Archive

Passing and Being Passed Over in the United States
A new anthology on the social pressures of passing.
Kavita DasDec 15, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
- Politics
What a Very Strange Thing Legal Precedent Is: Talking to Angela Naimou
Andy Fitch interviews Angela Naimou, author of "Salvage Work: U.S. and Caribbean Literatures amid the Debris of Legal Personhood."
Andy FitchDec 15, 2017
Situating the Enslaved: Eunsong Kim’s “Gospel of Regicide” and the Politics of Allyship
Renee Hudson looks at the relationship between betrayal and revolution in Eunsong Kim’s “Gospel of Regicide.”
Renee HudsonDec 14, 2017
The Sense of Life in What Humans Create: Stephen Greenblatt on Adam and Eve
Scott Timberg interviews Stephen Greenblatt about his latest, “The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve.”
Scott TimbergDec 14, 2017
Book Lovers: Literary Necrophilia in the 21st Century
Joanna Walsh on loving books in the 21st century.
Joanna WalshDec 14, 2017
- Literary Criticism
- Nonfiction
Reform Under the Fire of Radicalism
A new book about five icons of the 20th-century American left.
Tom GallagherDec 14, 2017
- History
- Politics
The Millennial Trauma of Sandy Hook
Matthew Miles Goodrich reflects on the resounding effects of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting five years ago.
Matthew Miles GoodrichDec 14, 2017
Healthy Brain Intake: Modify Your News Habits to Ease Your Mind
John Franklin warns against the negative effects on the brain of consuming too much news.
John Franklin, MDDec 14, 2017
A Man of Little Consequence
On “Six Four” by Hideo Yokoyama.
Nick OwcharDec 13, 2017
- Around the World
- Noir
Free-Range Horror
Jason Middleton on Stephen King's "It" and the "era of the ubiquitous missing child."
Jason MiddletonDec 13, 2017
- Fiction
Flash and Lumber: Elizabeth Hardwick’s Essays
Morten Høi Jensen is swayed but not blinded by the flash of Elizabeth Hardwick’s inimitable essays.
Morten Høi JensenDec 13, 2017
- Literary Criticism
- Memoir & Essay
How Culture Makes Us Feel: Announcing Avidly Reads
Sarah Mesle and Sarah Blackwood discuss Avidly Reads, the newest venture of LARB's Channel Avidly.
Evan KindleyDec 13, 2017
Remembering William H. Gass 1924-2017
Greg Gerke remembers William H. Gass, author of "The Tunnel," "Middle C," and "Omensetter's Luck."
Greg GerkeDec 13, 2017
Class Acts
A new memoir about refugee teenagers in a Denver high school.
Bob BlaisdellDec 12, 2017
- Education
- Memoir & Essay
Reza Aslan’s Human God
Randy Rosenthal considers Reza Aslan's "God: A Human History," his history of the religious impulse.
Randy RosenthalDec 12, 2017
- History
- Religion
“The Problem with Apu” and the FCC
Meenasarani Linde Murugan on how the broadening of South Asian media representations could be threatened by the FCC's decision on net neutrality.
Meenasarani Linde MuruganDec 12, 2017
- Science & Technology
- Television