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Desperate Straights: David Weigel on the Rise and Fall of Prog Rock
Anthony Mostrom revisits the cult of prog rock.
Anthony MostromAug 4, 2017
- History
- Music
Rebuilding the Ark: Alex Epstein and The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels
Rebuilding the Ark: Alex Epstein and "The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels"
Eric GadeAug 4, 2017
The Thing About Guinea
Why is Guinea such an anomaly in its region? A new book says its socialism — while not always positive — helped keep the country out of ethnic wars.
Doug MerlinoAug 3, 2017
- Around the World
- Politics
Gaming Gone Queer
A new collection of essays probes how queerness intersects with the video game as an industry and an art form.
Marcus Tran DegnanAug 3, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Gender & Sexuality
LARB Radio Hour: In Depth with Poet Douglas Kearney; Plus "The Healers" by Awi Kwei Armah
Co-hosts Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn and Will Clark talk with the award-winning poet, librettest, and Cal Arts Professor Douglas Kearney.
LARB Radio HourAug 3, 2017
The Robots Are Coming! (They’re Already Here)
Dan Friedman reviews “The Clockwork Dynasty,” the latest novel by futurist Daniel H. Wilson.
Dan FriedmanAug 3, 2017
- SF
Asking for a Friend: Where to Draw the Line at Lies
Asking for a Friend: Where to Draw the Line at Lies
Olga KreimerAug 3, 2017
Of Beastly Times
Neha Sharma reflects on the rise of Hindu fundamentalism in India.
Neha SharmaAug 2, 2017
The Fictions of Documentary: An Interview with Charles Fairbanks
Simon Schatzberg interviews Charles Fairbanks about “The Modern Jungle,” his documentary portrait of modern life in an indigenous Zoque community in Mexico.
Simon SchatzbergAug 2, 2017
- Film
What If Your Mother Were a MILF?: Love, Sex, and Loneliness in Tom Perrotta’s “Mrs. Fletcher”
Ramsey Mathews on Tom Perrotta's latest.
Ramsey MathewsAug 2, 2017
- Fiction
Found Poetry from Anthony Scaramucci's 2010 Memoir Goodbye Gordon Gekko
Found Poetry from Anthony Scaramucci's 2010 Memoir "Goodbye Gordon Gekko"
Matt SeyboldAug 2, 2017
New and Old Histories of the Qing Dynasty: An Interview with Richard J. Smith
Jeffrey Wasserstrom interviews historian and author Richard J. Smith.
Jeffrey WasserstromAug 2, 2017
Squishy Sentience
Marlene Zuk reads Peter Godfrey-Smith's "Other Minds: The Octopus, the Sea, and the Deep Origins of Consciousness."
Marlene ZukAug 1, 2017
- Science & Technology
The Ineradicable Color-Line: Danzy Senna’s “New People”
Gabrielle Bellot reviews Danzy Senna's new novel, "New People."
Gabrielle BellotAug 1, 2017
- Fiction
The Allure of Trump’s Narcissism
Does Trump fit the clinical definition of a narcissist? And if so, what does that say about the country that elected him?
Elizabeth LunbeckAug 1, 2017
- Politics
Best of July
The Best of July on the Los Angeles Review of Books
Aug 1, 2017