/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F05%2Fanjalienjeti.png)
LITERATURE
Literature
The latest reviews of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, interviews with authors, and original stories, poems, and lyrical essays.
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Ftheluminousnovel.jpeg)
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2FDoireann-Ni%CC%81-Ghri%CC%81ofa.png)
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Ffearstreet.png)
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Fhermanmelvilleobit.png)
Schadenfreude Without Shade
Josh Emmons tries to name an embarrassing feeling about art....
Schadenfreude Without Shade
Josh Emmons tries to name an embarrassing feeling about art....
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Fharrow.jpeg)
A Millennial’s Purgatory: On Joy Williams’s “Harrow”
The author’s first novel in 20 years is a bleak exploration of a barren eco-apocalypse....
A Millennial’s Purgatory: On Joy Williams’s “Harrow”
The author’s first novel in 20 years is a bleak exploration of a barren eco-apocalypse....
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Fbalzacslives.jpeg)
Living in the World: Peter Brooks on Balzac
Balzac’s great “Comédie humaine” offers a middle way between speculative fiction and autofiction....
Living in the World: Peter Brooks on Balzac
Balzac’s great “Comédie humaine” offers a middle way between speculative fiction and autofiction....
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Finamedmydogpushkin.jpeg)
Where Coca-Cola Is Synonymous with Freedom: On Margarita Gokun Silver’s “I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Other Immigrant Tales)”
Kate Tsurkan journeys through Margarita Gokun Silver’s “I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Other Immigrant Tales): Notes from a Soviet Girl on Becoming an American Woman.”...
Where Coca-Cola Is Synonymous with Freedom: On Margarita Gokun Silver’s “I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Other Immigrant Tales)”
Kate Tsurkan journeys through Margarita Gokun Silver’s “I Named My Dog Pushkin (And Other Immigrant Tales): Notes from a Soviet Girl on Becoming an American Woman.”...
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Fdeathloop.png)
Repetition, with a Difference: On “Deathloop”
By assimilating gameplay repetition into its story, “Deathloop” hints at resolving the dissonance between game form and narrative form....
Repetition, with a Difference: On “Deathloop”
By assimilating gameplay repetition into its story, “Deathloop” hints at resolving the dissonance between game form and narrative form....
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Fmichaelgold.jpeg)
The Long Half-Life of Proletarian Prose: On Michael Gold and Maxwell Bodenheim
Woody Haut works through “Michael Gold: The People’s Writer” by Patrick Chura and “Slow Vision” by Maxwell Bodenheim....
The Long Half-Life of Proletarian Prose: On Michael Gold and Maxwell Bodenheim
Woody Haut works through “Michael Gold: The People’s Writer” by Patrick Chura and “Slow Vision” by Maxwell Bodenheim....
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Filoveyoubutivechosendarkness.jpeg)
Thrilling and Harrowing: On Claire Vaye Watkins’s “I Love You but I’ve Chosen Darkness”
A surreal autofiction masterpiece explores motherhood, fidelity, and the American West....
Thrilling and Harrowing: On Claire Vaye Watkins’s “I Love You but I’ve Chosen Darkness”
A surreal autofiction masterpiece explores motherhood, fidelity, and the American West....
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2FThe-Book-of-Form-and-Emptiness.jpeg)
An Urgent New Book for the Time Being
David Palumbo-Liu argues for the radical message of “The Book of Form and Emptiness” by Ruth Ozeki....
An Urgent New Book for the Time Being
David Palumbo-Liu argues for the radical message of “The Book of Form and Emptiness” by Ruth Ozeki....
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F07%2Fthefourhumors.jpeg)
Fragile Threads: On Mina Seçkin’s “The Four Humors”
Malena Steelberg traces the course of “The Four Humors,” the debut novel of Mina Seçkin....
Fragile Threads: On Mina Seçkin’s “The Four Humors”
Malena Steelberg traces the course of “The Four Humors,” the debut novel of Mina Seçkin....
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2FJackson-Bliss.png)
Writing the Kaleidoscope: A Conversation with Jackson Bliss
Bryan Hurt interviews Jackson Bliss on his debut story collection, “Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments.”...
Writing the Kaleidoscope: A Conversation with Jackson Bliss
Bryan Hurt interviews Jackson Bliss on his debut story collection, “Counterfactual Love Stories & Other Experiments.”...
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Fthecityofgooddeath.jpeg)
An Offbeat Ghost Story: On Priyanka Champaneri’s “The City of Good Death”
“The City of Good Death” deals in stereotypes related to India, but it also vividly presents the life of the characters in its lush prose....
An Offbeat Ghost Story: On Priyanka Champaneri’s “The City of Good Death”
“The City of Good Death” deals in stereotypes related to India, but it also vividly presents the life of the characters in its lush prose....
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Fkalanipickhart.png)
Love in Times of Terror: A Conversation with Kalani Pickhart
Kalani Pickhart discusses her ambitious debut novel, “I Will Die in a Foreign Land.”...
Love in Times of Terror: A Conversation with Kalani Pickhart
Kalani Pickhart discusses her ambitious debut novel, “I Will Die in a Foreign Land.”...
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Fharmonysquare.png)
Whither Harmony Square?: Conspiracy Games in Late Capitalism
Today’s conspiracy fantasies come from a world where we feel that we are trapped in a game we can’t win. Can counter-conspiracy games be the antidote?...
Whither Harmony Square?: Conspiracy Games in Late Capitalism
Today’s conspiracy fantasies come from a world where we feel that we are trapped in a game we can’t win. Can counter-conspiracy games be the antidote?...
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Fheartradical.jpeg)
A Daughter’s Quest: On Anne Liu Kellor’s “Heart Radical”
Amy Reardon explores Anne Liu Kellor’s memoir about language, love, and belonging, “Heart Radical.”...
A Daughter’s Quest: On Anne Liu Kellor’s “Heart Radical”
Amy Reardon explores Anne Liu Kellor’s memoir about language, love, and belonging, “Heart Radical.”...
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2FFriedrich-Du%CC%88rrenmatt.png)
The Minotaur in the Labyrinth, or the Theatricality of Power
What the great Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt can teach us about the January 6 insurrection....
The Minotaur in the Labyrinth, or the Theatricality of Power
What the great Swiss dramatist Friedrich Dürrenmatt can teach us about the January 6 insurrection....
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Fthecultinmygarage.jpeg)
Panic in the City: On Duncan Birmingham’s “The Cult in My Garage”
Satirical short stories find sentiment and solace in L.A.’s superficial surfaces....
Panic in the City: On Duncan Birmingham’s “The Cult in My Garage”
Satirical short stories find sentiment and solace in L.A.’s superficial surfaces....
/https%3A%2F%2Fdev.lareviewofbooks.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F11%2Fthisrarespirit.jpeg)
A Solo on the Pipe: On Julia Copus’s “This Rare Spirit: A Life of Charlotte Mew”
Declan Ryan gleans new insights on poet Charlotte Mew from “This Rare Spirit,” a biography by Julia Copus....
A Solo on the Pipe: On Julia Copus’s “This Rare Spirit: A Life of Charlotte Mew”
Declan Ryan gleans new insights on poet Charlotte Mew from “This Rare Spirit,” a biography by Julia Copus....
BACK
1
2
3
203
204
205
NEXT