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A Chemical Window to See Outside
Julia Case-Levine reviews Emily Witt’s “Health and Safety: A Breakdown.”
Archive
Yet Still the Earth Burns
M. Keith Booker reviews Gabrielle Korn’s new novel “The Shutouts.”
There Are No Cynics Among the March Sisters
Dorie Chevlen explains TikTok to the March sisters in an immersive adaptation of “Little Women” at the Heritage Square Museum.
Renee Gladman’s Experiments in Form
Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman are joined by writer and artist Renee Gladman to discuss the re-release of “To After That (TOAF)” and her latest book, “My Lesbian Novel.”
An Act of Transgression
Will DiGravio reviews Murray Pomerance and Matthew Solomon’s “The Biggest Thing in Show Business: Living It Up with Martin & Lewis.”
The Hazards of Slavery
Scott Spillman reviews Seth Rockman’s “Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery.”
Writing Los Angeles
Here is a collection of pieces from the past 14 years, all about our inimitable city.
The Character of Chinese Computing
Maura Elizabeth Cunningham reviews Thomas S. Mullaney’s “The Chinese Computer: A Global History of the Information Age.”
The Gospel According to Jordan
Michael Ledger-Lomas reviews Jordan Peterson’s “We Who Wrestle with God: Perceptions of the Divine.”
Body as Instrument, Instrument as Body
Brandon Sward, butt fused to seat, watches magnetic performers whisper sweat nothings at the sweltering L.A. Dance Project studios.
Philosophical Dead Ends
John Dupré reviews Richard Dawkins’s “The Genetic Book of the Dead” and Sara Imari Walker’s “Life as No One Knows It.”
The Politics of Pigmentation
In the sixth essay of the Legacies of Eugenics series, Suman Seth explores the anti-history of the evolution of whiteness.
Slouching Towards Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist
Madeleine Connors finds Gen Zers serving looks (and tennis balls) at the “Challengers” look-alike contest.
LARB Radio Hour Favorites of 2024
Check out the LARB Radio Hour Favorites of 2024. Support the work of LARB writers and staff in the year to come. Donate by December 31 and your gift will be matched up to $100,000.
LARB Staff Favorites of 2024
Presenting the full roundup of LARB staff’s 2024 selections, just a few of the many pieces we loved this year.
“Lazarus Man” by Richard Price
This electrifying novel weaves together the lives of those irrevocably changed by a disaster, in a poignant picture of ever-changing Harlem. Check out our Winter 2025 pick for the LARB Book Club: “Lazarus Man” by Richard Price.
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