Archive

You Can Read (and So Can This Computer)
Sheila Liming reviews Andrew Piper’s “Enumerations: Data and Literary Study.”
Sheila LimingNov 12, 2018
- Literary Criticism
- Science & Technology
Pouring One Out for Anthony Bourdain
Olivia Durif on Anthony Bourdain, eating with strangers, and the risks of intimacy.
Olivia DurifNov 12, 2018
- Around the World
- Food & Drink
AWP on the Brink
AWP’s recently terminated director of Conferences outlines the dangers facing the organization.
Christian TeresiNov 12, 2018
- Education
“The Republican Club”: A Teachable Moment
What might a conversation between student and professor about "The Republican Club" look like?
Clea FelienNov 12, 2018
The Emperor and the Empty Tomb: An Ancient Inscription, an Eccentric Scholar, and the Human Need to Touch the Past
Is the Nazareth inscription the oldest artifact of Christianity? A mysterious document and an eccentric scholar hold the clues.
Kyle HarperNov 11, 2018
- History
- Religion
The Most Powerful Person in Hollywood Without a Studio
The most powerful man in Hollywood didn’t make movies. He was a shady journalist.
Chris YogerstNov 11, 2018
- Biography & Autobiography
- Politics
Fraught with Peril: On Lucia Berlin’s “Evening in Paradise” and “Welcome Home”
Ryan Smernoff greets the publication of “Evening in Paradise: More Stories” and “Welcome Home” by Lucia Berlin.
Ryan SmernoffNov 11, 2018
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
An Existentialist Seoul Bookstore Owner's Message to His Countrymen: Goof Off for Once
Colin Marshall on the Seoul Bookstore A Glass of Book on the Way Home, and its proprietor Kim Jong-hyeon's book "I'll Goof Off for Once."
Colin MarshallNov 11, 2018
Finish Him
“[The Other Side of the Wind] is the movie Welles would have made had he been the digital filmmaker he was not.” J. D. Connor on Welles's final film.
J. D. ConnorNov 10, 2018
- Film
Finding the Tune
Mark Wallace pays homage to Webern’s Concerto, which determined the course of his life.
Mark WallaceNov 10, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
- Music
Excitingly Bizarre and Complicatedly Magical
A highly personal series of detailed “trip reports.”
Matthew BondNov 10, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
Waiting for Opening Night: After the Borderline Bar Shooting
A play about Columbine was supposed to debut this weekend at California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks. Then, the Borderline Bar shooting occurred.
Garrett MuellerNov 10, 2018
The Two Faces of Portugal
In a world of rising racism and far-right extremism, Portugal is often held up as a shining example of an open society. Is it?
Harrison AkinsNov 10, 2018
American Inequality and the Politics of Change
Philanthropy by the economic elite is undercut by their simultaneous efforts to deregulate the marketplace, a new book argues.
David TalbotNov 9, 2018
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
Centering the Margins: A Conversation with Patrisse Cullors
Patrisse Cullors, author of "When They Call You a Terrorist: a Black Lives Matter Memoir," speaks about her activism and the philosophy that undergirds #BlackLivesMatter.
LARB Radio HourNov 9, 2018
Hippies in the USSR: An Interview with Juliane Fürst
Sasha Razor interviews Juliane Fürst, curator of “Socialist Flower Power: Soviet Hippie Culture” at the Wende Museum.
Sasha RazorNov 9, 2018