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The Weekly Read: April 22, 2019
Steve Lichtman reviews the week in politics and culture.
Steve LichtmanApr 22, 2019
Fantasy Girls
Rachel Feder discusses Mary Shelley, Margaret Cavendish, and the fraught title of "mother of science fiction."
Rachel FederApr 22, 2019
That Factual Feeling: Voices of “The Good Immigrant”
The pieces in "The Good Immigrant" knit together experiences that, though sometimes at odds with one another, complicate notions of immigrant life.
Rosa Boshier GonzálezApr 21, 2019
X and the Leviathan: Can We Imagine an Alternative Politics of Climate Change?
"To come to grips with climate change, we must first come to grips with capitalism." On Geoff Mann and Joel Wainwright's "Climate Leviathan."
Shannon OsakaApr 21, 2019
- Politics
- Science & Technology
Whatever You Say … Say Nothing: An Interview with Patrick Radden Keefe
Benedict Cosgrove interviews Patrick Radden Keefe, author of “Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland.”
Benedict CosgroveApr 21, 2019
Birthday, the First Tearjerker About the Ferry Disaster that Killed 250 High-School Students
Colin Marshall reviews “Birthday,” the first major tearjerker about the 2014 Korean ferry tragedy.
Colin MarshallApr 21, 2019
But That Is Not the Story: On Marlon James’s “Black Leopard, Red Wolf”
Understanding Marlon James’s fiction requires reading in a fantastical mode rather than a realist one.
Benjamin J. RobertsonApr 20, 2019
- SF
Lessons for the West from the Argentine South: On María Sonia Cristoff’s “False Calm”
Sean McCoy roams through “False Calm” by María Sonia Cristoff, translated from the Spanish by Katherine Silver.
Sean McCoyApr 20, 2019
- Around the World
- Nonfiction
The Fantasy Editor
Tim Groenland on the history and shifting role of the literary editor.
Tim GroenlandApr 20, 2019
- Fiction
Coming for Us: Primo Levi and the Border Patrol
Novelist and Professor Fenton Johnson responds to an intrusion by the US Border Patrol into the University of Arizona campus.
Fenton JohnsonApr 20, 2019
What’s Wrong with Popular Feminism?
Fran Bigman reviews Sarah Banet-Weiser’s new book on popular feminism, “Empowered.”
Fran BigmanApr 19, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
True Crime and Self-Improvement: An Interview with Halle Butler on “The New Me”
Eric Farwell talks to Halle Butler about her new novel, “The New Me.”
Eric FarwellApr 19, 2019
- Fiction
LARB Radio Hour: Opening Up with William E. Jones
Author and artist William E. Jones joins LARB to discuss his first novel I'm Open to Anything
LARB Radio HourApr 19, 2019
I Have the Best Words: On Bérengère Viennot’s “La Langue de Trump”
Robert Zaretsky reviews “La Langue de Trump” by Bérengère Viennot, the French translator of Donald Trump’s speeches.
Robert ZaretskyApr 19, 2019
Information in an Emergency: Talking to Seth Abramson
Andy Fitch discusses forms of journalistic inquiry with Seth Abramson, author of the recent book "Proof of Collusion."
Andy FitchApr 19, 2019
“Outside Looking In”: T. C. Boyle’s Drama of Expanded Consciousness and LSD
T. C. Boyle's "Outside Looking In" highlights the sober experience of coming back to reality when the trip is over.
James PennerApr 18, 2019
- Fiction