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Memories That Await Like Land Mines
Danica Jenkins reviews Leo Vardiashvili’s debut novel “Hard by a Great Forest.”
Danica JenkinsFeb 7
- Fiction
Gore Is More
Michael Goodrum reviews Jeremy Dauber’s “American Scary: A History of Horror, from Salem to Stephen King and Beyond.”
Michael GoodrumFeb 7
- SF
- History
The Young Dead
Tim Riley considers Preston Lauterbach’s “Before Elvis: The African American Musicians Who Made the King.”
Tim RileyFeb 6
- Music
- Biography & Autobiography
This Chaotic, Confusing, Mad World
Jacob Babb reviews Alix E. Harrow’s “Starling House.”
Jacob BabbFeb 6
- SF
The Last Laugh
Maureen Holloway considers Elizabeth Alsop’s “Elaine May.”
Maureen HollowayFeb 5
- Film
- Biography & Autobiography
Give Them Space
Claire Foster reviews Jacqueline Feldman’s book about Paris’s artistic squat scene, “Precarious Lease.”
Claire FosterFeb 5
- Nonfiction
- Politics
Symptomatic Reading
Grace Byron reviews Sarah Chihaya’s “Bibliophobia.”
Grace ByronFeb 4
- Memoir & Essay
Dealer’s Choice: What Freedom Is—and Isn’t
Henry Cowles describes how every choice he makes is now haunted by Sophia Rosenfeld’s “The Age of Choice: A History of Freedom in Modern Life.”
Henry M. CowlesFeb 4
- Science & Technology
- History
Bad Mood Rising
Arielle Gordon interviews Liz Pelly about her new book “Mood Machine” and Spotify’s impact on the music industry ecosystem.
Arielle GordonFeb 3
- Music
Torn Self-Portrait with Striped Shirt
LARB presents an excerpt by Wayne Koestenbaum from the anthology “Snapshots: An Album of Essay and Image,” edited by Dinah Lenney.
Wayne KoestenbaumFeb 3
- Memoir & Essay
To Touch the Dust of Anarres
Jonathan Bolton thoughtfully reads Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Dispossessed” within and against the grain of a half century of criticism.
Jonathan BoltonFeb 2
- Science & Technology
- SF
Are We All Addicts?
Maria Cichosz explores new models of addiction and finds them unsatisfactory.
Maria CichoszFeb 2
- Science & Technology
- Nonfiction
Beautiful Excesses
Torsa Ghosal reviews the latest entry in the Murty Classical Library of India series, the “greatest hits” anthology “Ten Indian Classics.”
Torsa GhosalFeb 1
- Poetry
The Life and Times of Lula da Silva
Andre Pagliarini considers the recent biography “Lula” by Fernando Morais, translated by Brian Mier.
Andre PagliariniFeb 1
- Biography & Autobiography
- Politics
Aria Aber’s “Good Girl”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer and poet Aria Aber to discuss her first novel, “Good Girl.”
LARB Radio HourJan 31
Between Pleasure and Pain
L. A. Johnson interviews Eduardo Martínez-Leyva about his debut poetry collection, “Cowboy Park.”
L. A. JohnsonJan 31
- Poetry