Archive

Betraying Camp
Alex Weintraub evaluates the Met's "Camp: Notes on Fashion," which has an "approach to fashion [that] is, ultimately, a self-defeating one."
Alex WeintraubMay 5, 2019
- Art & Architecture
Saidiya Hartman’s “Beautiful Experiments”
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor reviews Saidiya Hartman's genre-defying "Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments."
Keeanga-Yamahtta TaylorMay 5, 2019
- History
Tom Petty: A Cool, Gray Neo-Confederate?
Connor Goodwin talks to Michael Washburn about his new book on Tom Petty's "Southern Accents."
Connor GoodwinMay 5, 2019
- Music
- Politics
Ways of Looking at Kim Swoo-geun, Korea's Poet of Brick, Concrete, and Much Else Besides
Colin Marshall reviews the career of Kim Swoo-geun, the architect who located a distinctly Korean building style.
Colin MarshallMay 5, 2019
The Sense of Passage: On Michael Webb’s “Moving Around: A Lifetime of Wandering”
Ezrha Jean Black considers the potential of “Moving Around: A Lifetime of Wandering” by Michael Webb.
Ezrha Jean BlackMay 4, 2019
Home Is Where the Heart Breaks: Abbigail N. Rosewood’s “If I Had Two Lives”
One of the grand illusions of great writing is the appearance of effortlessness, a quality that Abbigail Rosewood often achieves in "If I Had Two Lives."
Ryan SmernoffMay 4, 2019
- Fiction
Ornamental Thinking: On “Irrationality: A History of the Dark Side of Reason”
Is Justin E. H. Smith's assemblage of material actually illuminating? Yes, but only sometimes.
Evan SelingerMay 4, 2019
Narrative Spinning on Wild Nights
Grace Hadland looks at a different side of literary history in "Wild Nights with Emily."
Grace HadlandMay 4, 2019
A Fiction of Miracles: On Michael Bishop’s “Other Arms Reach Out to Me: Georgia Stories”
The miracles never cease in Michael Bishop’s “Other Arms Reach Out to Me: Georgia Stories.”
Doug DavisMay 3, 2019
- SF
1982: A Factory Odyssey: On Leslie Kaplan’s “Excess — The Factory”
Mikkel Krause Frantzen finds hope in “Excess — The Factory” by Leslie Kaplan, translated from the French by Julie Carr and Jennifer Pap.
Mikkel Krause FrantzenMay 3, 2019
Sally Rooney: Great Expectations
Co-hosts Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf speak with Sally Rooney about her two novels "Conversations with Friends" and "Normal People."
LARB Radio HourMay 3, 2019
The Mueller Report: “Oh My God. This Is Terrible. This Is the End of My Presidency. I’m Fucked.”
Stephen Rohde reads the Mueller Report and looks at past impeachment proceedings to determine where we go from here.
Stephen RohdeMay 3, 2019
- Law
- Politics
Born Again Grifters: On Belle Boggs’s “The Gulf”
Niko Maragos visits "The Gulf" by Belle Boggs.
Niko MaragosMay 3, 2019
- Fiction
Appetite and Anger Harmonized with Knowledge: Talking to Rachana Kamtekar
Andy Fitch talks with Rachana Kamtekar about what is best and what is best for oneself.
Andy FitchMay 3, 2019
The Poetics of Autism
Travis Chi Wing Lau discusses two recent books on autism and literary studies.
Travis Chi Wing LauMay 2, 2019
- Literary Criticism
We Need to Talk About Europe
Srećko Horvat chooses “hope without optimism” in imagining a future Europe.
Jason BarkerMay 2, 2019