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Modernity’s Slumber Factory
Ian Ellison considers Sebastian P. Klinger’s “Sleep Works: Experiments in Science and Literature, 1899–1929.”
Ian EllisonApr 26
- Literary Criticism
- Science & Technology
Maggie Nelson’s “Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth”
Maggie Nelson joins Kate Wolf to discuss her new book “Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth.”
LARB Radio HourApr 25
Building a Nest
Lauren Markham and Jenny Odell discuss people, books, and places as inspiration; grief and the creative process; and the conscious attention required by climate crisis.
Lauren Markham, Jenny OdellApr 25
- Memoir & Essay
- Environment
The Isaiah of the Butterflies
In this new installment of an ongoing series, LARB founder Tom Lutz reflects on the “King of the Greenwich Village Bohemians,” Maxwell Bodenheim, and the significance of the year 1925.
Tom LutzApr 25
- Literary Criticism
- History
Sitting with the Grief
Jenna N. Hanchey explores the recent anthology “Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction,” edited by Eugen Bacon.
Jenna N. HancheyApr 24
- Cultural Studies
- SF
Stanisław Lem’s Jewish Paradoxes
Marat Grinberg considers Stanisław Lem as a Jewish writer.
Marat GrinbergApr 24
- SF
The Dialectic Lurking Behind the Brutality
Ieva Jusionyte digs into Greg Grandin’s “America, América: A New History of the New World.”
Ieva JusionyteApr 23
- History
Gulf of América
Esther Allen reviews Greg Grandin’s “America, América: A New History of the New World.”
Esther AllenApr 23
- History
What Bad Art Lacks
Chris Molnar interviews Naomi Falk about her new book, “The Surrender of Man.”
Chris MolnarApr 22
- Memoir & Essay
- Art & Architecture
We All Inhabit This Small Planet
Heather Cass White considers David Szalay’s latest novel, “Flesh.”
Heather Cass WhiteApr 21
- Fiction
“We’re All Chinese, Aren’t We?”
Jessie Lau ponders Emily Feng’s “Let Only Red Flowers Bloom: Identity and Belonging in Xi Jinping’s China.”
Jessie LauApr 21
- Politics
- Cultural Studies
Painting Money
Gracie Hadland talks to Paul Sietsema about his recent exhibition at Matthew Marks Gallery.
Gracie HadlandApr 20
- Art & Architecture
More and Scarier Monsters, Always
Vanessa Evans reviews the new critical anthology “Global Indigenous Horror,” edited by Naomi Simone Borwein.
Vanessa EvansApr 20
Points of Confluence
Michael Knapp reviews “The Voices of Adriana” by Elvira Navarro, translated by Christina MacSweeney.
Michael KnappApr 19
- Fiction
Jorrell Watkins’s “Still, my brother’s flag flies”
The LARB Quarterly no. 44, “Pressure,” presents a new poem by Jorrell Watkins.
Jorrell WatkinsApr 19
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
Katie Kitamura’s “Audition”
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher speak with writer Katie Kitamura about her recent novel, “Audition.”
LARB Radio HourApr 18