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To Keep My Brother Alive, I Will Fly 7,500 Miles
Dipika Mukherjee traverses time and space to visit her brother after a tragic accident in this personal essay.
Dipika MukherjeeMay 6, 2021
- Nonfiction
Colorblind No More?
Helen Cabrera reviews Elwood David Watson’s recent collection of essays, “Keepin’ It Real.”
Helen CabreraMay 6, 2021
- Politics
Andreas Reckwitz on the COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Effect on Late Modern Societies
May 6, 2021
A Remembered World: On Russell Banks’s “Foregone”
Russell Banks’s new novel “Foregone” is his most metafictional work to date.
Rob LathamMay 5, 2021
- Fiction
Second Acts: A Second Look at Poetry Collections by Judith Hall
Lisa Russ Spaar revisits “Anatomy, Errata” and “Prospects” by Judith Hall.
Lisa Russ SpaarMay 5, 2021
- Poetry
Not to Be Cynical, But …
Ed Simon evaluates "Cynicism," the recent book from Ansgar Allen.
Ed SimonMay 5, 2021
- Philosophy & Religion
Jaywalking, 50 Years Later
Howard A. Rodman looks back on the day, 50 years ago, that he was charged with jaywalking and jailed in the largest mass arrest in US history.
Howard A. RodmanMay 5, 2021
Push-Pull: An Interview with Keema Waterfield
Keema Waterfield talks family, history, and process in this interview on her new book, “Inside Passage.”
Jaime StathisMay 4, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
Closer to Being Fully Myself: On Suzanne Koven’s “Letter to a Young Female Physician”
Rana Awdish reads "Letter to a Young Female Physician," the new collection by Suzanne Koven.
Rana AwdishMay 4, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
The Best of the LARB Radio Hour
For the past five years, co-hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman have helmed the LARB Radio Hour.
May 4, 2021
The Darwin of the Classics
A new biography of Milman Parry, who transformed our understanding of Homer, and oral culture in general.
Tim RileyMay 3, 2021
- Biography & Autobiography
The Thing on the Phone
Stephen MarcheMay 3, 2021
- Fiction
Epidemics in History: Of Vaccines and Saints
John H. Arnold argues that 14th-century voices can help us understand and respond to COVID-19.
John H. ArnoldMay 3, 2021
- History
Histories of Violence: Dreaming of Imperial Violence
Brad Evans speaks with Duncan Bell. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
Brad EvansMay 3, 2021
- Histories of Violence
“A Swim in a Pond in the Rain” by George Saunders
An essay collection from an iconic author exploring how great fiction works. Check out our Spring 2021 pick for the LARB Book Club: “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain” by George Saunders.
May 3, 2021
“We Must Write Well”: On Cecilia Pavón’s “Little Joy”
Kate Wolf sorts through “Little Joy: Selected Stories” by Argentine author Cecilia Pavón, translated by Jacob Steinberg.
Kate WolfMay 2, 2021
- Fiction