Archive

Pearl Harbor in Film and Myth: 79 Years Later
Spencer Cohen inspects the construction of the Pearl Harbor mythos in the American cultural imagination.
Spencer CohenJan 23, 2021
Kink Lit: A Conversation with R. O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell
LARB Radio HourJan 22, 2021
Second Acts: Two Translations of Giovanni Pascoli
Lisa Russ Spaar reads two new translations of the Italian poet Giovanni Pascoli, "Selected Poems of Giovanni Pascoli" and "Last Dream."
Lisa Russ SpaarJan 22, 2021
- Around the World
- Poetry
A Premature Eulogy for Privacy
Evan Selinger vehemently argues against the tenets of Firmin DeBrabander’s “Life After Privacy: Reclaiming Democracy in a Surveillance Society.”
Evan SelingerJan 22, 2021
The Anatomy of the LSD Romance in the 1970s: On Errol Morris’s “My Psychedelic Love Story”
James Penner analyzes the life and times of Joanna Harcourt-Smith and Errol Morris’s recent film about her, “My Psychedelic Love Story.”
James PennerJan 22, 2021
Language that Everybody Understands: Talking to Representative Debbie Dingell
Andy Fitch interviews Representative Debbie Dingell (MI-12) about crafting policies that bring everyone along.
Andy FitchJan 22, 2021
Romance as the New Literary: On Kevin Barry’s “That Old Country Music”
Art Edwards takes in “That Old Country Music,” the new short story collection by Kevin Barry.
Art EdwardsJan 21, 2021
- Fiction
Dickinson's Hair
For Dear Television, Sarah Mesle explores the follicular politics of gender, race, and poetics on Apple TV+'s revisionist fantasy Dickinson.
Sarah MesleJan 21, 2021
- Dear Television
Nil by Mouth
I have filled it with many things throughout the years: solitude and stitches, bouquets and bruises, rings and regret. But still, I am a skinny girl.
Zara PottsJan 21, 2021
- Nonfiction
Books Like Pictures in a Gallery: A Conversation with Jonathan Lethem
Sean Hooks talks with Jonathan Lethem about his newest book, “The Arrest.”
Sean HooksJan 21, 2021
- Fiction
Tiptoeing Toward the Very Edge of Believability: An Interview with Kevin Barry
Daneet Steffens interviews Irish author Kevin Barry about his new short story collection, “That Old Country Music.”
Daneet SteffensJan 20, 2021
- Fiction
- Noir
Under the Language: A Conversation with Pierre Joris on Paul Celan
David Brazil interviews Pierre Joris about his new collection of Paul Celan writings, “Memory Rose into Threshold Speech.”
David BrazilJan 20, 2021
- Around the World
- Poetry
A Combustible Compound: On Paul Hanebrink’s “A Specter Haunting Europe” and Elissa Bemporad’s “Legacy of Blood”
On “A Specter Haunting Europe: The Myth of Judeo-Bolshevism” and “Legacy of Blood: Jews, Pogroms, and Ritual Murder in the Lands of the Soviets.”
David N. MyersJan 20, 2021
Make the Yuletide Gay
Matthias Smith reviews the recent rise of LGBT representation in an unlikely film genre — holiday movies.
Matthias SmithJan 20, 2021
Voiceless in Vienna
A new Slovenian novel chronicles the exploits of Nada, daughter of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch.
Tom ConaghanJan 19, 2021
- Around the World
- Fiction
High Fantasy with Tear Gas and Riot Gear
Matthew Iung reflects on “The Mask of Mirrors,” the new book by M. A. Carrick.
Matthew IungJan 19, 2021
- SF