Archive

Leanne Shapton’s Hyper-Modern Ghost Stories
Sharon Steel reads “Guest Book: Ghost Stories” by Leann Shapton.
Sharon SteelJul 9, 2019
- Fiction
- Poetry
Tragedy and Inspiration: Cherrie Moraga on Her Mother, the Chicanx Diaspora, and the Age of Trump
Legendary Chicanx feminist Cherrie Moraga joins the LARB Radio Hour to talk about her new memoir, Native Country of the Heart.
LARB Radio HourJul 9, 2019
A Deformed Emancipation: Lea Melandri and the Lie of Gender Equality
Mary Mann looks at Lea Melandri’s “Love and Violence,” the Italian feminist thinker’s first book available in English.
Mary MannJul 9, 2019
The Secret Lives of Sisters: On “Searching for Sylvie Lee”
Jung Yun reviews “Searching for Sylvie Lee” by Jean Kwok.
Jung YunJul 9, 2019
- Noir
The Weekly Read: July 9, 2019
Steve Lichtman reviews the week in politics and culture.
Steve LichtmanJul 9, 2019
The Millennial Condition: History, Revolution, and Generational Analysis
Adam Boffa interviews Malcolm Harris about the value of generational analysis.
Adam BoffaJul 8, 2019
- Politics
Francis Ford Coppola and the Shape of Cinema to Come
Coppola imagines what forms digital cinema might take, leaving behind a manual if he is not, at 80 years old, able to realize these forms himself.
Jeff MenneJul 8, 2019
- Film
- Science & Technology
“I Don’t Really Care. Do You?”: Scientists in the Grey Zone in 1930s Italy
Massimo Mazzotti reflects on how Italian scientists failed as a bulwark against fascist politics in the 1930s.
Massimo MazzottiJul 8, 2019
The World as Ornament: On The American Pre-Raphaelites: Radical Realists
Bailey Trela takes a look at the "The American Pre-Raphaelites: Radical Realists" exhibit at the National Gallery of Art.
Bailey TrelaJul 8, 2019
“Nonexistence Seems Preferable”: Post-Truth, Feed Identity, and the NPC Afterlife in Neal Stephenson’s “Fall; or, Dodge in Hell”
“Fall; or, Dodge in Hell ” is a superior successor to “Reamde” and a worthy if imperfect addition to the Waterhouse-Shaftoe stories.
Jonathan P. LewisJul 7, 2019
- SF
Text and Texture
Great works of fiction have a consistency, a firmness and density that can be touched.
Lynne Sharon SchwartzJul 7, 2019
- Literary Criticism
Dante’s Psychological Comedy
D. M. Black finds psychological depth in Dante’s “Comedy” and shares excerpts from his translation of “Purgatorio.”
D. M. BlackJul 7, 2019
Trump, China, and Pakistan’s Search for an All-Weather Ally
Harrison Akins discusses the fractured relations between the Trump administration and Pakistan, and the appeal of the Chinese economic bloc to Islamabad.
Harrison AkinsJul 7, 2019
My Bookish Upbringing
In "Between Pen and Pixel," Aaron Kashtan argues that comics are the medium that offers the most insights about the present and the future of the book.
Vincent HaddadJul 6, 2019
How Trump Won, Part 57
Donald Trump harnessed racial resentment to win the presidency, and it gets abundant statistical treatment in a new book.
Fischer DavisJul 6, 2019
- Politics
Stonewall, Before and After: An Interview with Samuel R. Delany
Alex Wermer-Colan interviews sci-fi legend Samuel R. Delany about queerness, history, literature, and identity as the author moves into his late career.
Alex Wermer-ColanJul 6, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- SF