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Her Beehive Heart: On Leslie Jamison’s “Splinters”
Lisa Locascio Nighthawk reviews Leslie Jamison’s “Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story.”
Lisa Locascio NighthawkMar 3, 2024
- Memoir & Essay
A Wound Is Objective: A Conversation with Édouard Louis
Stephen Patrick Bell interviews Édouard Louis about his new book “Change.”
Stephen Patrick BellMar 3, 2024
- Fiction
- Memoir & Essay
Rob Faucette on Lester Balog
1:1 invites writers to reflect on a single work of art with focus, care, and imagination to expand how we view, receive, and write about art.
Rob FaucetteMar 3, 2024
The Butcher, the Brewer, the Opium Smuggler: On Amitav Ghosh’s “Smoke and Ashes”
Noah Sparkes reviews Amitav Ghosh’s “Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories.”
Noah SparkesMar 2, 2024
- History
- Politics
That Mystic Shit: On Lou Reed’s “The Art of the Straight Line” and Will Hermes’s “The King of New York”
Michael Scott Moore writes on the life, death, and possible religion of Lou Reed, via Lou Reed’s “The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi” and Will Hermes’s “Lou Reed: The King of New York.”
Michael Scott MooreMar 2, 2024
- Biography & Autobiography
- Music
Leslie Jamison’s “Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story”
Leslie Jamison joins Medaya and Kate to discuss her latest book “Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story,” a memoir that chronicles the birth of her daughter and the collapse of her marriage soon after.
LARB Radio HourMar 1, 2024
A New Hong Kong Cinema That Lives On: On Tiffany Sia’s “On and Off-Screen Imaginaries”
Jenny Wu reviews Tiffany Sia’s “On and Off-Screen Imaginaries.”
Jenny WuMar 1, 2024
- Art & Architecture
- Film
No Accident: On Two New Books About the Occupied Territories
David N. Myers reviews Nathan Thrall’s “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy” and Mikhael Manekin’s “End of Days: Ethics, Tradition, and Power in Israel.”
David N. MyersMar 1, 2024
- Politics
The City of the Future: A Conversation with Antoine Picon and Carlo Ratti
For the Rules We Live By series, Julien Crockett interviews Carlo Ratti and Antoine Picon about their new book “Atlas of the Senseable City.”
Julien CrockettFeb 29, 2024
- Law
- Politics
A Host of Demands: On Katie Rogers’s “American Woman”
Lindsay Chervinsky reviews Katie Rogers’s “American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden.”
Lindsay ChervinskyFeb 29, 2024
- History
- Politics
Velcro Shoes and Moons Over My Hammy
David Diaz is ready to say “WTF is up, Denny’s?!” after watching Ceremony play their classic 2010 LP “Rohnert Park” live at the Hollywood Palladium.
David DiazFeb 29, 2024
Fear Is a Sickness: On Liliana Corobca’s “Kinderland”
Maria Rybakova reviews Liliana Corobca’s “Kinderland.”
Maria RybakovaFeb 28, 2024
- Fiction
Rewriting (and Righting) History: On Alexander Manshel’s “Writing Backwards”
Andrew Koenig reviews Alexander Manshel’s “Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon.”
Andrew KoenigFeb 28, 2024
- Literary Criticism
Churchill in the Era of TikTok: A Conversation with Simon Shuster
Sally McGrane talks to Simon Shuster, the biographer of Volodymyr Zelensky.
Sally McGraneFeb 27, 2024
- Politics
A Kind of Shape-Shifting: A Conversation with Jennifer Croft
Brian Castleberry interviews Jenny Croft about her debut novel, “The Extinction of Irena Rey.”
Brian CastleberryFeb 27, 2024
- Fiction
Wake Up, Sleepyhead: On David Thomson’s “Remotely”
Peter Campion reviews David Thomson’s “Remotely: Travels in the Binge of TV.”
Peter CampionFeb 26, 2024