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Brave + Kind Bookshop in Decatur, GA
Anna Aguiar Kosicki introduces the newest member of LARB's Reckless Reader family, Brave + Kind Bookshop in Decatur, Georgia.
Anna Aguiar KosickiApr 10, 2021
Rachel Kushner Among the Hard Crowd
Kate and Medaya are joined by Rachel Kushner, whose new book is a collection of essays from the past two decades, The Hard Crowd.
LARB Radio HourApr 9, 2021
Burning Down the House: On the Operatic Impulses of “Promising Young Woman”
Olivia Giovetti explores the operatic roots and resonances in the film “Promising Young Woman.”
Olivia GiovettiApr 9, 2021
- Film
Written in the Face: On Sergei Lebedev’s “Untraceable”
Robyn Jensen tracks down Sergei Lebedev’s “Untraceable,” a novel centering on a deadly nerve toxin, translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis.
Robyn JensenApr 9, 2021
- Fiction
Live Wires: A Conversation with Sumita Chakraborty
Jonathan Farmer interviews Sumita Chakraborty about her new book, “Arrow.”
Jonathan FarmerApr 9, 2021
- Poetry
America’s Antimonopoly Tradition: Talking to Barry C. Lynn
Andy Fitch talks with Barry C. Lynn about the deep roots of America's rebellion against control and his book "Liberty from All Masters."
Andy FitchApr 9, 2021
On Lives and Counterlives
Two solid biographies of the late Philip Roth, one authorized, one not.
Steven G. KellmanApr 8, 2021
- Biography & Autobiography
Those Were the Days
A new book chronicles the pathbreaking film, music, and television of 1974.
Robert Allen PapinchakApr 8, 2021
- History
Fear of Wanting
Two new novels explore the emotional complexities of eating disorders.
Jensen DavisApr 8, 2021
- Fiction
Keisha N. Blain on African American History and Selective Memory
Apr 8, 2021
Dicey Forms: On Durs Grünbein’s “Porcelain”
Alexander Wells considers “Porcelain,” the recently translated poetry collection by Durs Grünbein.
Alexander WellsApr 7, 2021
- Poetry
Negotiating the Generic Closet in the Writers' Room
In an excerpt from The Generic Closet: Black Gayness and the Black-Cast Sitcom, Alfred L. Martin Jr. explores the politics of writers' rooms.
Alfred L. Martin Jr.Apr 7, 2021
- Television
Uncle Miltie’s Never-Ending Show
A reissue of Milton Friedman’s classic work only shows his obsolescence.
Andrew StarkApr 7, 2021
- Economics and Finance
Roll Call: A Conversation with Amy Gerstler
Dinah Lenney talks with Amy Gerstler about her new book, “Index of Women.”
Dinah LenneyApr 6, 2021
- Poetry
A Gift I Couldn’t Offer my Mother: A Conversation with Claire Phillips
Claire Phillips unpacks the personal and structural struggles that permeated her family’s life in her new memoir.
Holly RudolphApr 6, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
“Poetry Has to Defend Itself”: A Conversation with Adam Zagajewski
Cynthia L. HavenApr 6, 2021