Archive

Unknown Lands: On Helen Dunmore’s “Inside the Wave” and Amanda Merritt’s “The Divining Pool”
Rowland Bagnall reviews Helen Dunmore’s “Inside the Wave” and Amanda Merritt’s “The Divining Pool”
Rowland BagnallMar 31, 2018
- Poetry
The Passion of Holy Week
Elizabeth Harper visits Zamora to see Spain’s oldest Holy Week celebration.
Elizabeth HarperMar 31, 2018
Trump’s America is the German Upside Down
An American living in Stuttgart points out the uncanny similarities between the Upside Down of "Stranger Things" and Germany's relationship with the US.
Ian ShankMar 31, 2018
An Excerpt from “We Are All Fast-Food Workers Now”
Girshriela Green felt a weight lift from her shoulders when she founded Respect the Bump, an advocacy group for pregnant Walmart workers.
Annelise Orleck, Liz CookeMar 30, 2018
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
Popular Feminism: Structural Rage
Sarah Banet-Weiser's second installment of her bi-monthly column that explores some of the different cultural facets of popular feminism.
Sarah Banet-WeiserMar 30, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Politics
Sean Penn's Latest Role: Novelist
A conversation with Sean Penn, about his novel "Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff," an absurdist/realist antic fiction.
LARB Radio HourMar 30, 2018
Art Lives: Sarah Coleman’s “The Realist: A Novel of Berenice Abbott”
Courtney Zoffness remembers Sarah Coleman, whose “The Realist: A Novel of Berenice Abbott” was recently released.
Courtney ZoffnessMar 30, 2018
- Fiction
Plural Experiments and Experiences: Talking to Michael Hardt
Andy Fitch interviews Michael Hardt about his most recent collaboration with Antonio Negri, "Assembly."
Andy FitchMar 30, 2018
What Truth?: Jonathan Miles’s “Anatomy of a Miracle”
The truth is messy, complex, not easily fit into a narrative in Jonathan Miles’s “Anatomy of a Miracle.”
Chelsea LeuMar 29, 2018
- Fiction
Obsessions: Quiet Car Justice in the Age of Trump
David LittMar 29, 2018
Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body, Part V
Alex Cuff engages with the Poetry Coalition’s 2018 initiative, “Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body.”
Alex CuffMar 29, 2018
- Poetry
Breathing Life into Language: The Collaborations of Christina MacSweeney
Nathan Scott McNamara talks to translator Christina MacSweeney about her work with Valeria Luiselli, Verónica Gerber Bicecci, and Daniel Saldaña París.
Nathan Scott McNamaraMar 29, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
How the Exodus Really Happened, According to a New Theory by Israel Knohl
Randy Rosenthal describes Israel Knohl's theory about the true story of the Exodus, described in his forthcoming book.
Randy RosenthalMar 29, 2018
The Blue Line
On “Down the River Unto the Sea” by Walter Mosley.
Nathan JeffersonMar 28, 2018
- Noir
Their Policy Is to Eliminate Us
A Myanmar senator from the Lisu Tribe speaks freely about politics and power.
Michele ZackMar 28, 2018
- Around the World
- Politics
Pasadena Ode
Sharon OldsMar 28, 2018
- Poetry