Archive

Avoid Having a Self: On Anne Carson’s “Wrong Norma”
Rowland Bagnall reviews Anne Carson’s “Wrong Norma.”
Rowland BagnallFeb 7, 2024
- Fiction
- Poetry
Border Wounds: On Saretta Morgan’s “Alt-Nature”
Rachel Carroll reviews Saretta Morgan’s “Alt-Nature.”
Rachel CarrollFeb 6, 2024
- Cultural Studies
- Poetry
Sands of an Hourglass: On Geoff Nicholson’s “Walking on Thin Air”
Tom Zoellner reviews Geoff Nicholson’s “Walking on Thin Air: A Life’s Journey in 99 Steps.”
Tom ZoellnerFeb 6, 2024
- Memoir & Essay
Eve Wood on Julie Adler
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.
Eve WoodFeb 6, 2024
Is Anybody Gonna Rescue Me? A Conversation With Melissa Broder
Vivian Medithi interviews Melissa Broder about her novel “Death Valley.”
Vivian MedithiFeb 5, 2024
- Fiction
Blazing Old Worlds: On Francesca Peacock’s “Pure Wit”
Thomas Elrod reviews Francesca Peacock’s “Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish.”
Thomas ElrodFeb 5, 2024
When the Audience Comes Onstage
Erik Blair explores what happens when audience members venture onstage to become part of what they came to watch.
Erik BlairFeb 5, 2024
Noise from Signal: On Matthew Coller’s “Football Is a Numbers Game”
Leif Weatherby reviews Matthew Coller’s “Football Is a Numbers Game: Pro Football Focus and How a Data-Driven Approach Shook Up the Sport.”
Leif WeatherbyFeb 4, 2024
- Nonfiction
- Sports
A Memoryless Hong Kong: On Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin’s “Among the Braves” and Brian Kern’s “Liberate Hong Kong”
Joshua Yang reviews two new books on Hong Kong protests—Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin’s “Among the Braves: Hope, Struggle, and Exile in the Battle for Hong Kong and the Future of Global Democracy” and Brian Kern’s “Liberate Hong Kong: Stories from the Freedom Struggle.”
Joshua YangFeb 4, 2024
- Nonfiction
- Politics
The Kids Are Alright
In the wake of his recent reconsideration, current intern Belén Yudess pulls up an article David Graeber co-authored.
Belén YudessFeb 4, 2024
The Bottom of the Funnel: On Blacks, Jews, Whiteness, Conspiracy, and Hip-Hop
Adam Mansbach writes about his experience growing up among antisemitism and hip-hop.
Adam MansbachFeb 3, 2024
- Memoir & Essay
- Music
Leaving Me My Eyes: On Andrew Leland’s “The Country of the Blind”
Deanna K. Kreisel reviews Andrew Leland’s “The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight.”
Deanna K. KreiselFeb 3, 2024
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
Kate the Great
Rebecca Giordano attends Kate Berlant’s one-woman show in Pasadena and finds that, sometimes, bigger is indeed better.
Rebecca GiordanoFeb 3, 2024
Nathan Thrall’s “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy”
Writer Nathan Thrall joins Kate Wolf to talk about his recent book, “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy,” which was published last October and named one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker, The Economist, The New Republic, and the Financial Times.
LARB Radio HourFeb 2, 2024
White-centric Blowback: On Jason Ruiz’s “Narcomedia”
Michael Sandlin reviews Jason Ruiz’s “Narcomedia: Latinidad, Popular Culture, and the War on Drugs.”
Michael SandlinFeb 2, 2024
- Cultural Studies
The Last of the Menckenians: Struggling with an American Iconoclast
Michael Downs considers the troubled state of the institution that preserves the work of H. L. Mencken.
Michael DownsFeb 2, 2024
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir & Essay