LARB Radio Hour

The LARB Radio Hour is hosted by Eric Newman, Medaya Ocher, and Kate Wolf.

Articles

Friending Thanatos: Richard Seymour's The Twittering Machine
Talking to Richard Seymour, author of The Twittering Machine, about the “social industry"
LARB Radio HourOct 23, 2020
LARB Book Club: Talking to Alain Mabanckou, author of Black Moses
A conversation with Alain Mabanckou, the author of Black Moses, the latest LARB Book Club pick
LARB Radio HourOct 20, 2020
Homeland Elegies: Ayad Akhtar on Mourning America
LARB Radio HourOct 11, 2020
The Only Reader is a Re-Reader: Talking to Vivian Gornick
Talking to legendary critic and writer, Vivian Gornick
LARB Radio HourOct 2, 2020
Arundhati Roy on Freedom, Fascism & Fiction
Talking to acclaimed author and activist Arundhati Roy
LARB Radio HourSep 25, 2020
Friendship and Mortality in a Plague Year: Sigrid Nunez on What Are You Going Through
Talking to author Sigrid Nunez about her novel What Are You Going Through
LARB Radio HourSep 18, 2020
A Different Addiction Story: Yaa Gyasi talks about Transcendent Kingdom
Talking to Yaa Gyasi, author of Homegoing and Transcendent Kingdom
LARB Radio HourSep 11, 2020
Kelli Jo Ford, author of Crooked Hallelujah, on Love and the End Times
Talking to Kelli Jo Ford, author of the novel Crooked Hallelujah
LARB Radio HourSep 4, 2020
Yan Lianke, author of Three Brothers, on Chinese Life, Law, and Literature
Talking to renowned Chinese writer, Yan Lianke, author of Three Brothers
LARB Radio HourAug 28, 2020
An Alpaca and a Llama Walk into a Bar: Talking to Joni Murphy, author of Talking Animals
Joni Murphy joins LARB Radi Hour to discuss her new novel, Talking Animals
LARB Radio HourAug 24, 2020
Life In Between: Awkaeke Emezi on their new novel The Death of Vivek Oji
Joined by writer Awkaeke Emezi to discuss their new novel The Death of Vivek Oji
LARB Radio HourAug 17, 2020
Talking Tomboys with Melissa Faliveno
Eric and Melissa Faliveno, author of Tomboyland, parse the history of the tomboy and its queer geographic and temporal character.
LARB Radio HourAug 11, 2020
Aminatou and Ann's Big Friendship
Authors Aminatou Sow and Ann Friendman join Medaya and Kate to discuss close adult friendships and their book Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close.
LARB Radio HourAug 3, 2020
Talking “Breasts and Eggs” with Japan’s Rising Literary Star, Mieko Kawakami
Mieko Kawakami joins Medaya and Boris to discuss her pointed and poignant debut novel Breasts and Eggs and the challenges facing women around the world.
LARB Radio HourJul 24, 2020
When Reform Isn't Enough: Afropessimism's Argument for a New Society
This week, co-hosts Eric and Medaya talk to professor, writer, and revolutionary, Frank B. Wilderson III and his latest book, Afropessimism.
LARB Radio HourJul 20, 2020
French Connections: Hirokazu Kore-eda on The Truth; Joyce Zonana on Henri Bosco’s Malicroix
Medaya speaks with acclaimed filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda about his new film, The Truth, and Joyce Zonana's translation of Henri Bosco’s 1946 novel Malicroix
LARB Radio HourJul 12, 2020