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The Story of More: Five Questions for the Lab Girl, Hope Jahren
"The problem is not the Earth’s inability to produce, but people’s inability to share," writes Norwegian geobiologist Hope Jahren.
Viviane CallierApr 8, 2020
Literary LA: Our Meteoric Quarantine with Harry Dodge
Talking to artist and writer Harry Dodge
LARB Radio HourApr 7, 2020
“My Truth Was in That Contradiction”: A Conversation with Christine Larusso
Patrick Coleman talks with poet Christine Larusso about her newest project, “There Will Be No More Daughters.”
Patrick ColemanApr 7, 2020
- Poetry
Carceral Progressivism: On Savannah Shange’s “Progressive Dystopia”
A new book shows why social justice “wins” are often really defeats for Black Americans.
Elizabeth Hanna RubioApr 7, 2020
- Law
- Politics
On Death and the Finale of Star Trek: Picard
T. S. Mendola discusses the end of "Star Trek: Picard" and what it means to be human — or not.
T. S. MendolaApr 7, 2020
Yes, It Is the Evil Lurking: A Conversation with Michael Farris Smith
Ivy Pochoda interviews Michael Farris Smith about his new book, “Blackwood.”
Ivy PochodaApr 7, 2020
- Noir
Dear Television vs The Psychometric Personality Quiz
We took that Psychometric Statistical "Which Character" Personality Quiz, and we're not happy. And, come to think of it, who are *we* at all?
Jane Hu, Jorge Cotte, Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleApr 7, 2020
- Dear Television
The Pursuit of Clarity in a Time of Plague
Stephen Marche ponders the current plague and its untold, untellable stories.
Stephen MarcheApr 7, 2020
Hunting the Last Nazi Murderers Among Us
Paul Finkelman reviews "Citizen 865: The Hunt for Hitler’s Hidden Soldiers in America," the new book from Pulitzer Prize winner Debbie Cenziper.
Paul FinkelmanApr 6, 2020
- History
- Law
The Narrative Wars: A Conversation with Juan Gabriel Vásquez
A major Colombian author discusses the challenges of speaking truth in a “post-truth” era.
Gwen BurnyeatApr 6, 2020
Histories of Violence: The Crises of Containment
Brad Evans speaks with Gareth Owen OBE, Humanitarian Director at Save the Children, UK. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
Brad EvansApr 6, 2020
- Around the World
- Histories of Violence
A Diary of Social Distancing
Amit ChaudhuriApr 6, 2020
- Around the World
- Cultural Studies
Brando in Southeast Asia
Douglas Kammen traces a Golden Age of Hollywood icon's journey through Southeast Asia.
Douglas KammenApr 6, 2020
For the Homeland but Not for Stalin: On Alexander Tvardovsky’s “Vasili Tyorkin: A Book about a Soldier”
Geoffrey Hosking salutes Alexander Tvardovsky’s “Vasili Tyorkin: A Book about a Soldier,” translated by James Womack.
Geoffrey HoskingApr 5, 2020
Trump, Scorsese, and the Frankfurt School’s Theory of Racket Society
Mob movies and a 1930s school of social research provide clues to the Trump presidency.
Martin JayApr 5, 2020
Benjamin’s Last Will: A Response to Samantha Rose Hill’s “Walter Benjamin’s Last Work”
Clara Picker responds to Samantha Rose Hill’s essay “Walter Benjamin’s Last Work.”
Clara PickerApr 5, 2020
- Around the World
- Philosophy & Religion