Archive

Technology and Politics Are Inseparable: An Interview with Cory Doctorow
In this conversation about his new novel, “Attack Surface,” Cory Doctorow imagines a path toward mending the broken systems that shape our lives.
Eliot PeperJan 30, 2021
Controversial Contest
America’s signature women’s pageant changes –– slowly –– with the rest of the country.
Elwood WatsonJan 30, 2021
Elizabeth Kolbert on the Nature of the Future
LARB Radio HourJan 29, 2021
The Quiet Filmmaker: Srikanth Srinivasan’s “Modernism by Other Means” and the Cinema of Amit Dutta
Soham Gadre reviews the first scholarly monograph on filmmaker Amit Dutta, written by Srikanth Srinivasan.
Soham GadreJan 29, 2021
- Around the World
- Film
Lying with Numbers
At the end of the 19th century social scientists embraced statistics that “proved” Black criminality. Therein lies a tale.
Mary F. CoreyJan 29, 2021
- History
- Politics
Still Arab
Reflections on the 10th anniversary of the Arab uprisings: language, identity, and the politics of despair.
Rayan FakhouryJan 29, 2021
The Other Condition: Robert Musil on Theater
An immensely valuable collection of the great modernist’s plays and theater writings.
David AuerbachJan 28, 2021
- Around the World
- Fiction
Not Helplessly Strange
Lily DeBell visits the site of the former February House at 7 Middagh Street, reflecting on what it means to her.
Lily DeBellJan 28, 2021
- Nonfiction
Process of Elimination: On Guido Morselli’s “Dissipatio H.G.”
Jamie Richards wanders through “Dissipatio H.G.” by Guido Morselli, translated from the Italian by Frederika Randall.
Jamie RichardsJan 28, 2021
- Around the World
- Fiction
Emigrant: Alexander Vertinsky in 1947
David Shrayer-PetrovJan 28, 2021
“I Was a Daughter — Existentially”: On “Relic” and Daughterhood in Contemporary Horror
Laura Maw considers the role of daughterhood in contemporary horror cinema, focusing in particular on the 2020 film “Relic.”
Laura MawJan 27, 2021
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
I Hope That We Can Be Together Soon
Revisiting the 1973 Compton Christmas parade.
Jenise MillerJan 27, 2021
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
“Between the Lines”: A Conversation with Diane di Prima
Hilton Obenzinger interviews poet Diane di Prima, who recently passed away in October 2020.
Hilton ObenzingerJan 27, 2021
- Poetry
The Fatidic Power of Literature
Robert Pogue Harrison revisits Ariosto’s “Orlando Furioso.”
Jan 26, 2021
Reading for Unreadability: Racializing Asians During the Long Cold War
Kion You reviews Sunny Xiang's "Tonal Intelligence: The Aesthetics of Asian Inscrutability During the Long Cold War."
Kion YouJan 26, 2021
- Literary Criticism
The Great White Reunion: On Duncan Bell’s “Dreamworlds of Race”
Could the separation of the Revolutionary War have been patched in the late 19th century? Some powerful men tried.
Bassam SidikiJan 26, 2021