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You’re Tearing Me Apart: On William L. Barney’s “Rebels in the Making: The Secession Crisis and the Birth of the Confederacy”
Bill Thompson reviews “Rebels in the Making,” the new Civil War history by William L. Barney.
Bill ThompsonNov 4, 2020
- History
- Politics
Daring Holocaust Education: On Yishai Sarid’s “The Memory Monster” and Jean-Claude Grumberg’s “The Most Precious of Cargoes”
Miranda Cooper reviews Yishai Sarid’s “The Memory Monster” and Jean-Claude Grumberg’s “The Most Precious of Cargoes.”
Miranda CooperNov 3, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Wrapped in Plastic: On Courtenay Stallings’s “Laura’s Ghost”
Sophia Stewart reviews “Laura’s Ghost,” a feminist-ethnographic collection revisiting the gender politics of “Twin Peaks,” the series and the film.
Sophia StewartNov 3, 2020
For a More Perfect Fascism: On Victoria de Grazia’s “The Perfect Fascist”
Aliza Wong reviews "The Perfect Fascist," the new biography by Victoria de Grazia.
Aliza WongNov 3, 2020
Women Against the Odds: Talking to Filmmaker Garrett Bradley & Art Legends, the Guerrilla Girls
Talking to filmmaker Garrett Bradley, and later, to Kathe Kollwitz, a founding member of the legendary art group, the Guerrilla Girls
LARB Radio HourNov 2, 2020
The Trumper with a Thousand Faces
Mark Oprea reviews John Hibbing’s “The Securitarian Personality: What Really Motivates Trump’s Base and Why It Matters for the Post-Trump Era.”
Mark OpreaNov 2, 2020
- Politics
The Paesano of Shame: Trump’s Italian American Consiglieres
Christine Grimaldi on the political history of Italian Americans, including those who love Trump.
Christine GrimaldiNov 2, 2020
- History
- Politics
Reclaiming the State in Economics: “Radical Hamilton” and the Means of Statecraft
A new book examines the influence of the first US Treasury Secretary, arguing Hamilton’s “developmental state” is a weapon against free-market ideology.
Justin H. VassalloNov 2, 2020
Conny McCormack on Election Mechanics
Nov 2, 2020
John Yoo Tortures History and Law to Defend Donald Trump
Stephen Rohde reviews John Yoo's "Defender in Chief: Donald Trump’s Fight for Presidential Power."
Stephen RohdeNov 1, 2020
The Dark History of Eastern California: A Conversation with Kendra Atleework
Kendra Atleework discusses her new memoir, “Miracle Country,” and the beauty of Eastern California.
Alex EspinozaNov 1, 2020
- History
- Memoir & Essay
Financial Bubbles, Crashes, and Reform: What Works?
John C. Coffee Jr. reviews Joel Seligman's recently published book, "Misalignment: The New Financial Order and the Failure of Financial Regulation."
John C. Coffee Jr.Nov 1, 2020
Green Devolution
Latin American leftists once saw oil as a way to buy their own independence, but it turned out to be a curse.
Jared OlsonNov 1, 2020
- Around the World
- Politics
The Monthly Digest: November 2020
Nov 1, 2020
The Fragility (End?) of Language at the Limits of Situated Knowledges
Nelli SargsyanNov 1, 2020
Ep. 11: Walter Mosley (Part I) – The Awkward Black Man and Being Easy
Tori, and her guest co-host, Patrick A. Howell, delight in talking to one of the world’s most versatile and admired writers, Walter Mosley.
Nov 1, 2020