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For Potters, Read Wedgwood: On Iris Moon’s “Melancholy Wedgwood”
Mimi Howard reviews Iris Moon’s “Melancholy Wedgwood.”
Archive
Making Meaning out of Randomness: On Sheila Heti’s “Alphabetical Diaries”
Julia Berick reviews Sheila Heti’s “Alphabetical Diaries.”
The Morality of Memoir, or, Daddy I Want Coffee!
On this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman talk about the ethics and politics of memoir in the wake of several recent controversies.
Violence Repeated: On Don Mee Choi’s “Mirror Nation”
Anabelle Johnston reviews Don Mee Choi’s “Mirror Nation.”
The Life of You Too? On Eliot Weinberger’s “The Life of Tu Fu”
Forrest Gander reviews Eliot Weinberger’s “The Life of Tu Fu.”
Innocent Until Proven Guilty of Shoegazing
In the musical justice system, shoegaze is represented by two separate yet equally important groups: the fans who brought earplugs and the bands who aim to vaporize those earplugs. These are their stories.
May Membership Fund Drive
Read LARB’s hottest takes and keep our lights on. This May, any memberships will be matched by the Whiting Foundation up to $20,000!
From Aspiration to Constriction: On Three New Books Examining Change in China
Martin Laflamme reviews three recent books that help understand the opening of China during the 1980s–2000s, and its closing again under Xi Jinping’s rule in the 2010s.
Allegorical Moments: Lyn Hejinian’s Life in Writing
Nine poets and critics commemorate the late Lyn Hejinian.
The Eyes Have It: On Eugene M. Helveston’s “Death to Beauty”
Arvind Dilawar reviews Eugene M. Helveston’s “Death to Beauty: The Transformative History of Botox.”
The Red Shredding: On Netflix’s “3 Body Problem”
Christopher T. Fan reviews Netflix’s new show “3 Body Problem.”
Everyone Who Thinks They Know What’s Going On Doesn’t
Greg Dillon says “BYE BYE” to insomnia and embraces the chaos of Kim Gordon’s dream dollar at the Regent Theater.
Tommy Orange’s “Wandering Stars”
Eric Newman speaks with writer Tommy Orange about his novel “Wandering Stars,” a multigenerational epic that is both prequel and sequel to his award-winning 2018 debut “There There.”
Something Calamitous: On Hanna Johansson’s “Antiquity”
Anna Gaca reviews Hanna Johansson’s “Antiquity.”
The Crisis of Classical Studies: On Mary Beard’s “Emperor of Rome”
Edward Watts reviews Mary Beard’s “Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World.”
Porn Star and Feminist: On Jane Kamensky’s “Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution”
Fred Turner reviews Jane Kamensky’s “Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from Below.”
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