Archive

Name One Genius That Ain’t Crazy: Kanye West Has Nothing to Say
Max Suechting reviews Kanye West's "ye" and West's collaboration with Kid Cudi, "Kids See Ghosts."
Max SuechtingJul 1, 2018
The Sublime Horror of Choice
Brian Evenson interviews author Paul Tremblay.
Brian EvensonJun 30, 2018
- Noir
Photo Synthesis: Authoring Our Lives in the Age of Instagram
The psychology that pushes us to make pictures, a psychology that Susan Sontag laid bare in 1977, seems to have reached new levels of pathology in 2018.
Gideon JacobsJun 30, 2018
- Art & Architecture
Unpacking Murad Osmann’s #FollowMeTo Instagram Travel Series
As Instagram becomes more and more prominent as a form of aspirational self-advertising, we must take seriously its images as cultural objects.
Deborah KriegerJun 30, 2018
- Around the World
- Art & Architecture
Portnoy’s Complaint in Turkish
Kaya Genç on the Turkish ban of Philip Roth's 1969 novel "Portnoy's Complaint."
Kaya GençJun 30, 2018
The Wee Gunmen of Glasgow: On Crime as Industry in Malcolm Mackay’s Tartan Noir
On crime as industry in the works of Malcolm Mackay.
Theodore KinniJun 29, 2018
- Around the World
- Noir
LARB Radio Hour: Rebecca Makkai and the Burdens of History
Author Rebecca Makkai discusses her heralded new novel, "The Great Believers."
LARB Radio HourJun 29, 2018
Los Angeles Pictured
Joshua Glick's "Los Angeles Documentary" is an encouragement to engage, now, with documentaries being made at the grassroots level by activist filmmakers.
Nora StoneJun 29, 2018
- Film
- History
Who Is a Beneficiary? You Are.
"The Beneficiary" is not invested simply in exposing liberal American hypocrisy. Instead this is a study of the uneasy place we live intellectually.
Christina LuptonJun 29, 2018
Zero Tolerance: An Open Letter from Jewish Writers about U.S. Immigration Policy
An open letter from Jewish writers expressing "zero-tolerance for the U.S. government’s disregard for human rights and barbaric treatment of immigrants."
Richard Zimler and OthersJun 29, 2018
Trump as a Symptom as Much as a Cause: Talking to Steven Levitsky
Andy Fitch interviews Steven Levitsky, co-author of "How Democracies Die" with Daniel Ziblatt.
Andy FitchJun 29, 2018
The Long View: Surveillance, the Internet, and Government Research
Eric Gade reviews “Surveillance Valley,” about military funding and surveillance use in the early years of the internet.
Eric GadeJun 28, 2018
- History
- Science & Technology
“The Way Life Happens”: On Laura Esther Wolfson’s “For Single Mothers Working as Train Conductors”
Lynne Sharon Schwartz praises “For Single Mothers Working as Train Conductors,” a collection of personal essays by Laura Esther Wolfson.
Lynne Sharon SchwartzJun 28, 2018
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
Careers of Evil: On the Migration of a Three-Word Phrase from Lautréamont to J. K. Rowling, with Stops at Patti Smith and the Blue Öyster Cult
Howard Rodman on the origins of the phrase “career of evil,” with stops at Patti Smith and the Blue Öyster Cult.
Howard A. RodmanJun 28, 2018
A Mood of Revolt
A rock star of the 1968 student protests in Paris sees a similar movement emerging, 50 years later.
Benjamin CunninghamJun 28, 2018
- Around the World
- Politics
On the Misuse of Queer: The Queer Biennial Returns to Los Angeles
Matthew Lax considers the "What if Utopia"-themed Queer Biennial currently on display across Los Angeles for Pride month.
Matthew LaxJun 28, 2018