Archive

The Tyranny of Neutrality in “AI 2041”
Virginia L. Conn reviews the new collection of scientific fiction from Chen Qiufan and Kai-Fu Lee, “AI 2041: Ten Visions for Our Future.”
Virginia L. ConnOct 30, 2021
- SF
Natalie Diaz’s “Postcolonial Love Poem”
Boris Dralyuk and Callie Siskel speak with poet Natalie Diaz about her collection “Postcolonial Love Poem.”
LARB Radio HourOct 29, 2021
Of Grace and Pain: On Ashley C. Ford’s “Somebody’s Daughter”
Ellen Wayland-Smith explores Ashley C. Ford’s “Somebody’s Daughter: A Memoir.”
Ellen Wayland-SmithOct 29, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
Real Life Rock Top 10: October 2021
LARB presents the October 2021 installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusOct 29, 2021
- Music
The Three Little Pigs and a Big Bad Wolf: On Gabriel Hart’s “Fallout From Our Asphalt Hell”
Robert FrombergOct 29, 2021
Building Trust: On Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano’s “Black, White, and The Grey”
A joint memoir about the development of a restaurant in the Deep South.
Amy BowersOct 29, 2021
- Food & Drink
Tell the Story: Learning from Disaster
Shelley ShaverOct 29, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
Literature as System: On Yuri Tynianov
Marjorie Perloff revisits the criticism of Russian Formalist Yuri Tynianov, whose essays have been collected in English for the first time.
Marjorie PerloffOct 28, 2021
- Literary Criticism
Trouble and Grace: On Tom Noyes’s “The Substance of Things Hoped For”
A brilliant new novel about the madness of religious and political conviction.
W. Scott OlsenOct 28, 2021
- Fiction
Your Dwell Time Betrays You: On Rachel Genn’s “What You Could Have Won”
A novel about regret and toxic relationships written with clinical rigor and savage wit.
Stephen PhelanOct 28, 2021
- Fiction
A Labor We Will Never See
It is very hard to talk properly about money in relation to creative work.
Katie da Cunha LewinOct 27, 2021
- Literary Criticism
We Can Do Better: On Richard Rorty’s “Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism”
Michael S. Roth examines Richard Rorty’s “Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism.”
Michael S. RothOct 27, 2021
- Philosophy & Religion
The Peculiar Thrill of Seeing One’s Words: A Conversation with Mark Haddon on Translator Names on Book Covers
Nathan Scott McNamara asks Mark Haddon about the campaign to put translators’ names on book covers.
Nathan Scott McNamaraOct 27, 2021
The Formation of a Neo-Nazi: On Sjón’s “Red Milk”
An admirable but unsatisfying account of why a disaffected man might drift toward extremism.
Randy RosenthalOct 27, 2021
- Fiction
The Oskar Schindler of Hollywood
A new documentary about Carl Laemmle explores the movie mogul’s humanitarian accomplishments.
Chris YogerstOct 26, 2021
- Film
55 Voices for Democracy: "Democracy as a Process of Conviction" by Christoph Möllers
Christoph Möllers discusses the charge against Thomas Mann of being "apolitical."
Christoph MöllersOct 26, 2021