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“Written into Life”: On Marianne Chan’s “All Heathens”
Rebecca Morgan Frank considers “All Heathens” by Marianne Chan.
Rebecca Morgan FrankAug 20, 2020
- Poetry
Truth-Maps: A Conversation with Enrique Martínez Celaya
A modern Renaissance man on his poetry, his paintings, and his views of scientific objectivity.
Elena Karina ByrneAug 20, 2020
- Art & Architecture
- Poetry
What We Know About Hurricanes: On Eric Jay Dolin’s “A Furious Sky”
The astonishing spectacle of hurricanes shows us how much we know and don’t know about the natural world.
Lyn MillnerAug 20, 2020
Poetry in the Time of Melancholia: Rae Armantrout’s “Conjure”
David BreithauptAug 20, 2020
It’s Over
Francey Russell inspects Amy Seimetz's "She Dies Tomorrow," hailed as the first COVID film.
Francey RussellAug 20, 2020
Gaia Versus the Anthropocene: A Conversation with Dorion Sagan
A celebrated ecological philosopher discusses climate change, the coronavirus, and the powers of the biosphere.
Greg RuggieroAug 19, 2020
- Science & Technology
A Nation Wrongs Itself: On American Pain and the Puritan Ethic
David Stromberg gets to the root of the puritan ethic.
David StrombergAug 19, 2020
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
Wyatt Earp Does Not Rest in Peace
A pair of new books about US Marshal Wyatt Earp are now out. Only one of them shoots straight.
Allen BarraAug 19, 2020
- Biography & Autobiography
- History
The Lesson of Belarus
Sasha RazorAug 18, 2020
Objectifying and Strange: Dinah Lenney interviews Jessica Gross
Dinah Lenney talks to Jessica Gross about her debut novel, “Hysteria.”
Dinah LenneyAug 18, 2020
- Fiction
Basketball Was Filmed Before a Live Studio Audience
TV scholar Michael Z. Newman reflects on the similarity between the NBA bubble at Disney World and the classic form of the sitcom.
Michael Z. NewmanAug 18, 2020
- LARB Ball
- Television
Upending the Travelogue: A Conversation with Sophy Roberts
Sophy Roberts goes on an untraditional quest.
Alana Marie Levinson-LaBrosseAug 18, 2020
Another Look at India’s Books: Manjul Bajaj’s “Another Man’s Wife”
Saikat MajumdarAug 18, 2020
Bluesy Way of Life: A Conversation with Synnika Lofton
Poetic collaborators discuss their new collection of verse, “American Reverie.”
Donnelle McGeeAug 18, 2020
- Poetry
Life In Between: Awkaeke Emezi on their new novel The Death of Vivek Oji
Joined by writer Awkaeke Emezi to discuss their new novel The Death of Vivek Oji
LARB Radio HourAug 17, 2020
Beats and All
Loren Glass reviews "The Beats: A Literary History," a new book by Steven Belletto.
Loren GlassAug 17, 2020