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After the Expulsion: An Excerpt from “Jewish Literature: A Very Short Introduction”
Ilan Stavans explores Sephardic literature in this excerpt from “Jewish Literature: A Very Short Introduction.”
Archive
Freedom’s Just Another Word
Freedom means the state can’t mess with you. Right?
Spotlight on Translation: August Edition
In this spotlight you’ll find reviews of prose and verse from Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Argentine Spanish, as well as profiles of and essays on major modern and contemporary authors.
The Good Mister Finn
“Risen from the Bottom”: On Forrest Gander’s “Twice Alive”
Meryl Natchez reviews “Twice Alive” by Forrest Gander.
Massy Books in Vancouver, BC
Miranda Hellmold-Stone introduces the newest member of LARB's Reckless Reader program, Massy Books in Vancouver, BC.
Night with a Nihilist: On Faith Hillis’s “Utopia’s Discontents”
Ania Aizman is engrossed by “Utopia’s Discontents,” Faith Hillis’s history of 19th-century revolutionaries and Jewish radicals.
Nawaaz Ahmed’s “Radiant Fugitives”
Eric Newman talks with Nawaaz Ahmed about his debut novel, “Radiant Fugitives”
The Man Who Hated Moms: Looking Back on Philip Wylie’s “Generation of Vipers”
Wylie’s moms were middle-aged and menopausal Cinderellas, hirsute and devoid of sex appeal.
Boas and His Students
Michael S. Roth explores “Gods of the Upper Air” by Charles King.
55 Voices for Democracy: “The Cult of Short-Termism” by Bernhard Poerksen
For the Thomas Mann House series "55 Voices for Democracy," German media academic Bernhard Poerksen analyzes the problems posed by short-term media fads.
Against Mug Shots
How can artists create images that counter the carceral state?
Siberia Burns: A Poem from Russia
Delmore Schwartz’s Screamatorium
The strangeness and neurotic vitality of Delmore Schwartz’s short fiction merit a closer look.
The Man Behind the Myth: Should We Question the Hero’s Journey?
LARB presents the first entry in “Pasts Imperfect,” a new column that explores the impact of ancient pasts on the present.
The Involuted Palate, or the Savage Crinkle of Future Snacks
In a delightful essay, Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft suggests “involution” characterizes the food-tech nexus every bit as much as innovation.
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