Archive

After Further Review: Ghostface Killah’s “Supreme Clientele”
Oliver Wang and David Ma discuss Ghostface Killah’s “Supreme Clientele” and the trajectory of the Wu-Tang Clan around the turn of the century.
Oliver WangNov 3
- Music
Sound Epistemology
Alexander Billet listens to Damon Krukowski’s “Why Sound Matters.”
Alexander BilletNov 2
- Cultural Studies
- Music
No Sex in the City
Tess Pollok interviews Melissa Febos about her new memoir, “The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex.”
Tess PollokNov 2
- Memoir & Essay
Archive, Appendix, Hoodie, Home
Lana Lin dissects the literary and bodily significance of the appendix.
Lana Lin Nov 1
- Memoir & Essay
I Could Smell Without Smelling
Lindsey Webb follows Rainer Diana Hamilton’s paths through sensing and remembering in “Lilacs.”
Lindsey WebbNov 1
- Poetry
The LARB Book Club
The LARB Book Club is one of the Los Angeles Review of Books’s signature membership perks where we discuss the seasonal selection directly with the author on our podcast and have an online discussion with members.
Nov 1
The Shit Show
In this special episode, hosts Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman discuss how Big Tech dreams—from iPhones to social media to AI—have become nightmares.
LARB Radio HourOct 31
- LARB Radio Hour
The Return of the Luddites
Erik J. Larson considers “The AI Con: How to Fight Big Tech’s Hype and Create the Future We Want” by Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna.
Erik J. LarsonOct 31
- Science & Technology
- Philosophy & Religion
Literature Is Not a Vibe: On ChatGPT and the Humanities
Rachele Dini discusses OpenAI’s “A Machine-Shaped Hand” and an academic sector in crisis.
Rachele DiniOct 31
- SF
- Science & Technology
Pynchon’s Abundance
Travis Alexander revisits Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel “Vineland,” arguing that it contains a prescient analysis of today’s liberal-leftist divide.
Travis AlexanderOct 30
- Fiction
- Politics
Edward Steed’s Posthuman Comedy
Ivan Kreilkamp “blasts through ordinary perception” in Edward Steed’s “Forces of Nature: A Book of Drawings.”
Ivan KreilkampOct 30
- Comics
Finishing Last
Gracie Hadland relates to John Tottenham’s “Service.”
Gracie HadlandOct 29
- Fiction
Destroy Humanism
Eric Vanderwall reviews Peter Behrman de Sinéty’s new translation of French author Pierre Guyotat’s memoir “Idiocy.”
Eric VanderwallOct 29
- Memoir & Essay
Enuf Is Enuf
Tom LeClair clop-clops through Mark Z. Danielewski’s new novel “Tom’s Crossing.”
Tom LeClairOct 28
- Fiction
- SF
Challenging the Myth of Firstness
John Rieder explores Zac Zimmer’s “First Contact: Speculative Visions of the Conquest of the Americas.”
John RiederOct 27
- SF
- History
Beautiful Losing
Josh Billings wonders about Helen DeWitt and Ilya Gridneff’s new novel “Your Name Here.”
Josh BillingsOct 27
- Fiction