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In Defense of Feeling: On Abdellah Taïa’s An Arab Melancholia
Thomas Patier writes on feeling in Abdellah Taïa’s “An Arab Melancholia.”
Thomas PatierSep 17, 2018
One Life at a Time: A Conversation with Dr. Daniel Baxter
William Giraldi speaks with Daniel Baxter, author of “One Life at a Time: An American Doctor’s Memoir of AIDS in Botswana.”
William GiraldiSep 16, 2018
“A More Beautiful and Terrible History” Corrects the Fables Told of the Civil Rights Movement
Jeneé Darden interviews Jeanne Theoharis about her most recent book, "A More Beautiful and Terrible History ."
Jeneé DardenSep 16, 2018
- History
What Makes the World Move
A distinguished history of energy innovations finds that collaboration and waste are the inevitable accompaniments.
Anna LeahySep 16, 2018
Talk Like a Busanian: How to Master the Ever-Trendier Dialect of Korea's Brash Second City
Colin Marshall on the distinctive dialect of Korea's second-largest city, Busan.
Colin MarshallSep 16, 2018
Catalonia in Peril: On Manuel de Pedrolo’s “Typescript of the Second Origin”
Manuel de Pedrolo's "Typescript of the Second Origin" is a novel both born from and about politics: in particular, the politics of identity.
Dale KnickerbockerSep 15, 2018
On Outgrowing David Foster Wallace
"Why does David Foster Wallace read differently to me now? Why am I ashamed of him? Maybe his work is limited in ways I didn’t see before." A DFW guy writes
Julius TarantoSep 15, 2018
- Fiction
The Mirror and the Window: An Interview With Saadia Faruqi
A Pakistani-American author and activist on her new children’s book series, “Yasmin.”
Beth WinegarnerSep 15, 2018
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
What the Anonymous Op-Ed is Actually About
George Estreich reads the anonymous NY Times op-ed "for what it is: an attempt to make a future excuse for the conduct of the entire Republican Party."
George EstreichSep 15, 2018
Can Democracy Survive Capitalism?
Tom Gallagher reviews Robert Kuttner's "Can Democracy Survive Global Capitalism?"
Tom GallagherSep 15, 2018
Bodies Without Bodies
Martín Felipe Castagnet’s absorbing debut novel explores the unexpected consequences of technological immortality.
Geoff ShullenbergerSep 14, 2018
- Around the World
- SF
Peter Stamm, Master of Emptiness
GD Dess probes the meaning of emptiness in the novels of Peter Stamm.
GD DessSep 14, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Suffering Visible: The Ravages of Postcolonial Capitalism in Tsitsi Dangarembga’s “This Mournable Body”
In her sly, layered novel “This Mournable Body,” Tsitsi Dangarembga forces the reader’s perspective toward both violence and its humane alternatives.
Michael FriedrichSep 14, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Michael Arceneaux's Faith: Beyoncé, Writing, and Romance
Michael Arceneaux discusses the first collection of his writing, the critically heralded "I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé."
LARB Radio HourSep 14, 2018
Good Muscle Tone: Talking to Governor John Hickenlooper
Andy Fitch interviews Governor John Hickenlooper, author of "The Opposite of Woe: My Life in Beer and Politics."
Andy FitchSep 14, 2018
Motherhood and Migration: An Interview with Vanessa Hua on “A River of Stars”
Melody Schreiber talks toe Vanessa Hua about her debut novel, "A River of Stars."
Melody SchreiberSep 13, 2018
- Fiction