Holding and Disappearing Traces of the Past
Lara Fresko Madra explores Hande Sever’s recent installation at REDCAT in Los Angeles.
Lara Fresko Madra explores Hande Sever’s recent installation at REDCAT in Los Angeles.
Sam Shpall ponders the enigma of Werner Herzog and his new book, “The Future of Truth.”
C. Francis Fisher interviews Shangyang Fang about his new book “Study of Sorrow: Translations.”
Ariel Dorfman revisits acts of brutality in the 1970s and John Dinges’s investigation of who is to blame.
Iris Kim talks to Jaquira Díaz about her new novel, “This Is the Only Kingdom.”
Leah Litman prosecutes Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s new legal memoir, “Listening to the Law: Reflections on the Court and Constitution.”
Yvonne Kim invests in “The New Economy,” the latest poetry collection from Gabrielle Calvocoressi.
Brandon Taylor talks about his latest novel “Minor Black Figures” on LARB Radio Hour. The book, out now, centers on Wyeth, a Black artist in his thirties wrestling with sudden viral fame.
Jacob Stern reviews Richard Linklater’s two latest films, “Nouvelle Vague” and “Blue Moon,” as twin hangout movies.
Gideon Leek reviews Joy Williams’s latest story collection, “The Pelican Child.”
Sara Kozameh offers a rigorous analysis of cultural production during the Cuban Revolution in conversation with Jennifer L. Lambe’s book “The Subject of Revolution: Between Political and Popular Culture in Cuba.”
Pasquale Toscano considers Rob Macaisa Colgate’s debut poetry collection, “Hardly Creatures.”
Lois Parkinson Zamora explores “Architect Hannes Meyer and Radical Modernism” by Georg Leidenberger.
Cameron Engwall speaks with August Thompson about his debut novel, “Anyone’s Ghost.”
Cory Oldweiler reviews the new translation of Danish author Solvej Balle’s “On the Calculation of Volume (Book III).”
Helena Aeberli traces Ellen Huet’s investigations in “Empire of Orgasm: Sex, Power, and the Downfall of a Wellness Cult.”