Archive

Conjuring in Wartime: Colm Tóibín Evokes the Art of Thomas Mann
A novel about the life of Thomas Mann is a huge canvas, finely observed.
Anne GoldmanOct 10, 2021
- Fiction
Making Sure Our Rights Stay Right
Stephen Rohde reviews “How Rights Went Wrong,” the new book by Jamal Greene.
Stephen RohdeOct 10, 2021
- Law
The Dark Empire of “Post-Truth”
Marcelo Suárez-Orozco calls for the rescue of truth.
Marcelo Suárez-OrozcoOct 10, 2021
Waves of Transformation: Five Women of the Chicago Avant-Garde
LARB presents an excerpt from “Chicago Avant-Garde: Five Women Ahead of Their Time.”
Liesl OlsonOct 10, 2021
- Cultural Studies
Understanding Korea's Unique Situation: Routledge's New Handbook of Contemporary South Korea
Colin Marshall thinks about the export of Korean culture in the academy and Routledge's recent "Handbook of Contemporary South Korea."
Colin MarshallOct 10, 2021
The Secret History of Kindness: On Michael Nava’s “Lies with Man”
Nava’s eighth Henry Rios mystery investigates the confluence of AIDS activism and Christian fundamentalism.
Michael HarrisOct 9, 2021
- Gender & Sexuality
Sci-Fi Graphic Novel “Displacement” Confronts the Trauma of Incarceration
Cartoonist Kiku Hughes uses time travel to understand her grandmother’s experience in a Japanese American concentration camp.
Mia Nakaji MonnierOct 9, 2021
- Comics
Reckless Reader: Seminary Co-Op
Natasha Vhugen introduces the newest member of LARB's Reckless Reader program, Seminary Co-Op in Chicago, IL.
Natasha VhugenOct 9, 2021
The Cult of Light Skinnedness
Jervey TervalonOct 9, 2021
A Labyrinth of Disillusion: On David Peace’s “Tokyo Redux”
Tara Cheesman reviews “Tokyo Redux,” the final installment of David Peace’s Tokyo Trilogy.
Tara CheesmanOct 9, 2021
- Noir
Spotlight on Translation: October Edition
In this spotlight you’ll find essays and reviews, excerpts and interviews covering work translated from Chinese, French, Russian, Norwegian, and Spanish.
Oct 9, 2021
LARB’s Best: Science
These pieces show why “trusting the science” is complicated, even as science is our best hope for confronting our biases and looming catastrophes.
Oct 9, 2021
Sholom Aleichem Against “Edelkeyt”: A Conversation with Curt Leviant
Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt asks Curt Leviant about translating “Moshkeleh the Thief,” a long-lost novel by Sholom Aleichem.
Avital Chizhik-GoldschmidtOct 8, 2021
- Fiction
The “Decline and Fall” of Rome — A Dangerous Idea?
Ronald Mellor reviews "The Eternal Decline and Fall of Rome: The History of a Dangerous Idea" by Edward J. Watts.
Ronald MellorOct 8, 2021
- History
Melodrama and the Abyss: On María Amparo Escandón’s “L.A. Weather”
Yxta Maya Murray finds a call to action with the melodrama of “L.A. Weather” by María Amparo Escandón.
Yxta Maya MurrayOct 8, 2021
- Fiction
Between Wives: S.H.E and the Making of a Homosocial Myth
Paris Shih charts his own path of self-discovery through the growth of the Taiwanese girl group S.H.E.
Paris ShihOct 8, 2021