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Lessons From a Sequoia Grove
Carolina De RobertisDec 27, 2019
Real Life Rock Top 10: December 2019
LARB presents the December installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusDec 27, 2019
Best of 2019: Books, TV, Scandals and More
We discuss the best of 2019
LARB Radio HourDec 27, 2019
Crème of New York Revisited: On Jonathan Vatner’s “Carnegie Hill”
Heather Altfeld climbs “Carnegie Hill,” the debut novel from Jonathan Vatner.
Heather AltfeldDec 27, 2019
- Fiction
The Greatest Potential Structural Leverage: Talking to Joshua Murray and Michael Schwartz
Andy Fitch talks with Joshua Murray and Michael Schwartz about deindustrialization in the US and the potential upsides of flexible production.
Andy FitchDec 27, 2019
Je Suis Charlie
Seth Greenland reviews a compelling new memoir about surviving a brutal terrorist attack.
Seth GreenlandDec 26, 2019
Occupying Shakespeare
A new collection on the promises and pitfalls of teaching Shakespeare today.
James ShapiroDec 26, 2019
- Education
- Literary Criticism
Unmaking World Literature
Chris Findeisen reviews Sarah Brouillette’s “UNESCO and the Fate of the Literary.”
Chris FindeisenDec 26, 2019
- Around the World
- Literary Criticism
Katherine Mansfield: The Polish Connection
Gerri Kimber and Magda Heydel reconstruct Katherine Mansfield’s Polish connection.
Gerri Kimber, Magda HeydelDec 25, 2019
Relevant at a Slant: A Conversation with Joseph Mosconi
Kate Durbin discusses typography, worldbuilding, and knowledge clusters with fellow poet Joseph Mosconi.
Kate DurbinDec 25, 2019
The Way They Move
Jean Comandon's 1909 "Spirochaeta Pallida (Agent de la Syphilis)" brought together the history of science and technology, sex and entertainment.
Sonia Shechet EpsteinDec 25, 2019
How I Almost Had Dinner with Dave Letterman, and Walked Away
Deanne Stillman reflects on a meeting that was never meant to be with a king of the comedy world.
Deanne StillmanDec 25, 2019
On Ponies, Players, and Improbability: On Shannon Pufahl’s “On Swift Horses”
Marcie McCauley admires "On Swift Horses," the new novel from Shannon Pufahl.
Marcie McCauleyDec 24, 2019
- Fiction
The Catastrophe
Amy Leach on the Great Catastrophe that created the world...
Amy LeachDec 24, 2019
The Vital Relation: What Vivian Gornick Got Right About the History of American Communism
Lana Dee Povitz considers Vivian Gornick and her relation to midcentury American communism.
Lana Dee PovitzDec 24, 2019
- History
- Politics
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Robert Forster
In the last installment of the "All the Poets" series, Scott Timberg talks to musician Robert Forster about the writers who inspire him.
Scott TimbergDec 24, 2019
- Music