Kate Wolf

Kate Wolf is a writer and one of the founding editors of the Los Angeles Review of Books, where she’s currently editor at large and co-host and producer of its weekly podcast, the LARB Radio Hour. Her work has appeared in exhibition catalogs, anthologies, and publications including Bidoun, Bookforum, Art in America, Momus, The Nation, n+1, East of Borneo, and Frieze.

Articles

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
- Politics
- Cultural Studies
Learning from Park Planned Homes
Kate Wolf considers Gregory Ain’s Altadena housing development in the wake of the Los Angeles fires.
Kate WolfMar 14
Art in the Speculative City: A Conversation with Susanna Phillips Newbury
Kate Wolf speaks to Susanna Phillips Newbury, author of “The Speculative City: Art, Real Estate, and the Making of Global Los Angeles.”
Kate WolfDec 20, 2021
- Art & Architecture
“We Must Write Well”: On Cecilia Pavón’s “Little Joy”
Kate Wolf sorts through “Little Joy: Selected Stories” by Argentine author Cecilia Pavón, translated by Jacob Steinberg.
Kate WolfMay 2, 2021
- Fiction
A Fundamentally Absurd Question: Talking with “Motherhood” Author Sheila Heti
Kate Wolf interviews “Motherhood” author Sheila Heti.
Kate WolfMay 7, 2018
- Fiction
- Gender & Sexuality
A Life in One Day
Kate Wolf on Christa Wolf's "One Day a Year: 2001-2011."
Kate WolfNov 19, 2017
- Memoir & Essay
Streetwalker
Kate Wolf visits Lauren Elkin's "Flâneuse: Women Walk the City in Paris, New York, Tokyo, Venice, and London."
Kate WolfMay 8, 2017
- Literary Criticism
- Memoir & Essay
Homesick: On Larry Sultan at LACMA
"In the photography of Larry Sultan, it’s the everyday, the ordinary, and the vernacular that prevail."
Kate WolfFeb 16, 2015
- Art & Architecture

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