Archive

The Polyphonic Stories: “Fresh Complaint” by Jeffrey Eugenides
Kevin Zambrano reviews Jeffrey Eugenides's new short story collection.
Kevin ZambranoOct 7, 2017
- Fiction
The Amateur Fiction of Arab Dictators
Mona Kareem discusses the amateur fiction of Arab dictators such as Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi.
Mona KareemOct 7, 2017
Tight Wires Between Us: On “Difficulties of a Bridegroom” by Ted Hughes
On February 9, 1963, two days before the poet Sylvia Plath killed herself, a radio play about her marriage aired on the BBC.
Joy LanzendorferOct 6, 2017
- Poetry
I Am Something That You’ll Never Comprehend: Remembering Prince
Sara Scribner considers three books that try to get at the essence of Prince.
Sara ScribnerOct 6, 2017
Neon-Neo Realism
Joseph Pomp on "Good Time" and the new era of Neon-Neo Realism.
Joseph PompOct 6, 2017
- Film
Are Nostalgia Tours the New Dyke Bar?
Japonica Brown-Saracino discusses the loss of Dyke Bars and her research around LBQ communities in cities across the US.
Japonica Brown-SaracinoOct 6, 2017
Inextricably Interwoven: Talking to Brenda Iijima
Andy Fitch interviews Brenda Iijima, editor of Nightboat Books’s ")((ECO (LANG) (UAGE (READER)."
Andy FitchOct 6, 2017
LARB Radio Hour: "Orange County: A Literary Field Guide"; Plus Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow's Age of the Walkman
Andrew Tonkovich discusses "Orange County: A Literary Field Guide" and Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow talks about the Sony Walkman, and her history/memoir "Personal Stereo," part of the Bloomsbury Object Lessons.
LARB Radio HourOct 6, 2017
Histories of Violence: The Violence of Art
Brad Evans speaks with British-born artist Jake Chapman, one half of the Chapman Brothers. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
Brad EvansOct 5, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- Histories of Violence
Down with the English Language!
Colin Marshall looks at books by Minae Mizumura and Aamir R. Mufti that lament the rise of global English.
Colin MarshallOct 5, 2017
- Around the World
- Cultural Studies
After Strange Gods: Modernist Blasphemy Revisited
A new study of blasphemy in modernist literature.
Imogen WoodberryOct 5, 2017
- Literary Criticism
- Religion
Culture Is Armor: On Adam Gopnik and the Necessity of the Cultural Intellectual
On Adam Gopnik as a public intellectual.
Cody DelistratyOct 5, 2017
Uncertainty in Catalonia
Marc Herman describes the scene in Catalonia around the secession vote.
Marc HermanOct 5, 2017
Asking for a Friend: Try a Little Awkwardness
In this week's Asking for a Friend, Olive answers the pressing question, "How do I make friends outside of college?"
Olga KreimerOct 5, 2017
There’s a Theory I’ve Got Cooking: An Interview with John Rossiter of Young Jesus
Sam Jaffe Goldstein interviews John Rossiter of Los-Angeles based band Young Jesus.
Sam Jaffe GoldsteinOct 5, 2017
What a Punderful Word: On Joanna Walsh’s “Worlds from the Word’s End”
Adam Fales reviews Joanna Walsh's short story collection, "Worlds from the Word’s End."
Adam FalesOct 4, 2017
- Fiction