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The Modern American Dilemma: Seth Greenland’s “The Hazards of Good Fortune”
Taylor Larsen praises “The Hazards of Good Fortune,” a new novel by Seth Greenland.
Taylor LarsenJan 1, 2019
- Fiction
- Sports
The Monthly Digest: January 2019
This past month, LARB was proud to publish a number of pieces by and about women writers of Asian descent.
Jan 1, 2019
The Girl in the File: Margarete Schaffer under Nazi Psychiatry
Edith ShefferJan 1, 2019
Where Coverage Stops: An Interview with Monica Berlin
JoAnna Novak interviews Monica Berlin, author of "Nostalgia for a World Where We Can Live."
JoAnna NovakJan 1, 2019
In Multiplicity Is Truth: An Interview with Gina Apostol
Gina Apostol discusses her new novel about the Philippine resistance to American occupation.
Laurel Flores FantauzzoDec 31, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
A Winter’s Tale: The Impossibility of Friedrich Gorenstein’s “Redemption”
Leeore Schnairsohn plumbs the depths of “Redemption,” a novel by Friedrich Gorenstein, translated from the Russian by Andrew Bromfield.
Leeore SchnairsohnDec 31, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Erotic Tyranny
"Nobody fully understands Alcibiades, which is why he continually fascinates." Ryan Shinkel on "Nemesis: Alcibiades and the Fall of Athens."
Ryan ShinkelDec 31, 2018
- Biography & Autobiography
- History
My Favorite Romance Novels of 2018
Cailey HallDec 31, 2018
Media All the Way Down: Art and Conspiracy at the Met Breuer
Carmine Grimaldi dives into "Everything Is Connected: Art and Conspiracy," at the Met Breuer until January 6, 2019.
Carmine GrimaldiDec 30, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Politics
Need You — Baby
Dave Mandl consults “Where to Score,” a collection of classified ads culled from the pages of the “San Francisco Oracle.”
Dave MandlDec 30, 2018
- Cultural Studies
- Gender & Sexuality
Letter to the Editor: Timothy Aubry Responds to Jean-Thomas Tremblay’s Review of His “Guilty Aesthetic Pleasures”
Timothy Aubry responds to Jean-Thomas Tremblay’s LARB review of his “Guilty Aesthetic Pleasures” (December 12, 2018).
Timothy AubryDec 30, 2018
- Literary Criticism
A Free World His Own: The Indomitable Spirit of Bill Traylor
Andrew M. Davenport reviews "Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor" at the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Andrew M. DavenportDec 30, 2018
Korean Pastoral: On Yeon-sik Hong’s “Uncomfortably Happily”
Yeon-sik Hong’s delightful and challenging graphic memoir "Uncomfortably Happily" at once seems to adhere to the Western pastoral tradition and to upend it
Min Hyoung SongDec 29, 2018
Game of Obsession: The Eternal Question of Chess
Chess emerges as the new mixed martial arts in an exciting new book.
Ajay OronaDec 29, 2018
Destroy All Rock Novels
Like Godzilla and the band Destroy All Monsters, Jeff Jackson’s new novel is a kind of mutant, with a world that is recognizable, but not quite our own.
Brooks SterrittDec 29, 2018
- Fiction
- Music
Intersectionality and the Jews in the Age of Trump
"Precisely how we should parse critiques of Israeli government policies that seem to bleed into hatred of the Jews is a fraught but very pressing project."
Deborah HertzDec 29, 2018