Archive

Every Rap Is a Poem: A Conversation with Sean Avery Medlin
A child of Phoenix reflects on growing up Black, bisexual, and overlooked in Arizona.
Michelle BeaverDec 22, 2021
- Poetry
Linguistic Diversity in the Shadows of Empires: On James Griffiths’s “Speak Not”
Oliver Farry hears out “Speak Not: Empire, Identity and the Politics of Language” by James Griffiths.
Oliver FarryDec 21, 2021
- Around the World
Increased Visibility, Increasing Restrictions: Abortion on TV
Lauren Herold, PhD, and Steph Herold, MPH, ask why the increased visibility of abortion on television doesn't equal progress
Lauren Herold, Steph HeroldDec 21, 2021
- Television
Fear Is the Mind Killer; What Enlivens the Mind? — “Dune”’s Alt-Victimhood and Radical Nonviolence in “Nausicaä”
Jerrine Tan compares “Dune” to “Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.”
Jerrine TanDec 21, 2021
- SF
For Some, Hell of Earth: On Meghan R. Henning’s “Hell Hath No Fury: Gender, Disability, and the Invention of Damned Bodies in Early Christian Literature”
LARB presents the fifth entry in “Pasts Imperfect,” a column that explores the impact of ancient pasts on the present.
Jarel Robinson-BrownDec 20, 2021
- Pasts Imperfect
Art in the Speculative City: A Conversation with Susanna Phillips Newbury
Kate Wolf speaks to Susanna Phillips Newbury, author of “The Speculative City: Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles.”
Kate WolfDec 20, 2021
- Art & Architecture
Remembering Anne Rice
Susannah Rodríguez Drissi draws lessons for today from the work Anne Rice, who passed away on December 11, 2021.
Susannah Rodríguez DrissiDec 20, 2021
Ghosts of the Avant-Garde: On Johanna Drucker’s “Iliazd: A Meta-Biography of a Modernist”
A remarkable account of the life, work, and afterlife of an elusive modernist artist.
Ross WilsonDec 20, 2021
- Biography & Autobiography
Free Association: Fireflies Press and Contemporary Film Criticism
Holly Willis examines Fireflies Press’s journal and monograph series as artifacts of contemporary cinephilia.
Holly WillisDec 19, 2021
- Film
A Tech Critic Embraces Dave Eggers’s “The Every”
A tech critic lauds Dave Eggers’s ability to viscerally ground the issues he talks about in dry academese, like slippery slopes and normalization processes.
Evan SelingerDec 19, 2021
- Fiction
Diplomacy Through a Culture of Encounter: On Victor Gaetan’s “God’s Diplomats”
Victor Gaetan’s book documents the Catholic Church’s move away from the just war tradition to international diplomacy.
Maryann Cusimano LoveDec 19, 2021
- Religion
A Lifeline to Greece: On Homero Aridjis’s “Smyrna in Flames”
Stephanos Papadopoulos praises “Smyrna in Flames,” a fictionalized memoir by Greek Mexican poet Homero Aridjis.
Stephanos PapadopoulosDec 18, 2021
- Fiction
The Bloody Spectacle: On Vladimir Alexandrov’s “To Break Russia’s Chains”
Douglas Smith reads “To Break Russia’s Chains” by Vladimir Alexandrov and ponders the legacy of notorious terrorist Boris Savinkov.
Douglas SmithDec 18, 2021
- History
The Lady in Mauve
Jervey TervalonDec 18, 2021
While Europe Slept
Europe has not taken war seriously for seven decades.
Brian Babcock-LumishDec 18, 2021
- Politics
Sam Quinones’s “The Least of Us”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by Sam Quinones, whose latest book is “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth.”
LARB Radio HourDec 17, 2021