Archive

On History, Marriage, and Politics: A Q-and-A with Barbara Kingsolver
Sarah Boon talks to novelist Barbara Kingsolver about her new book, "Unsheltered."
Sarah BoonDec 3, 2018
- Fiction
The Mystification of Impeachment
Two books on presidential impeachment lay out the legal — not political — foundations of the ultimate constitutional trapdoor.
Jane ChongDec 3, 2018
- Law
- Politics
Intimate Struggle: On V.S. Naipaul
Anjan Sundaram on V.S. Naipaul, whose flaws, rather than his powers as a writer, have unjustly become the focus since his death.
Anjan SundaramDec 3, 2018
The Mixed Meanings of Missing Girls
Martha Cooley searches for the figure of the missing girl in contemporary fiction.
Martha CooleyDec 2, 2018
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
Classic Rock’s Götterdämmerung
Ed Simon dances with Steven Hyden’s “Twilight of the Gods.”
Ed SimonDec 2, 2018
The Tragicomedy of “Evening in Paradise” by Lucia Berlin
Dylan Brown reviews the recently released collection "Evening in Paradise," which shows Berlin's mastery of rhythm and restraint.
Dylan BrownDec 2, 2018
- Fiction
Vipers, Robots, and Cheese Casseroles: Matthew Vollmer on Permanent Exhibit
Dashiel Carrera interviews Matthew Vollmer about his new essay collection "Permanent Exhibit."
Dashiel CarreraDec 2, 2018
Horror in Revision: On the Contemporary Gothic
Adam Fales on Ahmed Saadawi’s “Frankenstein in Baghdad,” Sarah Perry’s “Melmoth,” and Chase Berggrun’s “R E D” — emissaries of the “contemporary Gothic.”
Adam FalesDec 1, 2018
A Look in the Mirror: A Conversation with Marianna Yarovskaya About “Women of the Gulag”
Lydia Roberts speaks to award-winning filmmaker Marianna Yarovskaya, whose latest documentary is “Women of the Gulag.”
Lydia RobertsDec 1, 2018
Anne of the Armistice: Girls’ Book Heroines Confront the Great War
Looking back at YA novels of the home front on the centennial of the World War I Armistice.
Perri KlassDec 1, 2018
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
The Monthly Digest: December 2018
Dec 1, 2018
Reimagining the Southern Canon
Inman Majors outlines a lineage of Southern literature that has been eclipsed in readership and acclaim by the Southern Gothic tradition.
Inman MajorsDec 1, 2018
Avenues of Terror
On “Cross Her Heart” by Sarah Pinborough.
Robert Allen PapinchakNov 30, 2018
- Noir
The Incitements of Pop Culture: A Conversation with Peter Biskind
A top media historian explains our culture’s fascination with zombies, caped crusaders, and other vigilantes.
Scott TimbergNov 30, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: William Cooper, Conspiracy Theories, and the Decline of the American Mind
Journalist and Author Mark Jacobson discusses his timely new book, "Pale Horse Rider: William Cooper, the Rise of Conspiracy, and the Fall of Trust in America."
LARB Radio HourNov 30, 2018
Cute as a Button? Think Twice
Buttons may be the ultimate tangible expression of modernity, but how much do we know about what’s underneath them?
Anna FeuerNov 30, 2018