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LARB Radio Hour: Martin Duberman on The Gay Movement Past and Present
Emeritus Professor Martin Duberman and LARB's Eric Newman assess the state of the LGBTQ+ movement and Duberman's book "Has the Gay Movement Failed?"
LARB Radio HourAug 24, 2018
Anxious Pedigree: From Fresh-Off-The-Boat to “Crazy Rich Asians”
With "Crazy Rich Asians," we remain in danger of what Toni Morrison calls “adjustment without improvement” in the American racial optic.
Anne Anlin ChengAug 24, 2018
- Film
Institutional Norms Taking Hits from Both Sides: Talking to Michael Hayden
Andy Fitch discusses "The Assault on Intelligence: American National Security in an Age of Lies" with General Michael Hayden.
Andy FitchAug 24, 2018
Gendered “Revenge” in Emma Ramadan’s Reworking of Brice Matthieussent’s Meta-Novel
Arshy Azizi thinks Emma Ramadan’s translation of Brice Matthieussent’s “Revenge of the Translator” constitutes a radical act of subversion.
Arshy AziziAug 23, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Temptation and Trickery: Dirty Double-Dealing in “Orchid & the Wasp”
Yoona Lee reviews Caoilinn Hughes's debut novel, "Orchid & the Wasp."
Yoona LeeAug 23, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
The Artist Malevich Takes a Walk in Vitebsk
Shifra Sharlin on the radical potential of artist Kazimir Malevich’s provincial flânerie.
Shifra SharlinAug 23, 2018
After We Killed: Reflecting on Memoirs by Darin Strauss and Gregory Orr
Ella Jacobson explores the mental turmoil of those who have accidentally killed someone through the memoirs of Darin Strauss and Gregory Orr.
Ella JacobsonAug 23, 2018
Can the Digital Humanities Be Human?
How tagged databases can fruitfully inform literary research.
Nick MoschovakisAug 22, 2018
- Literary Criticism
- Science & Technology
“So Many Stories to Tell”: A Conversation with Maurene Goo
Steph Cha speaks to Korean-American novelist Maurene Goo about her latest, “The Way You Make Me Feel.”
Steph ChaAug 22, 2018
- Fiction
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
When a Love Poet Writes an Epic: Catullus’s “Poem 64”
Daisy Dunn revisits Catullus’s “Poem 64.”
Daisy DunnAug 22, 2018
- Around the World
- Poetry
V. S. Naipaul and the Archbishop
Alan Warhaftig provides a memory of V. S. Naipaul, who died last week at age 85, and the late Trinidadian Archbishop Anthony Panti.
Alan WarhaftigAug 22, 2018
To Change the Dialogue: An Interview with Claire G. Coleman
Robert Wood interviews Noongar writer Claire G. Coleman about her novel "Terra Nullius," out in September.
Robert WoodAug 22, 2018
A Veneration of Secrecy: Marriage, Misogyny, and Loneliness in “The Third Hotel”
Lauren Sarazen finds Laura van den Berg’s powerful, atmospheric “The Third Hotel” a haunting descent into grief and the mysteries we can’t quite solve.
Lauren SarazenAug 21, 2018
- Fiction
Ecstatic Communion: Karl Ove Knausgaard’s Seasons Quartet Conclusion, “Summer”
With “Summer,” the conclusion to his Seasons quartet, Norwegian maestro Karl Ove Knausgaard provides a master class in creating reader-writer intimacy.
Lisa TeasleyAug 21, 2018
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
A Critic’s Ars Poetica
William Giraldi, author of “American Audacity: In Defense of Literary Daring,” presents his critical ars poetica.
William GiraldiAug 21, 2018
- Literary Criticism
Beyond Baroque in Los Angeles
Oona Oglesby on Los Angeles bookstore Beyond Baroque, which is part of LARB's Reckless Reader program.
Oona OglesbyAug 21, 2018