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On Giving Up
In this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman discuss the case for and against giving up—on life, vices, dreams, creative pursuits, jobs, relationships, exercise, and work.
Archive
Mythic Appetites: On Meta-Desires, Marriage, and Meals in the Personal Essay
Kristen Malone Poli examines the true hunger at the heart of the divorce plot.
Invented Jewish Folktales
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Sam Sax presents lore so uncanny, it might as well be real.
True Fictionalizations: On Angie Sijun Lou’s “Dark Soil” Anthology
David Lewis reviews the new anthology “Dark Soil: Fictions and Mythographies,” edited by Angie Sijun Lou.
Who Tells the Stories of Chinese Leaders? On Two New Biographies
Lucy Hornby discusses two recent biographies about former Chinese leaders Zhou Enlai and Hua Guofeng.
Most Valuable Pfeiffer
Brandon Sward wades through spectral sports audio in search of that yummy-yum at Paul Pfeiffer’s retrospective at MOCA’s Geffen Contemporary.
Company in the Void: On Catherine Barnett’s “Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space”
James Ciano reviews Catherine Barnett’s “Solutions for the Problem of Bodies in Space.”
Echo, Echo: Death, Rebirth, and New Age Music
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” Peter Holslin reflects on synthesizer drones, inoffensive ambience, and his father’s affinity for New Age soundscapes.
Bad Dad Jokes: On Lucas Mann’s “Attachments”
Adam Fleming Petty reviews Lucas Mann’s “Attachments: Essays on Fatherhood and Other Performance,” rooting his analysis in his personal experience.
Dads in the Wild: On Lucas Mann’s “Attachments”
Margo Steines reviews Lucas Mann's “Attachments: Essays on Fatherhood and Other Performances.”
Sluts in Form and Content: A Conversation Between Sarah Yanni and Michelle Tea
Sarah Yanni talks with Michelle Tea about her new anthology “SLUTS.”
Working the Trap: On Suzanne Scanlon’s “Committed”
Diana Heald reviews Suzanne Scanlon’s “Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen.”
Meeting Labor’s Moment: On Hamilton Nolan’s “The Hammer”
Joseph A. McCartin reviews “The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of American Labor.”
Theft of the Commons: On David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu’s “Who Owns This Sentence?”
Jessica Rizzo reviews David Bellos and Alexandre Montagu’s “Who Owns This Sentence? A History of Copyrights and Wrongs.”
Anna Shechtman’s “The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle”
Scholar and writer Anna Shechtman joins Medaya Ocher to discuss her book “The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle.”
I’m Only Interested in the Real: A Conversation Between Rachel Cusk and Ira Sachs
In an excerpt from LARB Quarterly no. 41, “Truth,” writer Rachel Cusk and filmmaker Ira Sachs discuss his new film “Passages,” his oeuvre, and the creative process.
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