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Dan Sinykin’s “Big Fiction”
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer and professor, Dan Sinykin, to talk about his new book “Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the...
Nov 10
The Bulgarian Computer’s Global Reach: On Victor Petrov’s “Balkan Cyberia”
Alex Langstaff calls “Balkan Cyberia: Cold War Computing, Bulgarian Modernization, and the Information Age Behind the Iron Curtain” a must-read for...
Nov 10
Nudging Reality: On James Tate’s “Hell, I Love Everybody”
Rowland Bagnall reviews James Tate’s “Hell, I Love Everybody.”
Nov 10
- Poetry
You Hear This Voice? This Is My Mind’s Voice: A Tribute to Louise Glück
Five poets commemorate Louise Glück, including Paul Tran, Katie Peterson, Spencer Reese, Elisa Gonzalez, and Richie Hofmann.
Nov 9
- Poetry
Echoes of the Original: On the Task of Translating Maria Schneider
Hannah Bonner looks at Elisabeth Subrin’s documentary, “Maria Schneider, 1983,” alongside Vanessa Schneider’s memoir, “My Cousin Maria Schneider.”
Nov 9
- Film
- Memoir
Born Sick
The church is the Hollywood Bowl, the priest is Hozier, the hymns are pop anthems, and everyone is very, very gay.
Nov 9
A Deep, Unerring Camaraderie: On “The Elephant 6 Recording Co.”
Grant Sharples reviews the new music documentary “The Elephant 6 Recording Co.”
Nov 8
- Film
- Music
The Trash Collector: On John Waters’s Imperfect Cinema
Theresa Lin pays tribute to the at times revolting charm of filmmaker John Waters, whose unlikely exhibition is now on view at the Academy Museum.
Nov 8
- Art
- Film
To Walden: On Lawrence Buell’s “Henry David Thoreau” and Robert D. Richardson’s “Three Roads Back”
Todd Shy reviews Lawrence Buell’s “Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently” and Robert D. Richardson’s “Three Roads Back: How Emerson, Thoreau...
Nov 7
- Biography
- Nonfiction
I Must Be Making It All Up: On Sigrid Nunez’s “The Vulnerables”
Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon reviews Sigrid Nunez’s novel “The Vulnerables.”
Nov 7
- Fiction
Thinking Was for Later; Movement Was for Now: On the Vortex Group’s “George Floyd Uprising”
Jamie Peck reviews “The George Floyd Uprising” by Vortex Group.
Nov 6
You’ll Never Make Yourself Fall Asleep: On Marie Darrieussecq’s “Sleepless”
Thom Sliwowski reviews Marie Darrieussecq’s “Sleepless: A Memoir of Insomnia.”
Nov 6
- Memoir
- Nonfiction
Always an Angeleno, Never a God
BOYGENIUS with 100 GECS and SLOPPY JANE, Hollywood Bowl, Los Angeles, October 31, 2023. Emo-folk supergroup boygenius joined hyperpop scoundrels 100...
Nov 6
All the Waste in the World: On Pip Adam’s “The New Animals”
James Pasley considers New Zealand author Pip Adam’s 2017 novel “The New Animals.”
Nov 5
- Fiction
Eleven Ways of Looking at Elliott Hundley
Jonathan Alexander examines L.A.-based artist Elliott Hundley’s aesthetic of intimacy.
Nov 5
- Art
Coral Tongues: On Chang Yuchen’s “Coral Dictionary Vol. 1”
Maya Hayda reviews Chang Yuchen’s “Coral Dictionary Vol. 1: 2019–2022.”
Nov 4