Archive

The Cancel-Culture Canard
Emmet Fraizer considers Adam Szetela’s “That Book Is Dangerous! How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing.”
Emmet FraizerOct 26
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
What Black Thing Have I Seen at a Museum?
Mathangi Subramanian speaks to Donika Kelly about her new poetry collection, “The Natural Order of Things.”
Mathangi SubramanianOct 26
- Poetry
Precious Vestiges of Something That Took Place
Claire Foster reviews Claire-Louise Bennett’s “Big Kiss, Bye-Bye.”
Claire FosterOct 25
- Fiction
The Ghosts of the Delivery Room
Corinne Cordasco-Pak reviews Erica Stern’s “Frontier: A Memoir and a Ghost Story.”
Corinne Cordasco-PakOct 25
- Memoir & Essay
- SF
Kelly Reichardt's “Mastermind”
Filmmaker Kelly Reichardt talks to Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher about her new movie, “The Mastermind,” out in theaters now.
LARB Radio HourOct 24
- LARB Radio Hour
The Novella in the Age of Being Performatively Offline
Ryan Lackey considers Damion Searls’s take on the vertiginous effects of digital life in “Analog Days.”
Ryan LackeyOct 24
- Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me, Natasha Stagg
Tess Pollok interviews Natasha Stagg about her new novel “Grand Rapids.”
Tess PollokOct 24
- Fiction
Can Tragedies Transcend Borders?
Amy R. Wong explores Nan Z. Da’s “The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear.”
Amy R. WongOct 23
- History
- Literary Criticism
Power Hangs by a Literal Thread
Ian Kumekawa dives into Samanth Subramanian’s “The Web Beneath the Waves: The Fragile Cables That Connect Our World.”
Ian KumekawaOct 23
- Science & Technology
- Politics
Parading Around Among the Living Like Nothing Happened
Zachary Gillan explores Samanta Schweblin’s “Good and Evil and Other Stories,” translated by Megan McDowell.
Zachary GillanOct 22
- SF
I’m Gonna Act as Though What Seems Real Is
Raphael Helfand speaks with David Leo Rice about his new novel “The Squimbop Condition.”
Raphael HelfandOct 22
- SF
The Problem of the Parlor
Douglas Dowland close-reads Dan Sinykin and Johanna Winant’s new edited volume, “Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century.”
Douglas DowlandOct 21
Disproportionate Influence
Before you check out the new essay anthology edited by Dan Sinykin and Johanna Winant, Ben Wasson urges you to revisit Sinykin’s illuminating examination of the unsavory machinery of the po-biz.
Ben WassonOct 21
The Knight of the Railways
Eric Vanderwall takes a ride with French author Mattia Filice’s debut novel “Driver,” newly translated by Jacques Houis.
Eric VanderwallOct 20
- Fiction
Lost Horizons
Brendan Boyle writes on the voyages beyond in “Contact” (1997) and “Alambrista!” (1977), in the newest installment of Double Feature, from the LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”
Brendan BoyleOct 20
A Network of Global Incinerators
Rob Arcand reviews Hito Steyerl’s new essay collection, “Medium Hot: Images in the Age of Heat.”
Rob ArcandOct 19
- Science & Technology
- Art & Architecture