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LARB Radio Hour: The Poverty of Wealth with Lauren Greenfield
Photographer and documentarian Lauren Greenfield has built a brilliant career both capturing and critiquing the conspicuous consumption of the 1% and wanna-be one-percenters. Lauren discusses her new film "Generation Wealth."
LARB Radio HourAug 17, 2018
The Keeper of the Keys Tells His Tale
The art and science of understanding an Old Master.
Mike LankfordAug 17, 2018
- Art & Architecture
- Memoir & Essay
Authoritarians Don’t Cancel Elections Anymore: Talking to David Frum
Andy Fitch discusses "Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic" with David Frum.
Andy FitchAug 17, 2018
Assembling a New Left
Terence Renaud explores the historical context of “Assembly,” a book on new left theory by Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt.
Terence RenaudAug 16, 2018
From Watching to Participating: Kate Bredeson and Lars Jan Discuss 1968 and Jan’s Stage Production of Joan Didion’s “The White Album”
Kate Bredeson and Lars Jan discuss 1968 and Jan’s stage production of Joan Didion’s “The White Album.”
Kate BredesonAug 16, 2018
Stories as Prayer: A Conversation Between Joshua Cohen and Harold Bloom
The author Joshua Cohen visits Harold Bloom.
Joshua CohenAug 16, 2018
- Fiction
- Literary Criticism
The People in the Trees
What might convince us that forest defense and self-defense are the same?
Lynne FeeleyAug 16, 2018
Adam Tooze's Crashed: From the Global Financial Crisis to Know-Nothing Nativism
Jonathan Kirshner reviews "Crashed," a "sprawling, ambitious, undisciplined, and often deeply insightful book" by Adam Tooze.
Jonathan KirshnerAug 16, 2018
Edith Wharton’s The Custom of the Country: Undine Spragg is the Female Donald Trump
A look at Edith Wharton's "The Custom of the Country" reveals how the main character, Undine Spragg, bears a striking resemblance to President Donald Trump.
Victoria PattersonAug 16, 2018
Originalism on Trial
Bob Egelko reviews Richard L. Hasen's "The Justice of Contradictions: Antonin Scalia and the Politics of Disruption."
Bob EgelkoAug 15, 2018
- Biography & Autobiography
- Law
The Political Print: On David Francis Taylor’s “The Politics of Parody”
Jake Fuchs reviews “The Politics of Parody,” a literary analysis of British satirical prints by David Francis Taylor.
Jake FuchsAug 15, 2018
- History
- Politics
Prison Is Another Word for Lynching
An innocent man freed from death row wrote a best seller. Now he educates people on the link between slavery and mass incarceration.
Sarah KnoppAug 15, 2018
- Politics
The Comic Frame of Sławomir Mrożek: Or, How to Tell if You Live in a Totalitarian Country
A look into Polish writer Sławomir Mrożek's black humor illustrates how comedy and laughter challenge totalitarian rule.
Magda RomanskaAug 15, 2018
A Science of Exceptions: On Michel Serres’s “The Birth of Physics”
Christine Wertheim takes the measure of “The Birth of Physics” by Michel Serres, translated from the French by David Webb and William James Ross.
Christine WertheimAug 14, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
- Science & Technology
Beyond the Lyme Wars
Suzanne Koven applies a clinical lens to “Sick: A Memoir” by Porochista Khakpour.
Suzanne KovenAug 14, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
- Science & Technology
Revolt and Revulsion in Margarita García Robayo’s “Fish Soup”
Margarita García Robayo’s prose is concise and startling, her voice versatile and capable of packing a serious punch.
Ellen JonesAug 14, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction