Archive

Questions in Captivity: Captive State
Lewis Page gives a second look to "Captive State," which was released on March 15 to "brutally lukewarm reviews."
Lewis PageApr 15, 2019
Marching for Our Lives: An Interview with Dave Cullen
Dave Cullen discusses his new book on the Parkland school shootings and the movement against gun violence that emerged from it.
Heather Scott PartingtonApr 14, 2019
- Nonfiction
- Politics
Pocha and Proud: An Interview with Sara Borjas
Brenda Delfino interviews her former teacher Sara Borjas about her new book of poems, “Heart Like a Window, Mouth Like a Cliff.”
Brenda DelfinoApr 14, 2019
- Poetry
"#UNLOAD: Guns in the Hands of Artists": Decommissioning Gun Violence
A powerful artistic exploration of the human costs of gun violence.
Constance Valis HillApr 14, 2019
- Art & Architecture
- Politics
What a Jewish Person Looks Like
Joanna Chen ponders the relation between Irish nationalism and Zionism.
Joanna ChenApr 14, 2019
Strange Details Accrete: Marian Womack’s Weird Tales of Slow Catastrophe
In Marian Womack’s collection “Lost Objects,” climatic change is not figured as dramatic upheaval, but slow creep.
Timothy J. JarvisApr 13, 2019
- SF
Transgressive Circulation: A Conversation with Johannes Göransson
M. Buna speaks to Johannes Göransson about his “Transgressive Circulation: Essays on Translation.”
M. BunaApr 13, 2019
When They Blur: A Conversation with Namwali Serpell, Author of “The Old Drift”
Lily Meyer interviews Namwali Serpell about her debut novel, "The Other Drift."
Lily MeyerApr 13, 2019
- Around the World
- Fiction
Pop Formalism
“Born in the U.S.A.” is a song of audible rage, but this rage is entirely inseparable from its production, from its angular and glossy trappings.
Robert Cashin RyanApr 13, 2019
Old Regimes Die Hard
Are there overwhelming contradictions in the French yellow vest movement?
Olivia DurifApr 12, 2019
- Around the World
- Politics
Christian Petzold’s Anti-Speculative Fiction
"Transit" offers the unreassuring thrill of a reasonable, intelligent person having the nerve to say, clearly, just how bad he thinks things are.
Charles TaylorApr 12, 2019
- Film
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Jeff Tweedy
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music.
Scott TimbergApr 12, 2019
- Music
LARB Radio Hour: A Tale of Two Karens
Author Karen Tongson talks with co-hosts Eric Newman and Kate Wolf about the tragic life and beautiful voice of Karen Carpenter.
LARB Radio HourApr 12, 2019
The Singular Power of Writing: A Conversation with Thomas Chatterton Williams
Otis Houston speaks to Thomas Chatterton Williams, author of “Losing My Cool” and “Self-Portrait in Black and White: Unlearning Race.”
Otis HoustonApr 12, 2019
Stories about People and Communities: Talking to Kwame Anthony Appiah
Andy Fitch interviews Kwame Anthony Appiah about identity and his book "The Lies That Bind."
Andy FitchApr 12, 2019
A Breathable Language: Oliverio Girondo and the Poetry of the Americas
Scott Challener reviews “Decals” by Oliverio Girondo.
Scott ChallenerApr 11, 2019
- Around the World
- Poetry