Archive

Here’s to Unsuicide: An Interview with Richard Powers
"We came into being by the grace of trees." Everett Hamner talks with Richard Powers about his latest novel, "The Overstory."
Everett HamnerApr 7, 2018
- Fiction
- SF
Haboob
Tara Ison gets stuck in a haboob in Arizona, and reflects on a lifetime of dangerous road trips.
Tara IsonApr 7, 2018
Antonio Damasio, Feeling, and the Evolution of Consciousness: Siri Hustvedt on “The Strange Order of Things”
Consciousness is embodied, enacted, and extended. “The mind” can't be cut off from our corporeal existence in the world and our interactions with it.
Siri HustvedtApr 6, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
- Science & Technology
Going on Nerve: Lynn Emanuel’s “The Nerve of It: Poems New and Selected”
Suzanne Lummis reviews Lynn Emanuel’s “The Nerve of It.”
Suzanne LummisApr 6, 2018
- Poetry
LARB Radio Hour: The Science of Feelings and the Origins of Culture
USC Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology and Philosophy Antonio Damasio discusses his latest book, "The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures."
LARB Radio HourApr 6, 2018
The Strange Business of Being in the World
On David E. Cooper's "Senses of Mystery: Engaging with Nature and the Meaning of Life."
John ShandApr 6, 2018
- Philosophy & Religion
A Fiction, But at the Same Time it Exists: Talking to Laura Moriarty
Andy Fitch interviews Laura Moriarty about her book-length essay "A Tonalist" and subsequent collection "Who that Divines."
Andy FitchApr 6, 2018
Ancient Folklore with a Modern Twist
Kicking off a YA series about a New Jersey princess (a real one).
Julia WaltonApr 5, 2018
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Liberation Utopias: Houria Bouteldja on Feminism, Anti-Semitism, and the Politics of Decolonization
A book that demystifies the fairy tales France tells about itself.
Ben RatskoffApr 5, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion
Fifty Years of Beyond Baroque: 1968–2018
Johanna Drucker celebrates the 50th anniversary of Beyond Baroque, one of Los Angeles’s core cultural institutions.
Johanna Drucker Apr 5, 2018
- History
- Poetry
The Pleasure of Language Itself: An Interview with Gail Jones
Robert Wood interviews Gail Jones about her new book, "The Death of Noah Glass."
Robert WoodApr 5, 2018
Three Questions for Rigoberto González Regarding His Memoir, “What Drowns the Flowers in Your Mouth”
Rigoberto González talks about “What Drowns the Flowers in Your Mouth.”
Daniel A. OlivasApr 4, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
Unknown Unknowns Come Sweeping in: On Geoff Dyer’s “The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand”
Geoff Nicholson ruminates on “The Street Philosophy of Garry Winogrand” by Geoff Dyer.
Geoff NicholsonApr 4, 2018
- Art & Architecture
Nomads
On Jessica Bruder's "Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century."
Justin Tyler ClarkApr 4, 2018
Rewriting Trauma: You, Me, and the Violence
Karla Kelsey reviews Catherine Taylor's "You, Me, and the Violence."
Karla KelseyApr 4, 2018
Out of the Mystic
Jeff Melnick on Ryan H. Walsh’s “Astral Weeks,” a history of Van Morrison’s iconic album.
Jeff MelnickApr 3, 2018
- History
- Music