Archive

Lacy Johnson’s Quality of Mercy
A new collection of essays on the nuanced meanings of justice in the 21st century.
Rachel ClineSep 2, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
Neighboring, Yet Alien: An Interview with Dimitris Lyacos
A celebrated Greek poet limns the beauty and inventiveness of Los Angeles’s Skid Row.
Toti O’BrienSep 2, 2019
- Around the World
- Poetry
“Dear House, Don’t Burn”: On Svetlana Alexievich’s “Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II”
Heather Altfeld listens to the voices in “Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II” by Svetlana Alexievich.
Heather AltfeldSep 2, 2019
- Around the World
- History
Several Safe Miles Away from Pollutants and Misery: Darcie Dennigan on Slater Orchard
Nathan Scott McNamara talks with Darcie Dennigan about Rhode Island roots and toxic legacies.
Nathan Scott McNamaraSep 2, 2019
Arrival: On Tope Folarin’s “A Particular Kind of Black Man”
Sana Goyal reviews Tope Folarin’s debut novel, “A Particular Kind of Black Man.”
Sana GoyalSep 1, 2019
- Fiction
Larger and More Befuddling Questions: On Jane Tompkins’s “Reading Through the Night”
Dylan Brown reads through “Reading Through the Night” by literary critic Jane Tompkins.
Dylan BrownSep 1, 2019
- Literary Criticism
- Memoir & Essay
Playing Tetris with Culture: Chuck Klosterman’s “Raised in Captivity”
Otis Houston reviews Chuck Klosterman’s “Raised in Captivity” and talks to Klosterman about social change and its discomforts.
Otis HoustonSep 1, 2019
- Fiction
Our Language Battle: Korea's Surprisingly Addictive Game Show of Vocabulary, Expressions, and Proper Spacing
Colin Marshall looks at a Korean linguistic game show and fascination with language perfectionism and pride in Korea.
Colin MarshallSep 1, 2019
No Memorial: On Gary Fuller’s “The Invisible Killer: The Rising Global Threat of Air Pollution — and How We Can Fight Back”
Linda Roland Danil investigates "The Invisible Killer" by Gary Fuller.
Linda Roland DanilAug 31, 2019
The Long Journey to the US Border
Human Rights Watch researcher Jonathan Pedneault discusses his time in Tijuana, Mexico, at the US Border.
Jonathan PedneaultAug 31, 2019
No Monster Story Ever Stays Static: “American Monsters Part I,” Edited by Margrét Helgadóttir
Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock is haunted by "American Monsters Part I," a new anthology edited by Margrét Helgadóttir.
Jeffrey Andrew WeinstockAug 31, 2019
- Around the World
- SF
Esther-All-Alones, or On Reading Half of Bleak House: An Experiment in Esther Studies
Emily Anne Foster and Christian Lewis perform a “simple surgery” exercise on Dickens' "Bleak House," reading exclusively the Esther-narrated portions.
Christian LewisAug 31, 2019
The Story We Tell Ourselves: On Clay Risen’s “The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century”
Caroline Winterer makes her way through “The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century” by Clay Risen.
Caroline WintererAug 30, 2019
- History
Race and Reparative Writing; plus, the Cutthroat World of Translation
LARB Radio HourAug 30, 2019
Earth First? On “The Ecocentrists” and Pregnancy in the Anthropocene
Lynne Feeley reviews "The Ecocentrists," a history of radical environmentalism by Keith Makoto Woodhouse.
Lynne FeeleyAug 30, 2019
A Television of Her Own: On Emily Nussbaum
Dear Television's Sarah Mesle considers Emily Nussbaum as a feminist critic and a chronicler of the televisual cult of seriousness.
Sarah MesleAug 30, 2019
- Dear Television