Archive

Before “American Dirt,” There Was “The Korean Angela’s Ashes”
The “American Dirt” dustup recalls another publishing fiasco.
Marie Myung-Ok LeeFeb 5, 2020
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
The Weekly Read: February 5, 2020
Steve Lichtman reviews the week in culture and politics.
Steve LichtmanFeb 5, 2020
Pies on the Windowsills of “El Norte”
Esther Allen offers context for, and a translator’s perspective on, a publishing controversy.
Esther AllenFeb 5, 2020
- Fiction
High and Dry, Low and Wet: Some Thoughts on Hatch at the Bowtie Project
Rachel Elizabeth Jones looks at an artsy strategy to revitalize and critique treatment of the LA River.
Rachel Elizabeth JonesFeb 5, 2020
Monsters in the Mirror: On Lidia Yuknavitch’s “Verge”
Lee Thomas reviews "Verge," the new short story collection from Lidia Yuknavitch.
Lee ThomasFeb 4, 2020
- Fiction
“To Wish and Pray for More”: On Elizabeth Cook’s “Lux”
Declan Ryan wings his way through “Lux” by Elizabeth Cook.
Declan RyanFeb 4, 2020
- Fiction
Rewriting McCullers
Ellie Duke explores the biographer’s role in biography in a review of Jenn Shapland’s “My Autobiography of Carson McCullers.”
Ellie DukeFeb 4, 2020
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
Silence As Threshold and Possibility: New Books by Anna Moschovakis and Allison Benis White
Kristina Marie Darling talks about the power of silence in two new poetry collections by Anna Moschovakis and Allison Benis White.
Kristina Marie DarlingFeb 4, 2020
Little Women has a Big Class Problem
Sarah Hannan Arkebauer dissects the class politics of Greta Gerwig's latest film.
Feb 4, 2020
Literary LA: Satire, Metafiction, Anti-Racist Critique in Charles Yu's "Interior Chinatown"
On the LARB Radio Hour, we talk with writer Charles Yu about his new book, the novel-in-the-form-of-a-screenplay "Interior Chinatown."
LARB Radio HourFeb 3, 2020
The Optimistic Crown Prince
On the “Saudi Development and Reconstruction Program for Yemen” and how the Western-supported, Saudi-led coalition targets Yemeni civilians.
Amira Al-Sharif, Elham Hassan, Elle KurancidFeb 3, 2020
- Law
- Politics
A Sovereignty Full of Holes: Russian Perspectives on Putin’s Russia
Daniel Treisman surveys three recent books that offer Russian perspectives on the Putin regime’s activities at home and abroad.
Daniel TreismanFeb 3, 2020
- Around the World
- Politics
This and The Coming Crisis: Reid Anderson, Dave King, and Craig Taborn’s Golden Valley is Now
Dan DiPiero finds traces of the postmodern in a new album by Reid Anderson, Dave King, and Craig Taborn.
Dan DiPieroFeb 3, 2020
Histories of Violence: Why We Should All Read Walter Benjamin Today
Brad Evans speaks with James Martel about the continuing relevance of Walter Benjamin. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
Brad EvansFeb 3, 2020
- Histories of Violence
A Thought Experiment
Paul Dourish examines the possibility that AI isn't really any smarter than the humans who enable it.
Paul DourishFeb 3, 2020
An Eye to the Future: On Édouard Glissant’s “Sun of Consciousness”
Matt Reeck explores the boundless imagination of Édouard Glissant.
Matt ReeckFeb 2, 2020