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A Different Handmaid’s Tale: On Joanne Ramos’s “The Farm”
Joanne Ramos's "The Farm" doesn’t always make it easy to classify who is the oppressed and who is oppressor, and this is one of the book’s strengths.
Hayley PhelanJul 13, 2019
- Fiction
- SF
A Space Where Past, Present, and Future Come Together: Ebony Flowers on Hot Comb
Nathan McNamara talks with Ebony Flowers about her debut graphic novel "Hot Comb."
Nathan Scott McNamaraJul 13, 2019
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Britt Daniel
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music.
Scott TimbergJul 12, 2019
- Music
Cad of the Century: Two New Biographies of Ben Hecht
Liesl Olson digs into two new biographies of Ben Hecht by Adina Hoffman and Julien Gorbach.
Liesl OlsonJul 12, 2019
The Burden of Otherness: On Fatima Farheen Mirza’s “A Place for Us”
Parnaz Foroutan visits "A Place for Us" by Fatima Farheen Mirza.
Parnaz ForoutanJul 12, 2019
- Fiction
Generosity: Frederic Tuten's Life of Art, Literature, and Solidarity
This episode of the LARB Radio Hour features guest Frederic Tuten, who discusses his memoir "My Young Life," plus book recommendations from John Waters.
LARB Radio HourJul 12, 2019
Movements of Counter-Speculation: A Conversation with Michel Feher
A major social theorist explains the logic of finance capitalism and the modes of resistance appropriate to it.
William CallisonJul 12, 2019
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
Everything We Still Take for Granted: Talking to David Wallace-Wells
Andy Fitch talks with David Wallace-Wells about his book "The Uninhabitable Earth" and our insatiable consumption habits.
Andy FitchJul 12, 2019
Shine a Light: Tom Roberge and Emma Ramadan on Selling Uncommon Books
Nathan Scott McNamara talks to Tom Roberge and Emma Ramadan, co-owners of Riffraff, a bookstore, coffee shop, and bar in Providence, Rhode Island.
Nathan Scott McNamaraJul 11, 2019
- Around the World
- Nonfiction
The Forced Conversion of Varlam Shalamov
Anastasiya Osipova argues that the translators of “Kolyma Stories” by Varlam Shalamov have often obscured the author’s literary and political intent.
Anastasiya OsipovaJul 11, 2019
Oppositional Thinking, Pure Sensation, and a Good Journal: The Artistic Toolkit of Richard Ford
Three Montana State University graduate students analyze the artistic toolkit of Wallace Stegner Chair lecturer Richard Ford.
Debby Greene, Evan Kelly, Jaime JacobsenJul 11, 2019
- Fiction
Here Begins the Unexplored: On The Latin Poet's Guide to the Cosmos
Verónica García Moreno reviews Susannah Drissi's recent poetry collection "The Latin Poet's Guide to the Cosmos."
Verónica García MorenoJul 11, 2019
Historia Magistra Vitae: On Reinhart Koselleck’s Vision of History
Joshua Milstein excavates “Sediments of Time: On Possible Histories” by Reinhart Koselleck, translated by Sean Franzel and Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann.
Joshua MilsteinJul 10, 2019
Filled with a New Kind of Truth: A Conversation with Samanta Schweblin
Matthew Janney talks to Samanta Schweblin about her recent short story collection, "Mouthful of Birds," longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize.
Matthew JanneyJul 10, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
A Messenger of the Rope: In Conversation with Peter Sloterdijk
A major German philosopher on the legacy of Friedrich Nietzsche.
Robert Pogue HarrisonJul 10, 2019
- Around the World
- Philosophy & Religion
On Marianne Moore's "Silence"
Greg Gerke revisits the author/speaker tension in Marianne Moore's poem "Silence."
Greg GerkeJul 10, 2019