Eric Newman

Eric Newman is a writer, critic, and documentary producer based in Los Angeles. He has been a co-host of the LARB Radio Hour since 2017.

Articles

Longing for Moor
Emerald Fennell’s sexed-up take on Emily Brontë’s gothic romance feels empty.
Eric NewmanMar 14
- Film
- Fiction
Is the Media Alright?
LARB Radio Hour presents excerpts from the February 2025 live discussion and podcast taping on the current challenges facing the media.
Eric Newman, Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, Leslie Berestein Rojas, Oscar GarzaMar 24, 2025
- Politics
- Cultural Studies
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
The Unchanging Same: On Édouard Louis’s “A Woman’s Battles and Transformations”
Eric Newman on Édouard Louis's "A Woman’s Battles and Transformations."
Eric NewmanAug 25, 2022
- Around the World
- Memoir & Essay
Liberating the Archives: Hugh Ryan’s “Women’s House of Detention”
Eric Newman interviews Hugh Ryan about the queer carceral history of his new book, “The Women’s House of Detention”
Eric NewmanAug 16, 2022
Claude McKay in Our Time: A Conversation with Gary Holcomb and William J. Maxwell on “Romance in Marseille”
Gary Edward Holcomb and William J. Maxwell on the publication of Claude McKay’s “Romance in Marseille.”
Eric NewmanOct 23, 2020
- Fiction
Cruising Happiness: On Garth Greenwell’s “Cleanness”
Eric Newman reviews the latest from Garth Greenwell, “Cleanness.”
Eric NewmanJan 23, 2020
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
Pointing to the Trap
LARB gender and sexuality editor Eric Newman considers “Females” by Andrea Long Chu.
Eric NewmanNov 25, 2019
- Gender & Sexuality
- Philosophy & Religion

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