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Kristen GleasonSep 2, 2018
- LARB Lit
Technicolor Saints and Celebrated Outlaws: An Interview with John Rechy
Eric Newman speaks with John Rechy about his latest novel, “Pablo!,” and the struggles and pleasures that have attended his long career as a writer.
Eric NewmanSep 2, 2018
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
America’s Cool Modernism: American Art at the Ashmolean, Oxford
A recent exhibition in Oxford inspires a reflection on how "cool" is a distinctly American trait and the impact of America's cool modernism art movement.
Clare FisherSep 2, 2018
Short Skirts and Flying Chopsticks: Revisiting the "Worst" Essay on Korea, 10 Years Later
Colin Marshall revisits Gabe Hudson's famously bad "Urban Seoul" and discusses Reif Larson's recent New York Times essay "Finding Yourself in Los Angeles."
Colin MarshallSep 2, 2018
“Russian Enough for You Here?”: A Review of “Journey Into the Mind’s Eye” by Lesley Blanch
Written in 1968 and reprinted by NYRB Classics, “Journey Into the Mind’s Eye,” Blanch’s hybrid work is startlingly ahead of its time.
Nina Renata AronSep 1, 2018
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
Poetry and Song: The Sublime Spirituals of Kwame Dawes
Emily Sernaker interviews poet Kwame Dawes about his newest collection, “City of Bones.”
Emily SernakerSep 1, 2018
- Poetry
Fred Turner: The Multimedia "Surround" and the Forces of Fascism
Robet Harrison talks to Fred Turner, author of "The Democratic Surround: Multimedia and American Liberalism from World War II to the Psychedelic Sixties."
Sep 1, 2018
Blighted by Empire: What the British Did to India
Omer Aziz indicts the Western amnesia around colonialism.
Omer AzizSep 1, 2018
The Monthly Digest: September 2018
Sep 1, 2018
Campus Culture Wars and the Future of American Community
William Egginton reflects on the importance of a true liberal arts education.
William EggintonSep 1, 2018
All About the Body: A Conversation Between Jo Ann Beard and Sandra Gail Lambert
Jo Ann Beard interviews Sandra Gail Lambert about her new memoir-in-essays, "A Certain Loneliness."
Jo Ann BeardSep 1, 2018
Messy Human Beings: On “In the Distance with You”
"In the Distance with You" has all the twists and turns of a long-running daytime soap. What ultimately carries it isn’t the plot, but the characters.
Tara CheesmanAug 31, 2018
- Around the World
- Noir
Two Poems: Ars Sequoia // Ars Empathica
Donika KellyAug 31, 2018
- Poetry
LARB Radio Hour: Reconciling the Mother and the Artist with Jori Finkel
Legendary LA-based art reporter Jori Finkel discusses her first documentary film "Artist and Mother."
LARB Radio HourAug 31, 2018
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Aimee Mann
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music.
Scott TimbergAug 31, 2018
- Music
Partisan Conflict Separate from the Policy: Talking to Frances Lee
Andy Fitch interviews Frances Lee, author of "Insecure Majorities: Congress and the Perpetual Campaign."
Andy FitchAug 31, 2018