Archive

In Memoriam: George Craig (1931–2019)
Gabriel Josipovici remembers his friend, George Craig (1931–2019), the translator of the letters of Samuel Beckett.
Gabriel JosipoviciAug 10, 2019
Women Storming the Heavens?: On Soviets, Space, and Emancipation
Victoria Smolkin remembers Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova and the legacy of token diversity in the Space Race.
Victoria SmolkinAug 10, 2019
The Roots of California's Modernist Utopia: Tuberculosis and Teutonic Nudism
On this week's LARB Radio Hour, Lyra Kilston discusses her book "Sun Seekers: The Cure of California" and challenges common understandings of L.A. history.
LARB Radio HourAug 9, 2019
Trading in the Emotional Economy: On Elvia Wilk’s “Oval”
Elvia Wilk's new novel, "Oval," is a blistering diagnosis of how today’s social structures have shaped us.
Michael FriedrichAug 9, 2019
- Fiction
An Actor Lost in the Background
Andrew Fedorov considers the legacy of prolific Hollywood extra Robert G. Haines.
Andrew FedorovAug 9, 2019
- Film
- Nonfiction
Passion of the Zeitgeist: Judging the Relative Elevation of “Midsommar”
Scout Tafoya indicts the category of “elevated horror,” with a particular emphasis on writer-director Ari Aster’s latest, “Midsommar.”
Scout TafoyaAug 9, 2019
- Film
Resistant Growths: Hande Sever’s When the Geraniums Bloom at the Visitor Welcome Center (July 13 – August 17th, 2019)
Alexandre Saden inspects Hande Sever’s exhibition "When the Geraniums Bloom," on display July 13–August 17 at the Visitor Welcome Center in LA's Koreatown.
Alexandre SadenAug 9, 2019
Obligation to Real People Embedded in Real Time: Talking to Rebecca Newberger Goldstein
Andy Fitch interviews Rebecca Newberger Goldstein about the philosophical problems of daily life.
Andy FitchAug 9, 2019
Trump’s Different Story
Maria Browning reviews a new oral history of Trump’s path to office.
Maria BrowningAug 8, 2019
- Politics
Hell Is Other Teenagers
Victor P. Corona reviews Abdi Nazemian’s “Like a Love Story,” a queer YA love triangle set in the AIDS-stricken Reagan era.
Victor P. CoronaAug 8, 2019
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Reading Gandhi Reading
Amit Chaudhuri reviews the new critical edition of Gandhi’s autobiography.
Amit ChaudhuriAug 8, 2019
Poetry against ICE
Lida Maxwell considers the poetry of Jose Bello, an immigrant activist who defied ICE.
Lida MaxwellAug 8, 2019
The Apparent Enemy Is Not the Actual Enemy: An Interview with Helen Phillips
Rachel Barenbaum interviews Helen Phillips about her new novel, “The Need.”
Rachel BarenbaumAug 7, 2019
- Noir
Wonderful Chaos: On “Home Remedies: Stories” by Xuan Juliana Wang
Carol Muske-Dukes tries out “Home Remedies” by Xuan Juliana Wang.
Carol Muske-DukesAug 7, 2019
- Fiction
- SF
Moving Birds: Translocation in an Unraveling World
While the millerbird story in Hawai'i is undoubtedly one of success, it is also a profound tragedy that must summon us into new modes of responsibility.
Thom van DoorenAug 7, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Science & Technology
The Tax of Otherness: Lil Nas X and Queer Masculinity
Charles Dunst discusses Lil Nas X's defiant yet self-deprecating coming out.
Charles DunstAug 7, 2019