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Identity Is a Flexible Category: A Conversation with Sorayya Khan
Torsa Ghosal talks with Sorayya Khan about her new memoir, “We Take Our Cities with Us.”
Torsa GhosalNov 7, 2022
- Memoir & Essay
- Nonfiction
Looking Through These Clippings Was Really Comforting at First: A Conversation with Ashton Politanoff
Liza St. James talks with Ashton Politanoff about his new book “You’ll Like It Here.”
Liza St. JamesNov 5, 2022
- Fiction
Magic and Technology: A Profile of David Duchovny
Sadie Rebecca Starnes profiles David Duchovny as an author.
Sadie Rebecca StarnesNov 3, 2022
- LARB Lit
I Don’t Worry About My Oeuvre: A Conversation with John Carpenter
Paul Thompson interviews John Carpenter about the state of horror, navigating Hollywood, and the movies he didn’t make.
Paul ThompsonNov 2, 2022
- Film
- Music
- SF
The Silence About Menstruation: A Conversation with Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
Eleanor J. Bader talks with Rachel Kauder Nalebuff about her new collection “Our Red Book: Intimate Histories of Periods, Growing & Changing.”
Eleanor J. BaderNov 1, 2022
Sense and Nonsense in California: A Conversation with Markus Gabriel
Markus Gabriel speaks to Andrea Capra about his philosophy of a New Enlightenment.
Andrea CapraOct 23, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
- Science & Technology
Racialized Geographies: A Conversation with Susan Gillman
Cherene Sherrard-Johnson talks with Susan Gillman about her new book “American Mediterraneans: A Study in Geography, History, and Race.”
Cherene Sherrard-JohnsonOct 20, 2022
Big Dreams and Strange Connections: A Conversation with Joe Coscarelli
Donald Morrison talks to Joe Coscarelli of “The New York Times” about the state and shape of Atlanta hip-hop.
Donald MorrisonOct 19, 2022
- History
- Music
The Utopian Horizon of Memory Art: A Conversation with Andreas Huyssen
Abigail Susik speaks with Andreas Huyssen about his book “Memory Art in the Contemporary World: Confronting Violence in the Global South.”
Abigail SusikOct 16, 2022
- Philosophy & Religion
Pathological Aliveness: A Conversation with Harmony Holiday
Lauren Mackler interviews Harmony Holiday on her new book "Maafa."
Lauren MacklerOct 14, 2022
- Poetry
Imagine More Deeply: A Conversation with Cai Emmons
Aimee Liu speaks with Cai Emmons about her two new novels, “Unleashed” and “Livid.”
Aimee LiuOct 12, 2022
- Fiction
To Read a Carpet: An Interview with Reimena Yee
Reimena Yee talks with M. L. Kejera about the intersection of carpets and comics in “The Carpet Merchant of Konstantiniyya: Volume II.”
M. L. KejeraOct 8, 2022
- Comics
Visible Faultlines: A Conversation with the Authors of “Unprecedented? How COVID-19 Revealed the Politics of Our Economy”
In “Unprecedented? How COVID-19 Revealed the Politics of Our Economy,” a group of political economists use a single and precise metaphor — photosynthesis — to bring the broad social consequences of the pandemic into focus.
Michelle ChiharaOct 6, 2022
- Economics and Finance
- Science & Technology
Cult-Hopping in Los Angeles: A Conversation with Sheila Yasmin Marikar
Amanda Montell speaks with Sheila Yasmin Marikar about her new novel “The Goddess Effect.”
Amanda MontellOct 5, 2022
- Fiction
The Self Is a Collaborative Thing: A Conversation with David Baker
Daniel Shailer asks David Baker about his new collection of poems, “Whale Fall.”
Daniel ShailerOct 3, 2022
- Poetry
Dreaming New Worlds: A Conversation with Ekow Eshun
Eric Newman interviews Ekow Eshun, curator of “In the Black Fantastic,” a recent speculative arts exhibit at London’s Hayward Gallery and its eponymous companion book from MIT Press.
Eric NewmanOct 1, 2022
- Art & Architecture
- SF