Archive

The Magic — Floating — Mountain: Notes on an Alaskan Cruise
Karan MahajanMar 21, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
Al and Abu Ghraib
Sarah Boxer reflects on the eerie similarities between two famous photographs.
Sarah BoxerMar 21, 2018
The Warped Lens of Sorrow: The Fourth Corner of the World by Scott Nadelson
Joe Donovan reviews the new collection from Scott Nadelson, "The Fourth Corner of the World."
Joe DonovanMar 21, 2018
Clown and Metaphysician: On Matei Calinescu’s “The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter”
Thomas Pavel on Matei Calinescu's "The Life and Opinions of Zacharias Lichter," recently rereleased by NYRB Classics.
Thomas PavelMar 20, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
“Learn the Use of Explosives!”: On Jacqueline Jones’s “Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical”
Elaine Elinson praises “Goddess of Anarchy: The Life and Times of Lucy Parsons, American Radical” by Jacqueline Jones.
Elaine ElinsonMar 20, 2018
Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body, Part II: The Body as Idol, Nation, and Revolution
Adeeba Talukder engages with the Poetry Coalition’s 2018 initiative, “Where My Dreaming and My Loving Live: Poetry & the Body.”
Adeeba TalukderMar 20, 2018
- Around the World
- Poetry
Rescued from the Footnotes of History: Lal Bihari Sharma’s “Holi Songs of Demerara”
A rare songbook from British Guiana explores the experience of colonial indenture.
Gaiutra BahadurMar 20, 2018
A Conversation with Poet Laureate, Publisher, and Mentor Luis Rodriguez
RJ Newell talks to Luis Rodriguez, who spoke at the 2017 LARB/USC Publishing Workshop.
RJ NewellMar 20, 2018
Yet Another Love that Dare Not Speak Its Name
Jonathan AmesMar 19, 2018
Meg Murry’s Glasses
Sarah Mesle on how Madeleine L’Engle’s and Ava DuVernay’s "A Wrinkle in Time" diverge around their contrasting ethics of the visual.
Sarah MesleMar 19, 2018
- Film
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Banking Against (Black) Capitalism: On “The Color of Money”
Armond Towns and Carolyn Hardin considers Mehrsa Baradaran's recent book.
Armond Towns, Carolyn HardinMar 19, 2018
- Economics and Finance
- History
Pass the Zantac: Why Nathanael West (Still) Gives Angelenos Heartburn
Palak Patel reviews the Los Angeles classic "The Day of the Locust" by Nathanael West.
Palak V. PatelMar 19, 2018
Literature as Lifeline: The Exile in “Call Me Zebra”
“Call Me Zebra” is a filthy love note to literature unabashedly luxuriating in its bookishness.
Irina DumitrescuMar 18, 2018
- Fiction
Getting to the Middle of Nowhere: On Jon K. Lauck’s “From Warm Center to Ragged Edge”
Stephanie Foote navigates “From Warm Center to Ragged Edge: The Erosion of Midwestern Literary and Historical Regionalism, 1920–1965” by Jon K. Lauck.
Stephanie FooteMar 18, 2018
- Cultural Studies
- Literary Criticism
Marrow in the Bones: Translating Döblin’s “Berlin Alexanderplatz”
Sophie Duvernoy on Alfred Döblin’s “Berlin Alexanderplatz,” a masterpiece of German modernism, and its translations into English.
Sophie DuvernoyMar 18, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
Travelogue Korea and the Dream of Isolation
Colin Marshall on the television show "Travelogue Korea" and the obsession with "simple" rural life.
Colin MarshallMar 18, 2018