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LARB Radio Hour: Amelia Gray on Her New Novel "Isadora"; Plus "The Last Wolf" by László Krasznahorkai
Amelia Gray discusses her new novel "Isadora," about two years in the life of Isadora Duncan.
LARB Radio HourJun 16, 2017
Mad Russia Hurt Me into Poetry: An Interview with Maria Stepanova
Cynthia Haven talks to Russian poet, journalist, and political activist Maria Stepanova.
Cynthia L. HavenJun 15, 2017
A Republican for Our Times?
Think you know what it means to be Machiavellian? You don’t know the half of it, says our reviewer.
Brickey LeQuireJun 15, 2017
- History
- Politics
A Dollar Is a Dollar Is Not a Dollar: Unmasking the Social and Moral Meanings of Money
Princeton sociologist Viviana A. Zelizer on which kinds of moneys we want to create, who should create them, and for whom.
Viviana A. ZelizerJun 15, 2017
- Economics and Finance
Asking for a Friend: I Can See the Stress from Here
Asking for a Friend: I Can See the Stress from Here
Olga KreimerJun 15, 2017
Art Inside: Field Notes #3
Art Inside: Field Notes #3
Anine BuckleyJun 15, 2017
A Sudden Taking-in-of-Air: An Interview with Poet and Translator Robin Myers
Daniel Saldaña París interview poet Robin Myers about her bilingual volume “Conflations,” translation, and literary communities in Mexico and the U.S.
Daniel Saldaña ParísJun 14, 2017
- Around the World
- Poetry
Banality of Evil Redux
Imagine Adolf Eichmann was never prosecuted for his war crimes. Instead, he wrote a book.
Stephen RohdeJun 14, 2017
- Law
- Politics
Torture: On the Wrong Side of History
CIA Whistleblower John Kiriakou on the new book by James E. Mitchell, the creator of Enhanced Interrogation Techniques.
John KiriakouJun 14, 2017
- Law
- Politics
A Writer Living in a Strange Land: An Interview with Xue Yiwei
A Writer Living in a Strange Land: An Interview with Xue Yiwei
Jun 14, 2017
Simulation Liberation Army
Alternative histories of the Patty Hearst kidnapping add to an already complicated narrative, writes our reviewer.
M. W. LipschutzJun 13, 2017
- History
- Politics
Hell Is Truth Seen Too Late
David Breithaupt reviews D. Foy’s new novel, “Patricide.”
David BreithauptJun 13, 2017
- Fiction
The Choice to Stay: SJ Sindu’s “Marriage of a Thousand Lies”
Sarah Hoenicke reviews SJ Sindu's "Marriage of a Thousand Lies."
Sarah HoenickeJun 13, 2017
- Fiction
Our Bodies, Our Sons: A Complicated Moroccan Parental Connection
Our Bodies, Our Sons: A Complicated Moroccan Parental Connection
Jun 13, 2017
Privatizing Public Things
Can a democracy exist without public things?
Matthew MullinsJun 12, 2017
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
Protean Miniatures: The Adaptability and Sustainability of Flash Fiction
Sean Hooks offers an anatomy of flash fiction.
Sean HooksJun 12, 2017
- Fiction