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The Close Fight for Women’s Suffrage
"The ideas and attitudes that fostered opposition to women's suffrage are still with us." Adam Winkler on "The Woman's Hour."
Adam WinklerNov 2, 2018
LARB Radio Hour: Sandi Tan Talks Inspiration, Betrayal, and Shirkers, Singapore's First Indie Film
Sandi Tan discusses her Netflix documentary "Shirkers," the story behind a film she made in 1992 in Singapore that was stolen and rediscovered 20 years later.
LARB Radio HourNov 2, 2018
A Desire for the Sentence: An Interview with Brian Dillon
Nathan Goldman interviews Brian Dillon about his new book, “Essayism.”
Nathan GoldmanNov 2, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
Both the Insiders and the Outsiders: Talking to Julián Castro
Andy Fitch talks to former U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Julián Castro about the role of family in a tribalistic political culture.
Andy FitchNov 2, 2018
The Other Country
Nick Murray ropes “The Honky Tonk on the Left.”
Nick MurrayNov 1, 2018
- Music
- Politics
The LARB Ball NBA Roundtable
On the inevitability of professional basketball
Brian R. Jacobson, Theresa Runstedtler, Yago ColásNov 1, 2018
- LARB Ball
- Sports
The Fallibility of Memory: An Interview with Frances de Pontes Peebles
A Brazilian-American novelist on the pleasures of historical research, the beauty of the samba, and honoring Carmen Miranda.
Alex EspinozaNov 1, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Radical Acts of Flyness
Jorge Cotte attends to the dialogues of feeling underneath Terence Nance's unconventional HBO series.
Jorge CotteNov 1, 2018
- Television
The Monthly Digest: November 2018
In October LARB ran a number of articles that touched on the question of community.
Nov 1, 2018
The 14th Amendment: Bigotry’s Latest Casualty
Bonnie Honig weighs in on recent invocations of the 14th amendment, and urges us to opt-in to citizenship by voting.
Bonnie HonigNov 1, 2018
It's Just Not My Life — Julia Kristeva Responds
Julia Kristeva responds to the accusations that she worked as a Bulgarian spy in the 1970s.
Julia KristevaNov 1, 2018
The Texas Rangers: Good Guys No More
Lily Meyer reviews "The Injustice Never Leaves You."
Lily MeyerOct 31, 2018
- History
- Politics
Blood Suckers
On “A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising” by Raymond A. Villareal.
Désirée ZamoranoOct 31, 2018
- Noir
- SF
The Value of W, or, Interdisciplinary Engagements on Culture
Jessica Riskin appreciates “Darwin’s Unfinished Symphony” by Kevin Laland.
Jessica RiskinOct 31, 2018
- Science & Technology
You Do Need to Bleed: An Interview with Katya Apekina
JoAnna Novak interviews Katya Apekina, author of "The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish."
JoAnna NovakOct 31, 2018
A Trokosi Mirror of the US-Mexican Border: On Bernice L. McFadden’s “Praise Song for the Butterflies”
Bernice L. McFadden's "Praise Song for the Butterflies" is short and spare, but its portrait of a child abandoned will haunt readers.
Tina McElroy AnsaOct 30, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction