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[VIDEO] Chip Kidd at the 2014 LA Times Book Fest
Renowned book cover designer Chip Kidd speaks with LA Review of Books editor Laurie Winer at the 2014 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books.
Laurie WinerJun 24, 2014
Karl Ove Knausgaard, Himself
Karl Ove Knausgaard: “All the people I know who write or make films, there’s something wrong with them. Disorder is a good word. If you don’t have that you don’t do it. It’s as simple as that.”
Medaya OcherJun 15, 2014
PODCAST #62: Dana Goodyear
Colin MarshallJun 12, 2014
The One and Only Geoff Dyer
Jordan G. Teicher interviews the one and only Geoff Dyer.
Jordan G. TeicherJun 11, 2014
It’s Just Like Watching Brazil
Timothy SpanglerJun 11, 2014
PODCAST #61: Michelle Huneven
Michelle Huneven is the author of Off Course, a novel about a grad-student setting off into self-imposed dissertation-writing exile.
Colin MarshallJun 9, 2014
PODCAST #60: David Grand
Colin Marshall talks with David Grand, author of Mount Terminus, a novel set at the intersection of the birth of cinema and modern Los Angeles.
Colin MarshallMay 29, 2014
A Unified Vision
In his new book of photographs, Stephen Shore explores daily life in Israel and the West Bank — life aside from the conflict. But even life aside from the conflict must acknowledge the conflict.
Kate WolfMay 27, 2014
The Things We Wrote About: The Author of Redeployment on Military Conflict, the Craft of Fiction, and Coming Home
Klay’s nearly universally acclaimed collection — about our experiences of warfare, on the ground and on the homefront — though promising, is deeply flawed.
Michael LokessonMay 26, 2014
- Literary Fiction
Dancing with the Con
An interview with Walter Kirn, author of "Blood Will Out"
David BreithauptMay 25, 2014
PODCAST #59: Leslie Jamison
Colin MarshallMay 14, 2014
Three Questions for Maceo Montoya
Maceo Montoya manages to balance humor with pathos as he challenges our views on immigration, gender roles, and politics.
Daniel A. OlivasMay 14, 2014
Eyes to the Poetry In Motion: A Conversation with Eileen Cronin
The critically acclaimed author of "Mermaids" on motherhood in an upside down world.
Michele Botwin RaphaelMay 11, 2014
[VIDEO] Terry McMillan on Character, Legacy, and "Who Asked You?"
Terry McMillan discusses her career, her new book, and how she thinks about character. Part of LARB AV's series from the LA Times Festival of Books.
LARB AVMay 5, 2014
An Active Pursuit: Mesha Maren interviews Daniel Woodrell on Writing, Story, and His Novel The Maid’s Version
Mesha Maren talks with Daniel Woodrell on jazz, brevity, and the nature of fictionalizing a true story.
Mesha MarenMay 3, 2014
New Life for the Fiction of Julie Hayden: An Interview with Cheryl Strayed
Cheryl Strayed and S. Kirk Walsh discuss the importance of reprints and the life and work of Julie Hayden.
S. Kirk WalshMay 1, 2014
- Literary Fiction