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J. Hoberman’s “Everything is Now: Primal Happenings, Radical Music, Underground Movies, and the 1960s New York Avant-Garde”
Kate Wolf speaks to J. Hoberman about his latest book, “Everything is Now: Primal Happenings, Radical Music, Underground Movies, and the 1960s New York Avant-Garde.”
LARB Radio HourOct 3
- LARB Radio Hour
Control Freaks
Arjun S. Byju employs Emily C. Bloom’s “I Cannot Control Everything Forever: A Memoir of Motherhood, Science, and Art” to investigate how tools of empowerment set us up for disappointment.
Arjun S. ByjuOct 3
- Science & Technology
- Memoir & Essay
Indecent Disposal: FCC and the Censoring of Late-Night
Deborah L. Jaramillo looks at the relationship between the FCC and the television industry over time.
Deborah L. JaramilloOct 3
Making a Killing
Mikkel Krause Frantzen discusses the future of the financial thriller in an era of cryptocurrencies and climate crisis.
Mikkel Krause FrantzenOct 2
Did the Buck Stop with Buckley?
William F. Buckley’s patrician trappings didn’t keep him away from the mud, writes Greg Barnhisel in his review of Sam Tanenhaus’s biography of the conservative intellectual.
Greg BarnhiselOct 2
- Politics
- Biography & Autobiography
From “To the Madhouse: A Novel”
Robert Rubsam offers a portrait of the artist as a lonely man, in an excerpt featured in the LARB Quarterly, no. 46: “Alien.”
Robert RubsamOct 1
- LARB Lit
- Fiction
Days of Wayward Gifts
Dan Beachy-Quick soaks in Joe Deany-Braun’s “Young Santa,” Sayumi Kamakura’s “Applause for a Cloud,” and James Shea’s “Last Day of My Face.”
Dan Beachy-QuickOct 1
- Poetry
F— Being Hard, De La Soul Is Complicated
Oliver Wang speaks with two De La Soul biographers, Dave Heaton and Marcus J. Moore, about their respective portrayals of the rap group’s complex legacy.
Oliver WangSep 30
- Music
- Cultural Studies
Against the Wound
Jake Romm navigates artistic depictions of genocide and religious violence—some illuminating, others devoid of substance—from Renaissance Italy to modern-day Berlin, in an essay from LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”
Jake RommSep 29
- LARB Lit
- Art & Architecture
The Grove
Tajja Isen reminisces on the extra-retail therapies of childhood trips to The Grove in the newest installment of I Come Here Often, from LARB Quarterly no. 46: “Alien.”
Tajja IsenSep 29
- LARB Lit
- Memoir & Essay
The Microchip Titans
Mason Wong reviews three books related to US-China tech industries and global competition.
Mason WongSep 28
- Science & Technology
- Politics
Does One Size Fit All?
In the 10th essay in the Legacies of Eugenics series, Jay S. Kaufman shows how the science of human body size is suffused with cultural assumptions.
Jay S. KaufmanSep 27
- Science & Technology
- Politics
Alejandro Varela’s “Middle Spoon”
Eric Newman speaks to Alejandro Varela about his latest novel, “Middle Spoon.”
LARB Radio HourSep 26
- LARB Radio Hour
A Mother’s Specter
Ade Khan reviews Arundhati Roy’s memoir “Mother Mary Comes to Me.”
Ade KhanSep 26
- Memoir & Essay
Perfect, or Whatever
Paul Thompson speaks with Mike Powell about his debut novel, “New Paltz, New Paltz.”
Paul ThompsonSep 26
- Fiction
Toward a Just and Sustainable Energy Transition
Ashley Dawson thinks about the future through Nicholas Beuret’s “Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Transition” and Thea Riofrancos’s “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism.”
Ashley DawsonSep 25
- Environment
- Politics