Archive

That New Old-Time Religion
L. Benjamin Rolsky reviews Randall Balmer’s “Bad Faith: Race and the Rise of the Religious Right.”
L. Benjamin RolskyNov 30, 2021
- Politics
The “Brave Face” of Kashmiri Women: A Conversation with Farah Bashir
Nafeesa Syeed interviews Farah Bashir about her book about growing up female in the 1990s during the war in Kashmir, “Rumours of Spring.”
Nafeesa SyeedNov 30, 2021
- Around the World
Against Ethnic Absolutism: The Hybrid Cinema of Med Hondo
Giovanni Vimercati reviews an unprecedented three-volume set on African filmmaker Med Hondo.
Giovanni VimercatiNov 29, 2021
- Film
“An Ancestry’s Worth of Broken Hearts”: On Tiphanie Yanique’s “Monster in the Middle”
A scintillating novel about the complexities of race and the dislocations of migration.
Erik GleibermannNov 29, 2021
- Fiction
Relentless Erudition: On Seamus Deane’s “Small World: Ireland, 1798–2018”
The final collection of essays from a great Irish scholar.
Conor McCarthyNov 29, 2021
- Literary Criticism
Utopia’s Settler Colonialism Problem
Jessica Namakkal interrogates the settler colonial impulses behind 20th-century utopias like Auroville, India.
Jessica NamakkalNov 28, 2021
- Around the World
Knowing Your Creeks: On Ash Davidson’s “Damnation Spring”
A review of Ash Davidson’s new novel about trees, pollution, and family.
Tryphena YeboahNov 28, 2021
- Fiction
Escaping the Darkness: On J. M. Thompson’s “Running Is a Kind of Dreaming”
J. M. Thompson writes a memoir about addiction, hard-won sobriety, and marathon running.
Sonja FlancherNov 28, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
More Than Enough For Everyone: Talking with Andrea Abi-Karam and Kay Gabriel
K.B. ThorsNov 28, 2021
Secrets, Omissions, the Unknown: On Victoria Chang’s “Dear Memory”
Heather Scott Partington explores Victoria Chang’s “Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief.”
Heather Scott PartingtonNov 27, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
Who Controls the Narrative?: On David M. Higgins’s “Reverse Colonization: Science Fiction, Imperial Fantasy, and Alt-Victimhood”
Higgins’s new book examines the reactionary imagination in contemporary science fiction.
Brian AtteberyNov 27, 2021
- Literary Criticism
Don’t Ever Ask a Great Actor for Marital Advice
Jervey Tervalon continues his memoir in vignettes.
Jervey TervalonNov 27, 2021
The Joy of the Gamble: A Conversation with David Lehman
Aspen Matis in conversation with poet David Lehman, whose newest book is “The Morning Line.”
Aspen MatisNov 27, 2021
- Poetry
Say the Word: On Amanda Montell’s “Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism”
Words and their power are at the heart of Amanda Montell’s new book.
Olivia GerberNov 26, 2021
- Cultural Studies
Melissa Anderson’s “Inland Empire” and Pippa Garner’s “Immaculate Misconceptions”
Kate Wolf is joined by Melissa Anderson, author of “Inland Empire,” and Pippa Garner, the artist behind the exhibition “Immaculate Misconception.”
LARB Radio HourNov 26, 2021
Past Our Breaking Points: A Conversation with Anjali Enjeti
Madhushree Ghosh interviews Anjali Enjeti about her new book of essays, “Southbound: Essays on Identity, Inheritance, and Social Change.”
Madhushree GhoshNov 26, 2021
- Memoir & Essay