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The L.A. Fires
In this week’s episode, we are talking about the wildfires that have ravaged L.A.
LARB Radio HourJan 17
What Do We Do With the Violence of Our Generation?
Mikaela Dery talks with Julia Kornberg about her new novel “Berlin Atomized.”
Mikaela DeryJan 17
- Fiction
- SF
A Woman in the Captain’s Chair, Trump in the White House
Thirty years after its premiere, David K. Seitz revisits “Star Trek: Voyager” and its groundbreaking first woman captain.
David K. SeitzJan 16
- SF
- Television
Helen, Writer of Her Own Myth
Nic Cavell reviews Maria Zoccola’s “Helen of Troy, 1993.”
Nic CavellJan 15
Nettie in Pantherland
Mary F. Corey reviews Fabienne Josaphat’s new novel “Kingdom of No Tomorrow.”
Mary F. CoreyJan 14
- Fiction
- Politics
Respecting the Waters
Jeremy Murray reviews three books on how the United States’ failure to ratify UNCLOS threatens global maritime order.
Jeremy MurrayJan 13
- Politics
- Law
The Lost Utopia
Zach Gibson revisits cult novelist Marguerite Young’s 1945 study “Angel in the Forest: A Fairy Tale of Two Utopias.”
Zach GibsonJan 12
- History
Jacking In to Cyberpunk
Stina Attebery and Joshua Pearson explore the “Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema” exhibition at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.
Stina Attebery, Joshua PearsonJan 11
- SF
- Film
A Toxic Embrace
Aimee Hinds Scott reviews Robert Eggers’s remake of “Nosferatu.”
Aimee Hinds ScottJan 11
- Film
- SF
On the Los Angeles Fires
A note from LARB Editor in Chief
Medaya OcherJan 10
The Éowyn Mystique
Gerry Canavan reviews Kenji Kamiyama’s animated film “The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim.”
Gerry CanavanJan 10
- SF
- Film
Yelling “Fire” on a Crowded Knoll
Tom Zoellner considers a new history of the Kent State shootings by Brian VanDeMark.
Tom ZoellnerJan 9
- History
Reclaiming Academic Freedom
Michael Meranze reviews David M. Rabban’s “Academic Freedom: From Professional Norm to First Amendment Right.”
Michael MeranzeJan 8
Purely Carnal
Jourdain Searles considers Halina Reijn’s “Babygirl.”
Jourdain SearlesJan 8
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
The Evil That Lies Beneath
Cory Oldweiler reviews Russian author Sergei Lebedev’s novel “The Lady of the Mine,” translated by Antonina W. Bouis.
Cory OldweilerJan 7
- Fiction
- History
A Young Life Tragically Lost
Mark Athitakis reviews Lily Tuck’s novel “The Rest Is Memory.”
Mark AthitakisJan 6
- Fiction
- History