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Remembering Walter Becker (1950–2017)
Howard A. Rodman remembers his childhood friend, Walter Becker (1950–2017), co-founder of Steely Dan.
All Essays
The Cosmopolitanism of the Poor
An essay from "Cosmopolitanisms," edited by Bruce Robbins and Paulo Lemos Horta
Navahrudak’s Native Sons: A Report from the Kushners’ Belarusian Homeland
Linda Kinstler reports from Navahrudak, Belarus, a town with a deep history and a link to the Trump administration.
The Fifty-Year Rebellion: How the U.S. Political Crisis Began in Detroit
The roots of our social divides can be perceived through the flames of the Detroit riots a half-century ago, says an excerpt of a new book.
Twenty-Six Notes on Cannibalism
Notes on viewing Goya’s “Saturn Devouring His Son.”
Snap as Revolutionary Time
This piece appears in the LARB Print Quarterly Journal: No. 15, Revolution. Become a member to receive the LARB Quarterly Journal.
Jimmy’s Blues
What does it mean when James Baldwin says that he is a blues singer?
How Art Can Save Us from Ourselves
Philip Salim Francis on the importance of art for those in the post-evangelical community.
Barnum Presidents and Benevolent Monopolists: Mark Twain, Amazon, and the Futility of Antitrust
With Amazon's acquisition of Whole Foods, it's time to remember when Twain asked a deceptively simple question: who benefits from the breakup of a monopoly?
Game of Thrones: Season 7, "The Dragon and the Wolf"
Every city in the world is built on wildfire — Dear Television on the end of Game of Thrones, season seven.
The Apprentice
The Mexican Constitution Celebrates Its Centennial — and Mexico Celebrates Its Revolution
Lois Parkinson Zamora traces the on-going narratives of the Mexican Revolution, and by extension, the Constitution of 1917.
The Politics of the Planet of the Apes
By drawing on SF tropes and the legacy of a genre classic, the new "Apes" trilogy ambitiously reflects the crisis of the left in this age of impotence.
Los Angeles Review of Books Digital Editions – The Digital Revolution: Debating the Promise and Perils of the Internet and Algorithmic Lives in the Last Years of the Obama Administration
The Los Angeles Review of Books offers its new digital edition, focusing on the internet, automation, and algorithms over the last few years.
Safe, but Not Okay: When White Supremacists Came to Our Town
Jabeen Akhtar on the white supremacist terrorism in Charlottesville.
Conspiratorial Realism: On Vladimir Sorokin, Victor Pelevin, and Russia’s Post-Postmodern Turn
Maya Vinokour unravels the conspiracies at the centers of the latest novels by Vladimir Sorokin and Victor Pelevin, Russia’s leading postmodernists.
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