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What's it Like to be a Famous Actor? (Feat. Birds)
On "Odd Birds" by Ian Harding: What's it Like to be a Famous Actor? (Feat. Birds)
Jun 9, 2017
LARB Radio Hour: Jess Arndt on "Large Animals: Stories"; Plus Brian Blanchfield's "Proxies: Essays Near Knowing"
Los Angeles author Jess Arndt talks about her first collection of stories, "Large Animals: Stories."
LARB Radio HourJun 9, 2017
Facing Facts, Facing Reality: On Deborah Nelson’s “Tough Enough”
Deborah Nelson’s “Tough Enough” examines how intellectual powerhouses including Hannah Arendt, Susan Sontag, and Diane Arbus face reality head on.
Jacquelyn ArdamJun 8, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Literary Criticism
Badgers in Platemail: On Brian Jacques’s “Redwall” Series
YA author Daniel Jose Ruiz reflects on his favorite children’s series.
Daniel Jose RuizJun 8, 2017
- Young Adult & Children’s Literature
Half-Full of Grace
Dorothy FortenberryJun 8, 2017
“The Things That Scare You”: Dominique Goblet’s “Pretending Is Lying”
Tahneer Oksman on the images that can override images in Dominique Goblet's graphic memoir "Pretending Is Lying."
Tahneer OksmanJun 8, 2017
- Comics
- Memoir & Essay
Don't Panic: Coping with the Internet Age Through Ignorance
Don't Panic: Coping with the Internet Age Through Ignorance
Jun 8, 2017
“The Emotion-Recollected-in-Tranquility Racket”: On J. D. Daniels’s “The Correspondence: Essays”
Houman Barekat journeys through “The Correspondence: Essays” by J. D. Daniels.
Houman BarekatJun 7, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
Nothing Will Go Back: An Interview with Dr. Andrea Pető of Central European University
Stephanie Newman interviews Dr. Andrea Pető, a professor of Gender Studies at the Central European University in Budapest.
Stephanie NewmanJun 7, 2017
“What Are You Doing Here, Sister?”
Lamya HJun 7, 2017
- Law
In Peru’s Brush with Autocracy, Lessons for the United States
Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno shares lessons on autocracy from Peru.
Maria McFarland Sánchez-MorenoJun 7, 2017
- Around the World
- Politics
Don't Expect Liberalism to Come to the Defense of Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Don't Expect Liberalism to Come to the Defense of Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor - BLARB
John W. W. ZeiserJun 7, 2017
How Fan Yusu Wrote Dignity Back Into Migrants’ Lives
How Fan Yusu Wrote Dignity Back Into Migrants’ Lives
Jun 7, 2017
Facing the Feminist in the Mirror: On Sara Ahmed’s “Living a Feminist Life”
In all the messiness of Sara Ahmed's "Living a Feminist Life," it offers more than a healthy start.
Mariam RahmaniJun 6, 2017
Who Is It For?
Colleen Kelsey speaks with Julia Cooper about her new polemic, "The Last Word: Reviving the Dying Art of Eulogy."
Colleen KelseyJun 6, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
The Secret History of the 2017 NBA Finals
The Secret History of the 2017 NBA Finals
John RossiterJun 6, 2017