Archive

Meaning to Chaos
On “The Cold Summer” by Gianrico Carofiglio.
Glenn HarperOct 20, 2018
- Around the World
- Noir
Deep into the Heart: An Interview with Shokoofeh Azar
Robert Wood interviews Shokoofeh Azar, Iranian-born journalist and author of "The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree."
Robert WoodOct 20, 2018
Your Brain on Capitalism: Martijn Konings Deconstructs the Neoliberal Order
Political economist Martijn Konings talks about his ambitious new book, "Capital and Time: For a New Critique of Neoliberal Reason."
LARB Radio HourOct 19, 2018
The Devils of Our Better Nature: On Dennis Cooper and His New Film
“Permanent Green Light” is the demonic author’s most innocent work.
Daniel FelsenthalOct 19, 2018
Higher Laughter: On Jim Holt
"When Einstein Walked with Gödel" is a perfect bedtime book, with each essay providing a luminous devotional on heavy topics, delivered with a light touch.
David KordahlOct 19, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
- Science & Technology
Eugenic Thinking Today
There is more ongoing tension around disability rights and its intersection with the rights of women and the poor than “Intelligent Lives” lets on.
Megan MoodieOct 19, 2018
- Film
A Different Kind of Collective Agency: Talking to Asad Haider
Andy Fitch talks to Asad Haider about a non-Eurocentric notion of universality and the new language needed for collective politics.
Andy FitchOct 19, 2018
Second Acts: A Second Look at Second Books of Poetry: Joan Murray and Christopher Gilbert
Lisa Russ Spaar takes a second look at second, posthumous books by poets Joan Murray and Christopher Gilbert.
Lisa Russ SpaarOct 18, 2018
- Poetry
Grabbing the Narrative for Yourself: An Interview with Jamie Bernstein
A poignant, revealing memoir by the daughter of Leonard Bernstein.
Joy HorowitzOct 18, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
- Music
Rachel Jacoff on Dante's Paradiso: "It's the Greatest Challenge He Takes On."
“All the people who end up loving The Paradiso understand the great daring poetic achievement of the poem," says Dante scholar Rachel Jacoff.
Oct 18, 2018
Himmler’s Antiquity
Alison C. Traweek discusses the racist origins of classics as a discipline.
Alison C. TraweekOct 18, 2018
An Open Letter to Ken Brecher, President of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles
Rubén Martínez writes to Ken Brecher, demanding his resignation from the Library Foundation of Los Angeles.
Rubén MartínezOct 18, 2018
Sequelae: A Primatologist’s Perspective on Brett Kavanaugh
Primatologist Dr. Amy Parish considers how the evolutionary history of chimpanzees and bonobos should inform society's perception of Brett Kavanaugh.
Amy ParishOct 18, 2018
Reading the Classics to Resist Misogyny
Sam Argyle reviews "Not All Dead White Men," in which Donna Zuckerberg critiques the decontextualized use of classical texts.
Samuel ArgyleOct 18, 2018
California Sons: Miriam Pawel’s “The Browns of California”
Jake Wertz reviews “The Browns of California,” a four-generation biography of the Brown family and a portrait of the state they shaped.
Jake WertzOct 17, 2018
- History
- Politics
Revising Lovecraft: The Mutant Mythos
The mutant legacy of H. P. Lovecraft, as the Cthulhu mythos spawns ever more exotic, challenging revisions.
Paul StJohn MackintoshOct 17, 2018
- SF