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Salvage Love
Andrew Hageman on Jeff VanderMeer's new novel, "Borne."
Andrew HagemanApr 29, 2017
- SF
The Never-Ending Book of War
Adin Dobkin offers a survey of recent war literature and an assessment of why it will constantly refresh itself.
Adin DobkinApr 29, 2017
- Politics
How Philanthropy Threatens Democracy
Susan McWilliams reviews David Callahan’s “The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age.”
Susan McWilliamsApr 29, 2017
- Politics
Finding Mercy in Merciless Times
Finding Mercy in Merciless Times - BLARB
Apr 29, 2017
Lost Girls: A Conversation About Fantastical Filmmaker Jean Rollin
Lost Girls: A Conversation About Fantastical Filmmaker Jean Rollin - BLARB
Apr 29, 2017
Riot/Rebellion: The Legacy of 1992
Steph Cha interviews Gary Phillips, Jervey Tervalon, and Nina Revoyr about the legacy of the 1992 Los Angeles “Riots.”
Steph ChaApr 28, 2017
- History
- Politics
The “Savage” Menace: Reconsidering the Enemy Threat in American Foreign Policy
A retired Army colonel and West Point scholar says we put ourselves at risk by calling our enemies “savages.”
Gregory A. DaddisApr 28, 2017
- Politics
The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu
Dear TV begins its weekly coverage of Hulu's The Handmaid's Tale...
Phillip Maciak, Sarah MesleApr 28, 2017
- Dear Television
When the Last Shall Be First
Claire Cameron’s “The Last Neanderthal” is the first of a new genre of Neanderthal literature.
Lydia PyneApr 28, 2017
- Fiction
Stories Like a Bullet: An Interview with Osama Alomar
Stories Like a Bullet: An Interview with Osama Alomar - BLARB
Sam Jaffe GoldsteinApr 28, 2017
Dress Codes and Discipline
Dress Codes and Discipline - BLARB
Apr 28, 2017
LARB Radio Hour: Abdellah Taia's "Another Morocco"; Gershom Scholem's "Mystical Messiah Sabbatai Sevi"
LARB Radio HourApr 28, 2017
Remixing the Narratives: A Conversation with Kevin Coval
Sam Ribakoff interviews poet Kevin Coval about his new book, “A People’s History of Chicago.”
Sam RibakoffApr 27, 2017
- Poetry
The Kids Are All Right: On “Riverdale”
There’s a history of greatness in teen soaps, and "Riverdale" seems both aware of that and anxious about it.
Michael Z. NewmanApr 27, 2017
- Television
Philosophy of Life and Death: Ryan Ruby's The Zero and the One
Philosophy of Life and Death: Ryan Ruby's The Zero and the One - BLARB
Austin AdamsApr 27, 2017
The Violence of Ageism
The Violence of Ageism - BLARB
Apr 27, 2017