Archive

Torn Like a Veil Before Me: On Elena Chizhova’s “Little Zinnobers”
Yelena Furman studies “Little Zinnobers,” a novel by Elena Chizhova, translated from Russian by Carol Ermakova.
Yelena FurmanJun 8, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Feel of Feeling Left Behind
Aziz Huq reviews two new books about populism from John B. Judis and Barry Eichengreen.
Aziz HuqJun 8, 2019
- Politics
Uncovering a Queer Renaissance, Fifty Years Later
Jim Downs commemorates the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots with a recovery of LGBT figures of the past.
Jim DownsJun 8, 2019
A Sense of Escapism: A Conversation with Alexis Bass
Alexis Bass talks about her new YA mystery, “Happily and Madly.”
Brianna BranchJun 7, 2019
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
One Feels a Malady: On Robert N. Watson’s “Cultural Evolution and its Discontents”
William Flesch reviews "Cultural Evolution and its Discontents: Cognitive Overload, Parasitic Cultures, and the Humanistic Cure."
William FleschJun 7, 2019
LARB Radio Hour: Commitment and Trust, Past and Present, with Erica Jong and Susan Choi
Authors Erica Jong and Susan Choi join LARB for our third and final installment from the 2019 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on USC Campus.
LARB Radio HourJun 7, 2019
A Jeremiah of “Limping Iambs”: On Boris Slutsky’s Centennial
Marat Grinberg celebrates the centennial of the birth of Boris Slutsky, “arguably the most misunderstood and idiosyncratic of 20th-century poets.”
Marat GrinbergJun 7, 2019
- Around the World
- Poetry
Pay Attention: On Carolyn Forché’s “What You Have Heard Is True”
Helen Mackreath considers “What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance” by Carolyn Forché.
Helen MackreathJun 7, 2019
Putting People in Tires and into the Dashboard: Talking to Julio César Morales
Andy Fitch interviews Julio César Morales on his art about the US-Mexico border.
Andy FitchJun 7, 2019
Learning to See: María Gainza’s “Optic Nerve”
A newly translated novel from Argentina explores visual art, social class, and the bonds of family.
Maxine SwannJun 6, 2019
Hear Them All
Chris Dombrowski’s new poetry collection, “Ragged Anthem,” is a profound cri de coeur about a country, a rural way of life, and a man in trouble.
Dean KuipersJun 6, 2019
- Poetry
A Life in Airplane Mode: Pico Iyer’s “Autumn Light”
Madhav Khosla reviews an exquisite memoir of transience and loss.
Madhav KhoslaJun 6, 2019
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
Ghosts of D-Day: The Civilian Casualties of the Battle of Normandy
Abigail DeWitt remembers civilian losses overshadowed by heroic wartime feats.
Abigail DeWittJun 6, 2019
“Picking Huckleberries as the World Ends”: Keetje Kuipers’s “All Its Charms” and Acts of Waiting
Keetje Kuipers's "All Its Charms" is laced with both hopefulness and the prickling sting of thwarted desire.
Sarah NanceJun 5, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Poetry
The Stories in Bones
Two new books about the complex afterlives of human bones.
Lydia PyneJun 5, 2019
- Science & Technology
The 58th Venice Biennale Exhibition: Meet Curator Ralph Rugoff
This year’s prestigious Venice Biennale’s centerpiece exhibition, its 58th, has been curated by Ralph Rugoff, an American art critic who became director of London’s Hayward Gallery.
Michael KurcfeldJun 5, 2019