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Curse of the Contemporary
Grace Hadland looks at Natasha Stagg's new collection of essays, "Sleeveless."
Grace HadlandOct 23, 2019
Circuit: Queer Pleasure as Queer Memory
Joe Osmundson lyrically deploys circuit metaphors to describe how new anti-virals are re-wiring the gay dance circuit in post-AIDS New York.
Joseph OsmundsonOct 22, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Science & Technology
The Inhospitable Wilderness of António Lobo Antunes’s “Until Stones Become Lighter Than Water”
Nick Burns wades into the “inhospitable wilderness” of António Lobo Antunes’s experimental new novel, "Until Stones Become Lighter Than Water."
Nick BurnsOct 22, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Devendra Banhart
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music.
Scott TimbergOct 22, 2019
- Music
Cooking Outside the Lines: A Conversation with Alison Roman
A best-selling cookbook author discusses the problems with fad diets and the importance of eating well.
Callie HitchcockOct 22, 2019
- Food & Drink
What Dickens Knew About Trump
Benedict Cosgrove finds parallels between Charles Dickens' (in)famous "manipulator of larcenous minions" and Donald Trump.
Benedict CosgroveOct 22, 2019
Director Bong Joon Ho Talks "Parasite"
Acclaimed director Bong Joon Ho joins the Radio Hour to discuss class relations and his latest movie, the Palme D'Or winner "Parasite."
LARB Radio HourOct 21, 2019
I, Language Robot
Hired to write stories alongside an AI writing bot, neuroscientist Patrick House reflects on how the bot can — and can’t — write the same story that he can.
Patrick HouseOct 21, 2019
- Science & Technology
Delicate Mundanity: On Maxim Osipov’s “Rock, Paper, Scissors: And Other Stories”
Helen Stuhr-Rommereim on the Chekhovian stories of Maxim Osipov's "Rock, Paper, Scissors."
Helen Stuhr-RommereimOct 21, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Atheist Illusion
Ed Simon parses “Seven Types of Atheism” by John Gray.
Ed SimonOct 21, 2019
- Religion
Black Girl Rider: Stranger Danger and Hitchhiking in San Francisco
Siobhan Brooks describes the anxiety and necessity of ride-sharing in the city.
Siobhan BrooksOct 21, 2019
The Curse of Memory: Yoko Ogawa’s “The Memory Police”
For a novel that’s under 300 pages, Yoko Ogawa's "The Memory Police" is remarkably layered and rich without feeling cluttered.
Dylan BrownOct 20, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Emancipation of Little Women: On Library of America’s “March Sisters”
On the limits of archetype and power of self-mythology in “March Sisters.”
Emma BakerOct 20, 2019
- Fiction
- Literary Criticism
Waste of Space
Alex Weintraub reviews "Ad Astra."
Alex WeintraubOct 20, 2019
- Film
Learning Korean with Duolingo, the Mercilessly Addictive Language App
Colin Marshall discusses the gamification of language-learning with Duolingo.
Colin MarshallOct 20, 2019
The Carceral Invasion: On Brett Story’s “Prison Land”
A prison is less a maze of walls than “a set of relationships,” argues filmmaker Brett Story in a follow-up book to an acclaimed film.
Mark TreckaOct 19, 2019
- Politics