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Wade in the Water: An Interview with Monica A. Coleman
Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn talks to Monica A. Coleman about her faith in God, moving to Los Angeles, and her memoir, "Bipolar Faith."
Janice Rhoshalle LittlejohnMar 23, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
- Religion
A Voice in the Wilderness: Micah White
Justin Campbell interviews Micah White on the future of activism.
Justin CampbellMar 23, 2017
- Politics
Encountering Derek Walcott
Encountering the Late Sir Derek Walcott - BLARB
Mar 23, 2017
Brevity in the Age of Trump and Twitter
Brevity in the Age of Trump and Twitter - BLARB
Mar 23, 2017
John Freeman Gill on His New York Novel, “The Gargoyle Hunters”
Matthew Specktor interviews John Freeman Gill about his debut novel "The Gargoyle Hunters," New York novels, and the built environment.
Matthew SpecktorMar 22, 2017
- Fiction
Remembering Robert Silvers: An Interview from the Archives
In remembrance of Robert Silvers, the Los Angeles Review of Books republishes this 2013 interview with the late NYRB editor.
Jon WienerMar 22, 2017
- Nonfiction
Worse Than the “Vilest Strumpet”
Leigh Eric Schmidt on Bonnie S. Anderson's biography of Ernestine Rose, "The Rabbi's Atheist Daughter."
Leigh Eric SchmidtMar 22, 2017
- Biography & Autobiography
- Religion
Female Trouble
Female Trouble - BLARB
Mar 22, 2017
Follow the Money — Silk, Silver, and 16th Century-Style Globalization
Follow the Money — Silk, Silver, and 16th Century-Style Globalization - BLARB
Mar 22, 2017
“Nature is a Bitch”: An Environmentalist’s Scorn for Tree Huggers
Louise Fabiani reviews Benjamin Hale's "The Wild and the Wicked."
Louise FabianiMar 21, 2017
- Science & Technology
The Astounding Achievement, Maybe, of the Man Who Definitely Wasn’t Fibonacci
Dan Friedman reckons with “Finding Fibonacci” by Keith Devlin.
Dan FriedmanMar 21, 2017
The Zoo, Revisited
Edward Albee's "At Home at the Zoo," Revisited by Deaf West Theater at The Wallis - BLARB
Mar 21, 2017
Literary Cookbooks: The Power of Culinary Melancholia
Literary Cookbooks: The Power of Culinary Melancholia - BLARB
Rhian SasseenMar 21, 2017
Hitler Feared for Magnetism
Anthony Mostrom reviews three new books about Adolf Hitler’s rise to power.
Anthony MostromMar 20, 2017
- Biography & Autobiography
- History
From Chop Suey to Haute Cuisine: A Case Study in American “Ethnic Food”
Oliver Wang digests books on the complicated history of Chinese-American cuisine and the problematic label of “ethnic food.”
Oliver WangMar 20, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Food & Drink
Little Drawings Make a Life: On Vanessa Davis’s “Spaniel Rage”
Seamus O'Malley on the small pleasures of Vanessa Davis's "Spaniel Rage."
Seamus O’MalleyMar 20, 2017
- Comics
- Memoir & Essay