Archive

Love and Death: On Jericho Brown’s “The Tradition”
Richie Hofmann considers “The Tradition” by Jericho Brown.
Richie HofmannJun 18, 2019
- Poetry
All the World’s a Stage: On Yukio Mishima’s “Star”
Jan Wilm reviews Yukio Mishima's "Star," recently released by New Directions in a translation by Sam Bett.
Jan WilmJun 18, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
Pride and Privacy
Luke Fernandez and Susan Matt present a brief origin story of American vanity.
Susan MattJun 18, 2019
Big Little Lies, "Tell-Tale Hearts"
For Dear TV, Jane Hu and Phil Maciak put Big Little Lies, season two, episode two under surveillance — it's disappointing.
Jane HuJun 17, 2019
- Dear Television
An Endless Crusade
Giuliana Chamedes's "A Twentieth-Century Crusade" is a work of tremendous ambitions and impressive panoramic scope.
Udi GreenbergJun 17, 2019
- History
- Religion
The Scourge of Himpathy
Rachel Cline’s new novel takes on the psychology and politics of the #MeToo movement.
Tatiana DubinJun 17, 2019
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
Blowing the Philosopher’s Fuses: Michel Foucault’s LSD Trip in the Valley of Death
James Penner takes a trip through “Foucault in California” by Simeon Wade, which chronicles the day when a great French philosopher blew his mind.
James PennerJun 17, 2019
- Memoir & Essay
- Philosophy & Religion
A Look at the 2019 Ojai Music Festival
Scott Timberg reviews the annual classical music festival in Ojai, California, which took place June 6 to 9, 2019.
Scott TimbergJun 17, 2019
The Search for What Makes Us Human: The Killer Ape Account of the Mid-20th Century
Does violence make humans unique? Melinda Baldwin reviews Erika Lorraine Milam’s “Creatures of Cain: The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America.”
Melinda BaldwinJun 16, 2019
The Wide, Forbidding Cosmos: The Weird Fiction of John Langan
John Langan’s latest collection of weird fiction is a fresh waypoint, if not a landmark, in his creative journey.
Paul StJohn MackintoshJun 16, 2019
- SF
Jewish Identity on the Move
David Lipset reviews two new essay collections about Jewish identity, "Freud and Monotheism" and "Jews and the Ends of Theory."
David LipsetJun 16, 2019
- Philosophy & Religion
- Religion
A Father’s Day Letter
Jennifer Croft muses on the lessons of her father.
Jennifer CroftJun 16, 2019
A Harrowing Journey to an Island of Women, and Into Korea's Psychological Recesses: Kim Ki-young's Iodo (1977)
Colin Marshall talks about Korean folk shamanism Kim Ki-young's film "Iodo."
Colin MarshallJun 16, 2019
A Little Private Space: A Conversation with Heike Geissler
Kate Durbin speaks to Heike Geissler, author of the autofictional novel “Seasonal Associate,” translated from German by Katy Derbyshire.
Kate DurbinJun 15, 2019
Concerning the Meaning Molecule in Poetry
"Long ago a man told me, If you write poetry / keep your subjects small;" Brenda Hillman's poem "Concerning the Meaning Molecule in Poetry."
Brenda HillmanJun 15, 2019
- LARB Lit
- Poetry
The Racial Politics of National Defense
Joseph Darda looks at the history of the term "defense" in American politics.
Joseph DardaJun 15, 2019