Archive

LARB Radio Hour: The Faith and Fortitude of Min Jin Lee
Min Jin Lee discusses her National Book Award-nominated historical novel "Pachinko."
LARB Radio HourFeb 9, 2018
Fascism Advisory in Effect
Trump’s “America First” policies have given a “new wind of support” to Greece’s fascist Golden Dawn party. Take heed.
Elle Kurancid, Marios LolosFeb 9, 2018
“The Company of Diverse Others”: Encounters with Simone de Beauvoir
Simone de Beauvoir in conversation with enemies, friends, and allies.
Kathleen B. JonesFeb 9, 2018
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion
Kung Pao with the Brownshirts: My Evening with the German Far Right
Nationalist parties used to be verboten in Germany, but not anymore. Their favorite targets: career women and the city of Berlin.
Timothy WrightFeb 9, 2018
- Around the World
- Politics
Time Stands Still at the Super Bowl: Trump, Rules, and the Banality of American Liberalism
Leigh Claire La Berge on the Super Bowl LII and the fetishization of rules.
Leigh Claire La BergeFeb 9, 2018
Prompting Eros as Something to Be Desired: Talking to Jill Frank
Andy Fitch interviews Jill Frank, author of "Poetic Justice: Rereading Plato’s Republic."
Andy FitchFeb 9, 2018
The Long Shadow of Mitch: A New Book on Congress Stumbles Over Personalities
A book that tries to diagnose the problems with the US Senate suffers from the same disease: excessive partisanship.
Lori Cox HanFeb 8, 2018
- Politics
“Therapy Is an Imitation of Writing”: An Interview with Daniel Raeburn
Daniel Raeburn talks about his beautifully composed book "Vessels: A Love Story," a haunting memoir of a marriage tested by tragedy.
Jeannie VanascoFeb 8, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
Mapping No-Man’s Land: On Thomas Dilworth’s “David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet”
Kevin McMahon praises “David Jones: Engraver, Soldier, Painter, Poet” by Thomas Dilworth.
Kevin McMahonFeb 8, 2018
Fit to Serve: What is Mental Fitness Anyway?
Doctor John Franklin details the real meaning of "mental fitness."
John Franklin, MDFeb 8, 2018
Forgetting the Social in the Age of Social Media?
Craig Calhoun contributes to the Provocations series, in conjunction with UCI’s “Who Do We Think We Are” conference.
Craig CalhounFeb 8, 2018
Listening to Ghosts: On Hari Kunzru’s “White Tears” and Tyehimba Jess’s “Olio”
David Hering reviews "White Tears" and "Olio."
David HeringFeb 7, 2018
- Fiction
Set Theory in Verónica Gerber Bicecci’s “Empty Set”
Could Verónica Gerber Bicecci’s cleverly fragmented novel “Empty Set” be an antidote to narrative despair?
Lisa FetchkoFeb 7, 2018
- Around the World
- Fiction
No Strangers Here
Refusing polarized narratives, Toni Morrison's "The Origin of Others" takes up the nebulous task of understanding what it is to estrange or make familiar.
Yogita GoyalFeb 7, 2018
- Memoir & Essay
Invisible Cities: Where Travelers Go Everywhere and Nowhere
Lydia Pyne examines the meaning of authenticity in Italo Calvino's surreal travelogue novella "Invisible Cities."
Lydia PyneFeb 7, 2018
In Conversation: On Love, Art, and a New Vision of Liberated Black Womanhood in “An American Marriage”
Eisa Nefertari Ulen interviews Tayari Jones, author of "An American Marriage."
Eisa Nefertari UlenFeb 6, 2018
- Fiction