Language Is a Place: A Conversation with Jhumpa Lahiri
The plurilingual author discusses her art, the magic of writers’ diaries, and the sacred task of translation.
The plurilingual author discusses her art, the magic of writers’ diaries, and the sacred task of translation.
Anjali Enjeti discusses her new novel of family life and communal tragedy, “The Parted Earth.”
The first installment in a new LARB series of interviews, DECOLONIZE / DEFUND / ABOLISH.
Charles Shafaieh interviews Anjuli Fatima Raza Kolb about her debut book, “Epidemic Empire: Colonialism, Contagion, and Terror, 1817–2020.”
Martha Anne Toll talks with Marc Bookman about his new book, “A Descending Spiral: Exposing the Death Penalty in 12 Essays.”
Noam Chomsky discusses his latest co-authored book, “Consequences of Capitalism: Manufacturing Discontent and Resistance.”
Meredith Maran interviews Marisa Silver about her latest novel, “The Mysteries.”
Vi Khi Nao interviews Hoa Nguyen about her new poetry collection, “A Thousand Times You Lose Your Treasure.”
Jacquelyn Ardam interviews Laura Levitt on the objects left behind after trauma in her new book, “The Objects That Remain.”
Jonathan Alexander talks with Jack Zipes about “Yussuf the Ostrich” and “Keedle, the Great.”
Lilly Dancyger discusses her new memoir about her artist father, “Negative Space.”
Keema Waterfield talks family, history, and process in this interview on her new book, “Inside Passage.”
Brad Evans speaks with Duncan Bell. A conversation in Brad Evans’s “Histories of Violence” series.
The celebrated detective novelist talks about his new book, the style of noir, and the powers of catharsis.
M. Buna interviews Nikki Wallschlaeger about her new book, “Waterbaby.”
Ruth Milkman and Deepak Bhargava interview D. Taylor, the international president of UNITE HERE.