Archive

Form, Object, Art
Caroline Tracey probes the experimental book-art of Mexican author Verónica Gerber Bicecci.
Caroline TraceyMay 27
- Art & Architecture
- Environment
All That Lovely Old Transsexual Shit
Agnes Borinsky appreciates all the ways Vivian Blaxell’s does transness in her book-length essay “Worthy of the Event.”
Agnes BorinskyMay 26
- Memoir & Essay
- Gender & Sexuality
There Is No Such Thing as Green Capitalism
David Shipko explores climate denialism in speculative literature and culture.
David ShipkoMay 26
- SF
- Environment
In Defense of the Free Auteur
David Louis Zuckerman explores crisis and awakening in Amalia Ulman’s film, “Magic Farm,” at the 2025 Los Angeles Festival of Movies.
David Louis ZuckermanMay 25
- Film
- Environment
Bear to Look
Ryan Teitman dives into Rosalie Moffett’s new collection of poems, “Making a Living.”
Ryan TeitmanMay 25
- Poetry
Terminal Delirium
From the perspective of her own experience as a neurologist, Pria Anand critically reads Michael Erard’s “Bye Bye I Love You: The Story of Our First and Last Words.”
Pria AnandMay 24
- Science & Technology
The Rapturous Power of Words
Sarah Moorhouse explores Edward Wilson-Lee’s “The Grammar of Angels: A Search for the Magical Powers of Sublime Language.”
Sarah MoorhouseMay 24
- Philosophy & Religion
Vauhini Vara’s “Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age”
Eric Newman speaks with journalist and author Vauhini Vara about her new book “Searches: Selfhood in the Digital Age.”
LARB Radio HourMay 23
Ross Douthat’s Tame God
Ed Simon considers the invitation from Ross Douthat to believe in a deity.
Ed SimonMay 23
- Philosophy & Religion
Moments Before Burning
Benjamin Paul considers Mary Helen Callier’s debut poetry collection, “When the Horses.”
Benjamin PaulMay 23
- Poetry
We’re Not Happy Until You’re Not Happy
Diana Heald reviews Sophie Gilbert’s “Girl on Girl: How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves.”
Diana HealdMay 22
- Cultural Studies
It’s the Same Story Everywhere
Sasha Vasilyuk interviews Boris Fishman about his latest novel, “The Unwanted.”
Sasha VasilyukMay 22
- Fiction
Bureaucracy Versus the Apocalypse
Mieke Marple reviews the new anthology “Who Is Government? The Untold Story of Public Service,” edited by Michael Lewis.
Mieke MarpleMay 21
- Politics
To Unfix Our Fixed Ideas
Laura Wetherington interviews Mia You about “Festival.”
Laura WetheringtonMay 21
- Poetry
What Would It Take to Re-Sacralize Nature?
Ellen Wayland-Smith admires how Robert Macfarlane’s “Is a River Alive?” places the reader in immersive contact with the nature we regard as mere backdrop to human activity.
Ellen Wayland-SmithMay 20
- Science & Technology
- Environment
Ukrainian Gothic
Tom Johnson interviews Nick Owchar about his novel “A Walker in the Evening.”
Tom JohnsonMay 20
- Fiction