Archive

Post-Traumatic Whiteness: How Vietnam Veterans Became the Basis for a New White Identity Politics
Joseph Darda looks at how war trauma became the basis for a white identity politics that adapted the politics of multiculturalism for its revanchist ends.
Joseph DardaNov 21, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
Ishiguro Before and After: On Translating a Nobel Laureate into Ukrainian
Tetiana Savchynska reflects on the process of translating Kazuo Ishiguro's latest novel into Ukranian, in light of his Nobel Prize.
Tetiana SavchynskaNov 21, 2017
The Ghost of Piglia: A Conversation with Emilio Renzi
Ilan Stavans interviews Emilio Renzi, the alter ego of his late friend, Argentine novelist Ricardo Piglia.
Ilan StavansNov 20, 2017
The Other Side: Radical Women
Annie Buckley views “Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960–1985,” an exhibition at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles (September 15–December 31, 2017).
Annie BuckleyNov 20, 2017
The McPhee Method
Sven Birkerts considers John McPhee's "Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process."
Sven BirkertsNov 20, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
Thanksgiving at Standing Rock
Rachel Jamison Webster reflects on her experience this time last year at Standing Rock, joining the Lakota people in protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline.
Rachel Jamison WebsterNov 20, 2017
A Life in One Day
Kate Wolf on Christa Wolf's "One Day a Year: 2001-2011."
Kate WolfNov 19, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
Will It Ever Be Sunday?
Guy Bennett-Hunter on George Steiner and Laure Adler's "A Long Saturday: Conversations."
Guy Bennett-HunterNov 19, 2017
- Philosophy & Religion
- Religion
A Miserable Miracle: Lucrecia Martel’s “Zama”
Sam George Jackson reviews Lucrecia Martel's "Zama" and the long-overlooked work of Antonio Di Benedetto.
Sam George JacksonNov 19, 2017
- Around the World
- Film
Rewriting the Rules of Art: Pierre Bourdieu’s “Manet: A Symbolic Revolution”
“Manet: A Symbolic Revolution” provides a view of a thinker at work, not a prophet.
Ben MerrimanNov 19, 2017
- Art & Architecture
Yoo Jae-ha's K-Pop Masterpiece Because I Love You, 30 Years After His Untimely Death
Colin Marshall reflects on the K-Pop song "Because I Love You" by Yoo Jae-ha, who died 30 years ago at the age of 25.
Colin MarshallNov 19, 2017
“Star Trek: Discovery” and the Dream of Future Fuels
Karen Pinkus contemplates “Star Trek: Discovery” and the future of fuel.
Karen PinkusNov 18, 2017
The Space in Between: Afro-Surreal Liminality in Khary Lazarre-White’s “Passage”
Eisa Nefertari Ulen reviews Khary Lazarre-White's novel "Passage."
Eisa Nefertari UlenNov 18, 2017
- Fiction
The New Folk Horror: Recent Work by Sarah Hall, Conor O’Callaghan, and Malcolm Devlin
Nina Allan on new British weird fiction.
Nina AllanNov 18, 2017
- SF
Ta-Nehisi Coates Discusses We Were Eight Years In Power, the Trump Administration, and the Influence of Hip-Hop on His Writing
Ta-Nehisi Coates discusses his new book "We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy," at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre in Los Angeles.
Pamela AvilaNov 18, 2017
“The Terranauts” by T. C. Boyle
In the Arizona desert, eight scientists are selected for a grand experiment: living under glass in E2, a prototype of a possible off-earth colony. With wit and humor, this novel explores the fallibility of human behavior and the looming question of our future. Check out our Winter 2017 pick for the LARB Book Club: “The Terranauts” by T. C. Boyle.
Nov 18, 2017