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Storytelling as Reparative Act
Bernabé S. Mendoza examines Nnedi Okorafor’s “Death of the Author.”
Archive
Life Takes Over
Samuel Rutter interviews Abdulrazak Gurnah on colonial legacies and the direction of contemporary literature, in a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 45: “Submission.”
Children Die, and Parents Go On Living
Jenessa Abrams reviews Yiyun Li’s “Things in Nature Merely Grow.”
Fourth of July Reading List
Here’s to another year of freedom.
Revisiting Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s “Abolition Geography: Essays Toward Liberation”
For July 4th, we dive into the archives to bring you an episode that still feels quite timely. Ruth Wilson Gilmore joins Kate Wolf and Eric Newman to talk about her new collection, “Abolition Geography.”
Incendiary
Charley Burlock interrogates the myths surrounding wildfires, grief, and California's supposed “gasoline trees” in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 45: “Submission.”
From Democracy to “Safety”
Kristen R. Ghodsee considers the anti-communist contexts that birthed the alt-right, in a review of Quinn Slobodian’s new book “Hayek’s Bastards.”
I Became a Better Magician
Paul Thompson reviews Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal.”
Double Indemnity
Ted Barrow visits Lisa Jo’s exhibit “Ecology of Fear” at Gallery Wendi Norris.
Feds Watching
Jack Lubin considers state censorship and New Orleans rapper B.G.’s album “Freedom of Speech,” in a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 45: “Submission.”
But Is It Boring?
Andrew Stojkovich reviews Andreas Elpidorou’s “The Anatomy of Boredom.”
The Put-On
Jordan Brower considers the abjuring of depth undertaken by the Apple TV+ series “Severance.”
There Isn’t Going to Be Any Trouble
Jane Hayward reads two recent books on China’s post-Mao reform period.
Material, Girls
Annie Berke watches Celine Song’s new film “Materialists” and the Netflix show “With Love, Meghan.”
I Watch the Witch Burn
Reece Sisto reviews Jeff Weiss’s “Waiting for Britney Spears.”
Cracked, Costly Fantasies
Dan O’Sullivan traces the legacy of right-wing ideologies in California.
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