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Leslie Jamison on Everything
LARB Radio HourOct 25, 2019
The Butterfly Effect: On Rajia Hassib’s “A Pure Heart”
Can a novel that squanders a tantalizing premise ever recover? Rayyan Al-Shawaf reviews Rajia Hassib’s “A Pure Heart.”
Rayyan Al-ShawafOct 25, 2019
- Fiction
Pain as Revolution: On Anne Boyer’s “The Undying”
Emily LaBarge reviews Anne Boyer's memoir/meditation on the personal and cultural experience of cancer.
Emily LaBargeOct 25, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
Real Life Rock Top 10: October 2019
LARB presents the October installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusOct 25, 2019
- Music
- Poetry
Everybody Hurts
Travis Rieder’s “In Pain” provides us with a bioethics that is not passively analytical, but peacefully agitative.
Andrew Benedict-NelsonOct 25, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
- Science & Technology
Acceleration of This Great Disruption: Talking to Jeremy Rifkin
Andy Fitch talks with Jeremy Rifkin about climate geopolitics and his book "The Green New Deal."
Andy FitchOct 25, 2019
Bosnia’s Mosques Without Muslims
The rebuilding of destroyed mosques is Bosnia is one part of a long project of genocide prevention.
Maxim Edwards, Michael ColborneOct 24, 2019
- Around the World
- Politics
Motion Sickness: Disavowing “Succession”
Jorge Cotte explores the queasy, wobbly, ethically ambiguous experience of being close to the billionaire children of HBO's Succession.
Jorge CotteOct 24, 2019
- Television
Small Comforts and Brief Glimpses of Beauty: On Etgar Keret’s “Fly Already”
Ben Libman is impressed by Etgar Keret's new short story collection, "Fly Already," which is less Kafka and more Coen Brothers.
Ben LibmanOct 24, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
Like a Dog
In his review of two recent books, Cass R. Sunstein considers what it means to be “like a dog.”
Cass R. SunsteinOct 24, 2019
- Around the World
- Science & Technology
Red Hen Press Turns 25
Kate Gale looks back at 25 years of Red Hen Press and talks about the trials and tribulations of starting a new press.
Kate GaleOct 24, 2019
The Cowboy and His Strangers: Terry Allen at LA Louver
Niall Murphy reviews LA Louver’s survey of Terry Allen, which ran June 26 through September 28, 2019.
Niall MurphyOct 24, 2019
Speculating on Our Own Time
Lisa Adkins's "The Time of Money" offers a powerful account of the damage created by the time of money.
Jane ElliottOct 23, 2019
- Economics and Finance
Reanimating “Frankenstein”: On Jeanette Winterson’s “Frankissstein”
Elena Sheppard reviews Jeanette Winterson's new novel, "Frankissstein."
Elena SheppardOct 23, 2019
- Fiction
The Body Is a Battlefield: On Maaza Mengiste’s “The Shadow King”
Francesca Capossela appreciates “The Shadow King” by Maaza Mengiste, which explores the role women played in the Ethiopian resistance to Italian invasion.
Francesca CaposselaOct 23, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
“The Outer Fringes of Our Language”: Werner Herzog on J.A. Baker's <i>The Peregrine</i>
Filmmaker Werner Herzog discusses J.A. Baker's The Peregrine
Oct 23, 2019