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Getting Folks to Come Out to Your Kickball Game: Dennie Wendt’s American Soccer Novel
Dan Friedman plays ball with “Hooper’s Revolution” by Dennie Wendt.
Dan FriedmanMay 12, 2017
- Fiction
What Did He Write and When Did He Write It?: Mozart’s Requiem
What Did He Write and When Did He Write It?: Mozart’s "Requiem" - BLARB
May 12, 2017
LARB Radio Hour: Janet Sarbanes's "The Protester Has Been Released"; Plus Recent Chinese LGBT Literature
Author Janet Sarbanes speaks with Kate and Medaya about her new collection "The Protester Has Been Released," and LARB's Eric Newman drops in to recommend two books from the recent Chinese LGBT canon.
LARB Radio HourMay 12, 2017
After the Facts
What can a 1957 Katharine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy movie tell us about the fate of middle-class jobs?
Adam MorrisMay 11, 2017
On Desire and Disease
Suzanne Koven reviews David B. Morris's "Eros and Illness."
Suzanne KovenMay 11, 2017
- Science & Technology
“I Need You to Check Your Eyes”: Alex Dimitrov Gets Intimate
In “Together and by Ourselves,” Alex Dimitrov explores intimacy and its discontents.
Aaron GoldsmanMay 11, 2017
- Gender & Sexuality
- Poetry
Ariel Levy and the Human Female Animal Experience
Ellie Duke Interviews Ariel Levy, author of "The Rules Do Not Apply."
Ellie DukeMay 11, 2017
The Lost City of the Monkey God, or Close Enough
Kathleen Sharp talks to Doug Preston about “The Lost City of the Monkey God.”
Kathleen SharpMay 10, 2017
- Around the World
- Nonfiction
Only Desert in China Lake
Kevin Zambrano on Barret Baumgart's "China Lake: A Journey into the Contradicted Heart of a Global Climate Catastrophe."
Kevin ZambranoMay 10, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
- Science & Technology
The American Sputnik: Van Cliburn Heats Up the Cold War
Tim Riley reviews two new books about pianist Van Cliburn.
Tim RileyMay 10, 2017
- Biography & Autobiography
- Music
Beneath the Veneer: John Banville’s The Untouchable
Beneath the Veneer: John Banville’s “The Untouchable” - BLARB
May 10, 2017
On China’s Great Books: An Interview with Frances Wood
On China’s Great Books: An Interview with Frances Wood - BLARB
May 10, 2017
Indelible Pasts, Broken Futures
Ilana Teitelbaum on the myriad worlds and monstrous futures of Sofia Samatar's short story collection "Tender."
Ilana TeitelbaumMay 9, 2017
- SF
One Sentence on Top of Another: On László Krasznahorkai’s “The Last Wolf”
Isaac Nowell wades into the “slow lava-flow” of “The Last Wolf” by László Krasznahorkai.
Isaac NowellMay 9, 2017
- Around the World
- Fiction
Destruction and Deconstruction in Tommy Pico’s Nature Poem
Destruction and Deconstruction in Tommy Pico’s "Nature Poem" - BLARB
M.H.May 9, 2017
A Desire for Something to Happen
Jung Yun reviews “A Small Revolution” by Jimin Han.
Jung YunMay 8, 2017
- Noir