Archive

Courtiers and Sycophants: Catherine Liu’s Case Against the Professional Managerial Class
An excoriation of the professional managerial class that strips attention from the people it purports to help.
Lukas MoeJul 20, 2021
- Politics
The Land of Dreamers
How a multiethnic neighborhood east of downtown Los Angeles signifies democracy.
Helen CabreraJul 19, 2021
- History
Punishment Is Coming: On Mieko Kawakami’s “Heaven”
Mieko Kawakami’s novel “Heaven” explores the sufferings and cruelties of adolescence.
Soleil DavídJul 19, 2021
- Fiction
Facing France’s Ghosts: A Conversation with Mame-Fatou Niang
The Francophone scholar discusses her work and activism as a major Black voice in the French public sphere.
Grégory PierrotJul 19, 2021
- Decolonize | Defund | Abolish
Hollywood Is Thy Name
Two new books explore the movies Hollywood made about Hollywood movies.
Charles MusserJul 19, 2021
- Literary Criticism
The Korean Literary Crime Wave: Jeong You-jeong's The Good Son and Kim Un-su's The Plotters
Colin Marshall looks at recent Korean crime fiction by Jeong You-jeong and Kim Un-su.
Colin MarshallJul 18, 2021
Has America Lost Its First Principles?
Edward J. Watts considers “First Principles” in the wake of the Trump presidency.
Edward WattsJul 18, 2021
- Law
“Her Living Voice”: On “The Essential Muriel Rukeyser”
Catherine Gander considers “The Essential Muriel Rukeyser,” edited by Natasha Trethewey.
Catherine GanderJul 18, 2021
- Poetry
All the White Churches
A convincing argument that the ghosts of slavery haunt the white evangelical church.
Jennifer C. MartinJul 18, 2021
- Religion
Toward an Omega Woman: On Alison Stine’s “Road Out of Winter”
Alison Stine’s “Road Out of Winter” is well written and a poignant reminder of how we chronically neglect ourselves and our world.
D. Harlan WilsonJul 17, 2021
- SF
Mistresses of Subterfuge: On Judy Batalion’s “The Light of Days”
Puloma Mukherjee reviews Judy Batalion’s “The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler’s Ghettos.”
Puloma MukherjeeJul 17, 2021
- History
Mr. Mudrick Is 100
Bob BlaisdellJul 17, 2021
“For Freedom, for Fairness”: A Conversation with Judy Batalion
Shani R. Friedman talks to Judy Batalion about the forgotten heroines of the Holocaust.
Shani R. FriedmanJul 17, 2021
- History
Claire Fuller’s “Unsettled Ground”
Boris Dralyuk and Medaya Ocher are joined by author Claire Fuller to discuss “Unsettled Ground,” this season’s selection for the LARB Book Club.
LARB Radio HourJul 16, 2021
Beloved Objects: Two Books on Queer Fandom
Charles O’Malley compares two recent memoirs that explore queer attachments to and identification with popular culture.
Charles O’MalleyJul 16, 2021
- Film
Archival Futures: The Archive as a Place and the Place of the Archive
Rethinking the research archive in an age of pandemics and digitization.
Sarath PillaiJul 16, 2021
- History