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Close to the Bone: Joanna Chen in Conversation with Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Joanna Chen interviews Rachel Eliza Griffiths about her writing and artistry.
Joanna ChenNov 20, 2019
Martin Scorsese’s Late Style
Scout Tafoya contemplates “The Irishman” and the late style of Martin Scorsese.
Scout TafoyaNov 19, 2019
- Film
Wonder Worlds: Nature Art Books Are Illustrating What We Have to Lose
Sara Scribner explores three lushly illustrated nature books by European authors that describe what nature does when humans aren’t around.
Sara ScribnerNov 19, 2019
The Weekly Read: November 19, 2019
Steve Lichtman reviews the week in politics and culture.
Steve LichtmanNov 19, 2019
“Let Go”: On Tommy Pico’s “Feed”
Will Clark reviews “Feed,” the new book by Tommy Pico.
Will ClarkNov 19, 2019
- Poetry
55 Voices for Democracy: Francis Fukuyama
The Thomas Mann House series "55 Voices for Democracy" presents a speech by Francis Fukuyama.
Francis FukuyamaNov 19, 2019
Literary LA: Eve Babitz Back in Print
LARB Radio HourNov 18, 2019
Monique Truong's 19th Century Triptych Portraiture
LARB Radio HourNov 18, 2019
The Ghosts That Have Always Been Here: Queer Abuse in Carmen Maria Machado’s “In the Dream House”
“In the Dream House” follows Carmen Maria Machado making sense of and shedding her silence around her abuse, creating space for others to do the same.
Rosa Boshier GonzálezNov 18, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
The Dread
JH Phrydas reflects on the dread and the glorious potential of San Francisco.
JH PhrydasNov 18, 2019
- Nonfiction
“Logic Alone, All Love Laid by”: Returning to Arthur Koestler’s “Darkness at Noon”
Maya Chhabra plunges into Philip Boehm’s new translation of the original version of “Darkness at Noon” by Arthur Koestler.
Maya ChhabraNov 18, 2019
Call Her by His Name: Caterina Albert and Catalonia’s Tradition of Radical Women
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi talks to Kathleen McNerney about writer Caterina Albert and generations of women writers in Catalonia.
Azareen Van der Vliet OloomiNov 17, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
Critique and Tradition: A Conversation with Susan Buck-Morss
The celebrated political philosopher discusses her new book, “Revolution Today,” and the importance of transdisciplinary thinking.
Nasrin OllaNov 17, 2019
- Philosophy & Religion
A Lure for the Devil: On James Gunn’s “Deadlier than the Male” and Gilles Deleuze’s “The Philosophy of Crime Novels”
Sean Carswell talks about Gilles Deleuze's favorite noir novel, a forgotten book that parodies the genre.
Sean CarswellNov 17, 2019
- Noir
A Cross-Cultural Love Story for the 21st Century: Stefano Young's Marrying Korean
Stefano Young writes a short piece on how he came to write his new memoir "Marrying Korean."
Stefano YoungNov 17, 2019
Perseverance of Love: On Irvin Yalom’s “Becoming Myself”
Maria Rybakova reviews psychiatrist Irvin Yalom's recent memoir, "Becoming Myself."
Maria RybakovaNov 16, 2019
- Memoir & Essay