Archive

Two Questions for Rudolfo Anaya
An homage to the Father of Chicano literature, Rudolfo Anaya
Daniel A. OlivasJul 14, 2020
- Fiction
True Southern Heritage: An Interview with S. A. Cosby
David Joy interviews writer S. A. Cosby about his new novel, “Blacktop Wasteland.”
David JoyJul 14, 2020
- Noir
The Sky and Not the Earth: In Honor of Sarah Hegazi (1989-2020)
Rawi HageJul 14, 2020
Cringe and Catastrophe: Madeleine Watts’s Climate Fiction
Molly MacVeagh reviews Madeleine Watts’s debut novel, “The Inland Sea.”
Molly MacVeaghJul 13, 2020
- Fiction
- SF
Letter from Marseille
A quarantine bulletin from the South of France.
Katie Shireen AssefJul 13, 2020
- Around the World
- Nonfiction
From “Unpeopled Language”
Krikor BeledianJul 13, 2020
What Was Christendom?
Ed Simon explores "Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World," the recently published book from Tom Holland.
Ed SimonJul 13, 2020
- Religion
Against Inertia
A reissue of the artist’s incantatory program book from a 1989 exhibition of his work.
Perwana NazifJul 12, 2020
- Art & Architecture
Real-Life Pawns
Jul 12, 2020
In Search of a Lost Relation
A new collection of translated verse by a major but neglected French poet.
Michael OverstreetJul 12, 2020
- Around the World
- Poetry
French Connections: Hirokazu Kore-eda on The Truth; Joyce Zonana on Henri Bosco’s Malicroix
Medaya speaks with acclaimed filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda about his new film, The Truth, and Joyce Zonana's translation of Henri Bosco’s 1946 novel Malicroix
LARB Radio HourJul 12, 2020
The Art of Dissent
A documentary filmmaker and historian discusses his new film about Czech dissidents under the communist regime.
James Dean Le SueurJul 11, 2020
LACMA Town: The Museum as Urban Catalyst, Not Urban Desert
In this era of urban activism, the new LACMA should promote community, not gut it.
Joseph GiovanniniJul 11, 2020
- Art & Architecture
How to Be Persuasive
Savy Janssen looks at "A Change is Gonna Come: How to Have Effective Political Conversations in a Divided America."
Savy JanssenJul 11, 2020
- Politics
Heather Young and Julia Claiborne Johnson on the Challenges of Writing a Second Book
Novelists Heather Young and Julia Claiborne Johnson in conversation about what it takes to find inspiration for the next writing venture.
Julia Claiborne JohnsonJul 11, 2020
World Without End
Is the modernist novel obsolete in our disaster-haunted global era?
Anjum HasanJul 10, 2020