Archive

Good Crumb: On The Great British Bake Off
For Dear Television, Sarah Mesle talks rough puffs, proving drawers, self-saucing puddings, and The Great British Bake Off in the age of Brexit.
Sarah MesleSep 13, 2019
- Dear Television
The Time Has Come to Talk About Oysters
Louise L. Schiavone reports on the decimation of tens of thousands of years’ worth of oyster reefs.
Louise L. SchiavoneSep 13, 2019
- Around the World
- Science & Technology
To Do It with Questions
For the second anniversary of the Plato Problems column, Andy Fitch poses some questions to Plato himself.
Andy FitchSep 13, 2019
“Yes, Women Poets Write About the Body”: A Conversation with Alicia Ostriker and Erika Meitner
Shoshana Olidort talks to poets Alicia Ostriker and Erika Meitner.
Shoshana OlidortSep 12, 2019
- Poetry
Our Memories, Ourselves: On “Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement”
Yxta Maya Murray reviews “Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement,” edited by Shelly Oria.
Yxta Maya MurraySep 12, 2019
Bewitched by “Olivia”
Kyle Stevens considers the 1951 film “Olivia,” an obscure queer classic from an under-appreciated.
Kyle StevensSep 12, 2019
- Film
- Gender & Sexuality
In the Comfort of This Reality: A Conversation with Robert Wood
Mitchell Evenson talks with Robert Wood about his new book of essays "Suburbanism."
Mitchell EvensonSep 12, 2019
“Sometimes Women Do Like Women”: On Nancy K. Miller’s “My Brilliant Friends”
Nancy Miller’s deep exploration of female friendship, and the role of death in friendship, is a welcome and extraordinary addition to an impoverished genre.
Jenny McPheeSep 11, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Memoir & Essay
White Writers’ Omission of Race: Jess Row’s “White Flights: Race Fiction, and The American Imagination”
"White Flights" is a faultlessly argued collection of essays about how whiteness dominates the American literary imagination.
Katharine ColdironSep 11, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Literary Criticism
“I’m Not the Only One”: On Jess Row’s “White Flights”
Sarah Haas reviews Jess Row's latest book, "White Flights: Race, Fiction, and the American Imagination."
Sarah HaasSep 11, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Literary Criticism
Creativity in the Age of the Twitter Mob
Kristina Marie DarlingSep 11, 2019
In Your Loss of Time I Found All of Myself Included: On Naja Marie Aidt’s “When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back”
Nathan Scott McNamara reviews Naja Marie Aidt’s “When Death Takes Something from You Give It Back,” translated from the Danish by Denise Newman.
Nathan Scott McNamaraSep 10, 2019
The Generative Joy of Missing: Jennifer Croft’s “Homesick”
Ellie Robins is moved by “Homesick,” a memoir by Jennifer Croft.
Ellie RobinsSep 10, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
The Hidden Mystery of Hoops Diplomacy: France vs. China, 1966
Sports historian Lindsay Sarah Krasnoff uncovers an archival mystery about France, China, basketball, and a forgotten attempt at Cold War diplomacy.
Lindsay Sarah KrasnoffSep 10, 2019
- LARB Ball
Against Active Forgetting: On John Hersey’s “The Algiers Motel Incident”
Danielle L. McGuire introduces “The Algiers Motel Incident” by John Hersey, republished after 50 years.
Danielle L. McGuireSep 10, 2019
- History
- Nonfiction
For the Love of Wisdom: Climate Change and the Revenge of History
Todd Dufresne excerpts his new book "The Democracy of Suffering" and talks with Tony Greco about the many sides of environmental disaster.
Tony GrecoSep 10, 2019