Archive

Recovering the Forgotten Past of Black Legal Lives
Ajay K. Mehrotra reviews Dylan C. Penningroth’s “Before the Movement: The Hidden History of Black Civil Rights.”
Ajay K. MehrotraApr 3
- Law
- History
In Its Purest Form
Claire Messud reads “Lolita” on its 70th anniversary, in an essay from the LARB Quarterly, issue no. 44, “Pressure.”
Claire MessudApr 2
- LARB Lit
- Fiction
Jesus in the Fun House
Nick Owchar reviews Elaine Pagels’s “Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus.”
Nick OwcharApr 2
- Religion
- History
At the Point of the Sword, Magic
Sarah McEachern reviews Clarice Lispector’s “Covert Joy: Selected Stories.”
Sarah McEachernApr 1
- Fiction
The Metaphors Sustain
Anabelle Johnston reviews Mai Ishizawa’s “The Place of Shells,” translated by Polly Barton.
Anabelle JohnstonApr 1
- Fiction
Unparalleled Processing
Michael Knapp reviews Mike Singer’s “Why So Serious? The Untold Story of NBA Champion Nikola Jokic.”
Michael KnappMar 31
- Sports
- Biography & Autobiography
Achmed Abdullah, Swinging Caravan
In this new installment of an ongoing series, LARB founder Tom Lutz reflects on Achmed Abdullah’s significance in the year 1925.
Tom LutzMar 31
- Literary Criticism
- Biography & Autobiography
Cartwheeling the Tightrope
Hattie Lindert listens to Playboi Carti’s new album “MUSIC.”
Hattie LindertMar 30
- Music
Not an Enlightened Age
James Davison Hunter considers Peter Harrison’s “Some New World: Myths of Supernatural Belief in a Secular Age.”
James Davison HunterMar 30
- Philosophy & Religion
Jolted out of Our Aesthetic Skins
Simon Wu writes on “Mario Kart” and fiction in Las Vegas in an essay from the LARB Quarterly, issue no. 44, “Pressure.”
Simon WuMar 29
- LARB Lit
- Memoir & Essay
The Destructive Character: A Cover
Robert Pogue Harrison offers a recasting of Walter Benjamin’s 1931 essay for our own time.
Walter Benjamin, Robert Pogue HarrisonMar 29
- Philosophy & Religion
Pankaj Mishra’s “The World After Gaza: A History”
The writer Pankaj Mishra joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to discuss his new book, “The World After Gaza: A History.”
LARB Radio HourMar 28
Basic Stuff About Reality
Devin Thomas O’Shea reviews David Roediger’s “An Ordinary White: My Antiracist Education.”
Devin Thomas O’SheaMar 28
- Memoir & Essay
- Politics
Hazy Passages
Tom Zoellner speaks with Sameer Pandya, author of “Our Beautiful Boys,” about football, India, teenage hazing, and the tyranny of success.
Tom ZoellnerMar 28
- Fiction
Working Out the Kinks
Brittany Menjivar interviews Brittany Newell about style, symbolism, and representations of sex work in her second novel, “Soft Core.”
Brittany MenjivarMar 27
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
Embrangled Banks
David Toomey delights in Banu Subramaniam’s “Botany of Empire: Plant Worlds and the Scientific Legacies of Colonialism.”
David ToomeyMar 27
- Science & Technology