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Twentynine Palms: A Photoessay and Conversation Between Deanne Stillman and Cat Gwynn
Deanne Stillman and Cat Gwynn discuss the town of Twentynine Palms, and Stillman's book about the two young women who were killed there 27 years ago today.
Cat GwynnAug 4, 2018
The Rock on Top: From King Kong to Dwayne Johnson’s Skyscraper
Alix Beeston discusses Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's acting career and the symbology of his body and public persona.
Alix BeestonAug 4, 2018
“Places We Actually Go”: Three Irish Poets’ Debuts
James O’Sullivan reviews collections by Roisin Kelly, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, and Elaine Cosgrove.
James O’SullivanAug 3, 2018
- Around the World
- Poetry
Watching a Country Unravel, One Person at a Time: An Intimate Account of Syria’s Civil War
A new, in-depth history of the Syrian Civil War puts a human face on an intractable conflict.
Najwa al-QattanAug 3, 2018
Our Homes, Ourselves: Reading Interiors with Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet talks about her new short story collection "Fight No More," which covers the wide swathe of Los Angeles life through intimate, quiet stories in homes magnificent and modest.
LARB Radio HourAug 3, 2018
The Prodigal Mom
A new memoir from a celebrated California novelist.
Bonnie JohnsonAug 3, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
How We Might Repeat the Unrepeatable: Talking to Alexander Nehamas
Andy Fitch talks to philosopher and professor Alexander Nehamas.
Andy FitchAug 3, 2018
Blood, Love, Immigration in Roxane Gay’s “Ayiti”
"Gay’s stories about the 'first free black nation' are written with unapologetic realness. Her characters sat beside me, close enough to touch."
Utibe Gautt AteAug 2, 2018
- Fiction
Toward A Different Solution: Édouard Louis, Émile Zola, and the Literary Accusation
Benjamin S. Bernard and Colton Valentine on “Qui a tué mon père” (Who Killed My Father), a novel by French author and public intellectual Édouard Louis.
Benjamin Bernard, Colton ValentineAug 2, 2018
Pose(r): Ryan Murphy, Trans and Queer of Color Labor, and the Politics of Representation
Alfred Martin explores the limits of representation on FX's Pose...
Alfred L. Martin Jr.Aug 2, 2018
- Television
The Useless French Language and Why We Learn It
Colin Marshall examines English speakers’ relationship to the French language, which is the subject of a growing number of books.
Colin MarshallAug 2, 2018
- Around the World
- Cultural Studies
Towards Iridescence: Brian Dillon's Essayism
Sophie Dess reviews Brian Dillon's essay collection "Essayism: On Form, Feeling, and Nonfiction."
Aug 2, 2018
Seeking Justice at All Costs, from Colombia to Central America
A new book on Latin American corruption shows that the death squads of the 1980s never really died.
Danielle MackeyAug 1, 2018
- Around the World
- Politics
When Women Dared to Talk About Sex
Jennifer Keishin Armstrong discusses the legacy of “Sex and the City.”
Heather Wood RudulphAug 1, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Television
The Final “Final Foucault”?
Joseph Tanke reviews “Confessions of the Flesh” by Michel Foucault, unearthing the famous thinker’s later ideas.
Joseph TankeAug 1, 2018
Remembering Glen Roven (1958-2018)
Tom Lutz and Laurie Winer remember their friend, composer, conductor, and music producer, Glen Roven.
Tom Lutz and Laurie WinerAug 1, 2018