Archive

Why it Was OK to Assassinate the Tsar and not President Garfield, or the Morality of Russian Terrorists
Vladimir AlexandrovSep 19, 2021
Careful Liberties: On Rivka Galchen’s “Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch”
Galchen’s reimagining of a real-life witch trial puts a darkly comedic twist on a familiar narrative.
Eric FarwellSep 19, 2021
- Fiction
The South Korean Writer Locked Up for Daring to Go North: Hwang Sok-yong's Memoir The Prisoner
Colin Marshall writes of Hwang Sok-yong's "The Prisoner," a memoir of his captivity in South Korea for traveling north of the 38th Parallel.
Colin MarshallSep 19, 2021
Remembering Ramona and Beverly Cleary’s Attention to Childhood Emotions
Sadie Shorr-Parks takes a look back at Beverly Cleary's "Ramona Quimby, Age 8," recently rereleased by William Morrow.
Sadie Shorr-ParksSep 18, 2021
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
“A Very Strong Effect on the World”: A Conversation with Phillip Lopate
The noted essayist discusses his new anthology of essays, “The Golden Age of the American Essay: 1945–1970.”
Jonathan KirshnerSep 18, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
A Read on the Rebellion
Jervey TervalonSep 18, 2021
Ballet in the City: Jewish Contributions to the Performing Arts in 1930s Shanghai
How European Jewish refugees brought ballet to China.
Susan Blumberg-KasonSep 18, 2021
- History
On Autotheory and Autofiction: Staking Genre
Teresa Carmody deliberates upon the feminist histories and radical possibilities of autotheory and autofiction.
Teresa CarmodySep 17, 2021
- Literary Criticism
Amia Srinivasan’s “The Right to Sex”
Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf are joined by Amia Srinivasan, whose new book is “The Right to Sex: Feminism in the 21st Century.”
LARB Radio HourSep 17, 2021
Metaphor Is Everywhere: A Conversation with Maggie Smith
Melissa Uchiyama interviews poet Maggie Smith about her new book, “Goldenrod.”
Melissa UchiyamaSep 17, 2021
- Poetry
The Present Waver: On “Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts”
Jordan Alexander Stein reviews "Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts" by Rebecca Hall and illustrated by Hugo Martínez.
Jordan Alexander SteinSep 17, 2021
- Comics
A Moral No-Man’s Land: On David Diop’s “At Night All Blood Is Black”
As a meditation on war, race, and colonialism, Diop’s novel cuts like a dull knife.
Samuel Fury Childs DalySep 16, 2021
- Fiction
Stephanie Kelton on Democracy and the Deficit Myth
Sep 16, 2021
Three Questions for Kathleen Alcalá Regarding Her Novel, “Spirits of the Ordinary”
Daniel A. Olivas speaks with Kathleen Alcalá on the republication of her first novel, “Spirits of the Ordinary: A Tale of Casas Grandes.”
Daniel A. OlivasSep 16, 2021
- Fiction
Histories of Violence: Does Civil Resistance Still Work?
Bryony Lau speaks with Erica Chenoweth. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
Bryony LauSep 16, 2021
- Histories of Violence
What About Lila? English Grad School and Emotional Labor in Netflix’s The Chair
Shannon Draucker explores the subtle but powerful portrayal of graduate student marginalization in Netflix's popular new series "The Chair."
Shannon DrauckerSep 16, 2021