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You Must Know Everything: Hiroshima Day 2020
Andrew TonkovichAug 6, 2020
I Banish You: Reflections on Kuwait
Mai Al-Nakib reflects on Kuwait's reply to COVID-19 with a little inspiration from Coriolanus.
Mai Al-NakibAug 6, 2020
Another Kind of Onward Motion: Death and Other Journeys in Eugene Vodolazkin’s “Solovyov and Larionov”
Muireann Maguire appreciates the death-haunted satire of “Solovyov and Larionov” by Eugene Vodolazkin, translated by Lisa C. Hayden.
Muireann MaguireAug 5, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
How Can the Arts Save Us?
Raf Gonzalez talks about the importance of supporting the arts, especially during the pandemic, for communities that benefit most from cultural expression.
Raf GonzalezAug 5, 2020
In the Belly of the Beast: How the Whale Encapsulates Modern Ecology
Ferris Jabr plumbs the depths of “Fathoms: The World in the Whale,” the new book by Rebecca Giggs.
Ferris JabrAug 5, 2020
“A Country One Never Really Leaves”: On Allison Adair’s “The Clearing”
Rachel Hadas finds herself in “The Clearing” by Allison Adair.
Rachel HadasAug 5, 2020
- Poetry
English Has Its Own Music: A Conversation with Ottilie Mulzet
Ottilie Mulzet, translator of Szilárd Borbély and László Krasznahorkai, on translation as a way of life.
Chamini KulathungaAug 4, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Too Close to Home: On Yun Ko-eun’s “The Disaster Tourist”
Siel Ju takes a trip with "The Disaster Tourist," the recently released novel by Yun Ko-eun.
Siel JuAug 4, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
Facilitated Democracy and Its Discontents
Reason, procedure, and privatization reign in “Reconstructing Democracy.”
Ian BeacockAug 4, 2020
- Politics
Aminatou and Ann's Big Friendship
Authors Aminatou Sow and Ann Friendman join Medaya and Kate to discuss close adult friendships and their book Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close.
LARB Radio HourAug 3, 2020
Enduring Strength: On Anne Applebaum’s “Twilight of Democracy”
Robert Zaretsky finds reasons for hope in “Twilight of Democracy” by Anne Applebaum.
Robert ZaretskyAug 3, 2020
Believing in Literature
Tomas Weber reviews Victoria Kahn’s “The Trouble with Literature.”
Tomas WeberAug 3, 2020
- Literary Criticism
Histories of Violence: The Atmosphere of Violence
Brad Evans speaks with Fatima Bhutto, whose latest novel is “The Runaways.”
Brad EvansAug 3, 2020
Joe McCarthy Comes Alive
A new, generous biography of America’s midcentury human disaster.
Christopher M. EliasAug 2, 2020
- Biography & Autobiography
- Politics
Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry: Pandemic Edition
Lisa Russ Spaar takes a look at second books by Kathryn Cowles, Peter Kline, and Michael Prior.
Lisa Russ SpaarAug 2, 2020
- Poetry
Updating the Human Algorithm
In the immediate wake of conditions brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Mashinka Firunts Hakopian discusses the urgency in cultivating nonhuman liveness.
Aug 2, 2020