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Interviewing the Master Interviewer: A Conversation with Lawrence Grobel
Adam Elder interviews the master interviewer, Lawrence Grobel.
Adam ElderFeb 26, 2024
- Nonfiction
The Matrilineal Maze: On Adriana Riva’s “Salt”
Caroline Tracey traces mother-daughter strife in Adriana Riva’s recent novel “Salt.”
Caroline TraceyFeb 25, 2024
- Fiction
Complex Feminist Fantasias: On Elizabeth Flock’s “The Furies”
Emily Ann Zisko reviews Elizabeth Flock’s “The Furies: Women, Vengeance, and Justice.”
Emily Ann ZiskoFeb 25, 2024
- Nonfiction
Why Hitch Still Matters: On Christopher Hitchens’s “A Hitch in Time”
Marius Sosnowski reviews Christopher Hitchens’s posthumous collection “A Hitch in Time: Reflections Ready for Reconsideration.”
Marius SosnowskiFeb 24, 2024
- Memoir & Essay
- Politics
Life and Form: On Phillip Lopate’s “A Year and a Day”
Bill Thompson reviews Phillip Lopate’s “A Year and a Day: An Experiment in Essays.”
Bill ThompsonFeb 24, 2024
- Memoir & Essay
Phillip B. Williams’s “Ours”
Eric Newman speaks with Phillip B. Williams about his debut novel, “Ours.”
LARB Radio HourFeb 23, 2024
The Place You Now Live: On Lauren Markham’s “A Map of Future Ruins”
Stephanie Elizondo Griest reviews Lauren Markham’s “A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging.”
Stephanie Elizondo GriestFeb 23, 2024
The Secret Growing: On the New Spiritual Art Canon
Steffie Nelson surveys the recent institutional embrace of visionary women artists.
Steffie NelsonFeb 23, 2024
- Art & Architecture
Shakespeare in the Mental Institution
Brooke Hallie Metayer asks, “Wherefore art thou, Romeo and Juliet ballet?” and finds it at the Ahmanson Theater, courtesy of choreographer Matthew Bourne.
Brooke Hallie MetayerFeb 23, 2024
The Ethics and Erotics of Permission: On Manon Garcia’s “The Joy of Consent”
Anna Katharina Schaffner reviews Manon Garcia’s “The Joy of Consent: A Philosophy of Good Sex.”
Anna Katharina SchaffnerFeb 22, 2024
Whose (Who’s) Shakespeare? On Amelia Rosselli’s “Sleep”
Taylor Yoonji Kang reviews Amelia Rosselli’s “Sleep.”
Taylor Yoonji KangFeb 22, 2024
Timothy Leary Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: On Benjamin Breen’s “Tripping on Utopia”
Timothy Leary sucked the revolutionary potential out of psychedelic science, concludes Kim Adams after reading Benjamin Breen’s “Tripping on Utopia: Margaret Mead, the Cold War and the Troubled Birth of Psychedelic Science.”
Kim AdamsFeb 21, 2024
Through a Herne’s Eye: On Ursula K. Le Guin’s “Five Novels”
Brian Attebery offers a critical reflection on five of Ursula K. Le Guin's short novels, recently reissued by Library of America.
Brian AtteberyFeb 21, 2024
- Fiction
- SF
Girls Gone Wild? On Apple TV+’s “The Buccaneers”
Sheila Liming gets to the bottom of Apple TV+ and Katherine Jakeways’s “The Buccaneers.”
Sheila LimingFeb 20, 2024
- Cultural Studies
- Television
Prove You’re Not a Robot: On Karel Čapek’s “R.U.R.”
Jonathan Bolton uses the occasion of a new edition and translation of Karel Čapek’s play “R.U.R.,” first published in Prague in 1920, to revisit the origins of the word “robot,” and explore the play’s uncannily prescient vision of artificial life.
Jonathan BoltonFeb 20, 2024
Whatever I Can Have, Nothing I Want: On Nazlı Koca’s “The Applicant”
Kaya Genç reviews Turkish author Nazlı Koca’s debut novel “The Applicant.”
Kaya GençFeb 19, 2024
- Fiction