with Shelly Oria
Eleanor J. Bader interviews Shelly Oria about her latest anthology, “I Know What’s Best for You: Stories on Reproductive Freedom.”
Eleanor J. BaderJun 10, 2022
- Politics
The Eternal Exile: On Jonas Mekas’s Cinema of Memory and Displacement
Dante A. Ciampaglia looks back over the long career of avant-garde film pioneer Jonas Mekas.
Dante A. CiampagliaJun 9, 2022
- Film
Memory Work: Reading and Writing Japanese American Incarceration
Following the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066, Erin Aoyama reflects on the uses of Japanese American memory work.
Erin AoyamaJun 9, 2022
- History
A Late Child: The Fiction of Angus Wilson
Robert Cremins remembers the “tattered humanism” of the fine, now sadly neglected, English novelist Angus Wilson.
Robert CreminsJun 8, 2022
- Fiction
“Poetry Is a Superpower”: Edward Vidaurre and FlowerSong Press
Dick Cluster profiles the Los Angeles–born, Texas-based small-press poet and publisher Edward Vidaurre.
Dick ClusterJun 8, 2022
- Poetry
The Forgotten Noir Detective
Daniel Polansky reviews “Me, Detective,” Leslie T. White’s memoir of his experiences in the LAPD that served as inspiration for Raymond Chandler’s Marlowe.
Daniel PolanskyJun 7, 2022
- Noir
Love’s Labor, Lost and Found: Academia, “Quit Lit,” and the Great Resignation
Lukas Moe considers the recent trend of “quit lit” and the bleak economic prospects of academia.
Lukas MoeJun 7, 2022
- Economics and Finance
Buddhism as Self-Help: On Jay L. Garfield’s “Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live without a Self”
Kieran Setiya finds provocative questions in “Losing Ourselves: Learning to Live without a Self” by Jay L. Garfield.
Kieran SetiyaJun 7, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
Flares and Embers: On A. J. Verdelle’s “Miss Chloe: A Memoir of a Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison”
Wayne Catan connects with “Miss Chloe: A Memoir of a Literary Friendship with Toni Morrison” by A. J. Verdelle.
Wayne CatanJun 6, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
All Hail the Appeasers
Samuel Clowes Huneke reviews “Munich: The Edge of War” by placing it in its proper historical-cultural context.
Samuel Clowes HunekeJun 6, 2022
- Film
Psychiatric Hubris
Mikkel Borch-JacobsenJun 6, 2022
- Science & Technology
What It Means to Wander
Janet Fitch takes a tour of “Ways of Walking,” a collection of essays edited by Ann de Forest.
Jun 5, 2022
- Memoir & Essay