Archive

LA Stories: Howard Hughes, Starlets, and Outcast Punks in Dystopia
Karina Longworth returns to discuss her intriguing book, "Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes Hollywood."
LARB Radio HourDec 14, 2018
The Pleasure of Difficulty
Davis Smith-Brecheisen discusses the notoriously difficult novels of Christine Brooke-Rose.
Davis Smith-BrecheisenDec 14, 2018
- Fiction
Questions of Genre and Gender: Talking to Cristina Rivera Garza
Andy Fitch interviews Cristina Rivera Garza about her novel "The Taiga Syndrome" (translated by Suzanne Jill Levine and Aviva Kana).
Andy FitchDec 14, 2018
Little Book with Big Ambitions: Rita Indiana’s “Tentacle”
Rita Indiana's "Tentacle" takes on environmental disaster, queer politics, race relations, and the legacy of empire in a brief 160 pages.
Ellen JonesDec 13, 2018
Unringing Bell
A history of a corrupt city becomes a user’s guide for municipal change.
Angela M. SanchezDec 13, 2018
- Politics
A Small but Important Job: Gary Indiana’s “Vile Days”
Andrew Marzoni does a deep dive into the collected writings of Gary Indiana, looking at the man, the culture, and the era that produced him.
Andrew MarzoniDec 13, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Memoir & Essay
An Open Letter from Queer Studies Scholars
Queer Studies scholars write an open letter in response to "Conversion Therapy v. Re-Education Camp," which ran on BLARB on December 11.
Queer Studies ScholarsDec 13, 2018
The Poetry of José Eugenio Sánchez
Anthony Seidman reviews Anna Rosenwong's translation of "here the sun’s for real, selected poems" by José Eugenio Sánchez.
Anthony SeidmanDec 13, 2018
I Hate to Wait: On Jason Farman’s “Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World”
Lydia Pyne impatiently explores “Delayed Response: The Art of Waiting from the Ancient to the Instant World” by Jason Farman.
Lydia PyneDec 12, 2018
The Aesthetic Is Back; It Never Left
Jean-Thomas Tremblay reviews Timothy Aubry’s “Guilty Aesthetic Pleasures.”
Jean-Thomas TremblayDec 12, 2018
- Literary Criticism
The Window and the World: On Joshua Sperling’s “A Writer of Our Time: The Life and Work of John Berger”
Robert Minto looks at “A Writer of Our Time: The Life and Work of John Berger” by Joshua Sperling.
Robert MintoDec 12, 2018
Difficult Lessons: Remembering Andrei Bitov (1937-2018)
José Vergara remembers the Russian writer Andrei Bitov, who died on December 3.
José VergaraDec 12, 2018
Living Inside Your Mediocre Moment: Heather Havrilesky’s What If This Were Enough?
Phoenix Tso reviews Heather Havrilesky’s essay collection "What If This Were Enough?"
Phoenix TsoDec 12, 2018
The Evolution of Meaning: Adrian Piper and Victor Hugo at the Hammer Museum
In these strange days, art has the ability to help us make meaning of current events and to encourage a certain form of collective voice and action.
Annie BuckleyDec 11, 2018
- Art & Architecture
Eclipse Expeditions
On "After Emily: Two Remarkable Women and the Legacy of America’s Greatest Poet" and the fraught history of Emily Dickinson's editors.
Lynne FeeleyDec 11, 2018
A Faux-Muslim Mission
Amir Khadem reviews John Wray’s novel “Godsend.”
Amir KhademDec 11, 2018
- Fiction
- Religion