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A Method for Virtue
Professor Hieronymi reviews “The Good Life Method,” methodologically.
Pamela HieronymiMay 9, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
“Knowingness as an Obstacle to Love”: A Conversation with Emily Ogden
The author discusses her new book, “On Not Knowing,” and how to resist the temptation of having things settled.
Johanna WinantMay 8, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
What Is L.A. Art?
Perwana Nazif on Suzanne Jackson and the character of L.A. art.
Perwana NazifMay 8, 2022
- LARB Lit
Suboptimal by Design: On Laura T. Hamilton and Kelly Nielsen’s “Broke: The Racial Consequences of Underfunding Public Universities”
“Broke” exposes the University of California system as a textbook example of structural racism.
Christopher NewfieldMay 8, 2022
- Education
Is Amazon the Borg? We Asked Their Workers
If Amazon is building a new future of capitalism (or something worse), it is doing so on the backs of its workers. What future do they envision?
Graeme Webb, Max Haiven, Xenia BenivolskiMay 7, 2022
- SF
Douglas Stuart’s “Young Mungo”
Douglas Stuart joins Eric Newman to talk about his new novel, “Young Mungo.”
LARB Radio HourMay 6, 2022
Digital Oligarchy
Robert Gorwa reads Jillian York’s “Silicon Values” on digital content moderation in the context of the Ukrainian War.
Robert GorwaMay 6, 2022
- Science & Technology
Like Standing Stones: On Sam Buchan-Watts’s “Path Through Wood” and Henri Cole’s “Blizzard”
Declan Ryan finds new tenderness and defiance in recent collections by Sam Buchan-Watts and Henri Cole.
Declan RyanMay 6, 2022
- Poetry
“The Thin Lash of Silence”: On Monika Herceg’s “Initial Coordinates”
The first English translation of the spare, lyrical work of a major Croatian poet.
Cory OldweilerMay 6, 2022
- Around the World
- Poetry
A Foundation for International Law: On Michael Fleming’s “In the Shadow of the Holocaust”
Mark Ellis reviews the recent book by Michael Fleming, “In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Poland, the United Nations War Crimes Commission, and the Search for Justice.”
Mark EllisMay 5, 2022
- Law
On Boba
Kyla Wazana Tompkins on the history and joys of boba.
Kyla Wazana TompkinsMay 5, 2022
- LARB Lit
“Mixed Together, Fused”: On a Novel of Sports and War from Ukraine
Angela BrintlingerMay 5, 2022
The Chaos Remains: On Melissa Chadburn’s “A Tiny Upward Shove”
A debut novel from a Los Angeles labor organizer is a searing mirror on immigrant poverty.
Martha Anne TollMay 5, 2022
- Fiction
Ruben Neugebauer on Sea Rescue and the Crisis on the Mediterranean Sea
May 5, 2022
Formalism and the Demon of Analogy: A Conversation with Rosalind Krauss
The celebrated art historian and critic discusses her forthcoming book on Roland Barthes.
Abigail SusikMay 4, 2022
- Art & Architecture
Parade of Lonely Faces: On Buster Keaton and Greta Garbo
Emina Melonic reviews two recent biographies about notoriously private stars who started in silent cinema: Buster Keaton and Greta Garbo.
Emina MelonicMay 4, 2022
- Film