CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Cameron Diaz discusses 'The Longevity Book'
We can't stop aging. But Cameron Diaz has discovered that there are ways we can do it well. In this interview ...
Radio Hour: Marcia Clark, Sonny Liew, and Steve Wasserman
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK This week’s show is the first of several to feature interviews conducted at ...
Radio Hour: Deanne Stillman’s “Twentynine Palms” and Nora Ephron
Photo Credit: Mark Lamonica) Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK On this week’s show we talk with Deanne Stillman ...
Radio Hour: “Hamilton,” “City of Gold,” and “Our Mutual Friend”
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK This week’s show features a recap of Laurie’s recent trip to Broadway, ...
The New Correct: Freedom of Expression on Campus
Earlier this month LARB co-sponsored a forum at UC Irvine: What Cannot Be Said: Freedom of Expression in a Changing World. ...
Edward Snowden in Conversation with Barton Gellman
Earlier this month LARB co-sponsored a forum at UC Irvine: What Cannot Be Said: Freedom of Expression in a Changing World. ...
Jérémie Guez’s “Eyes Full of Empty”
He has already been compared to literary heavyweights like Raymond Chandler and Albert Camus, and 27-year-old Jérémie Guez is ...
An Artist’s Intervention in the Ebola Crisis
Struck by medical staffers' alien-looking equipment in West African ebola clinics, artist Mary Beth Heffernan set on a course to do something about it....
Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz
The La Cucaracha creator talks about the historical graphic novel A Most Imperfect Union and his role in Seth MacFarlane’s upcoming TV series Bordertown....
Radio Hour: The Success of Amy Schumer, Genre Fiction, and Russian Noir
This week's show features TV writer Betsy Borns on the success of comedian Amy Schumer, as well as Gary Phillips, Boris Dralyuk, and Meri Nana-Ama Danquah....
Interview with Octavia Spencer
Octavia Spencer talks about her Randi Rhodes children's mystery novels, and about growing up with dyslexia....
Annabelle Gurwitch’s “I See You Made an Effort” Adapted for Theater
LARB AV interviews writer and actress Annabelle Gurwitch, whose new play I See You Made an Effort, based on her book ...
Radio Hour: McSweeney’s Crowdfunding and Tommywood
On this week’s show, Tom, Laurie, and Seth talk about McSweeney’s campaign to raise $150,000 on Kickstarter and ...
Interview with Robert Putnam, Author of "Our Kids"
Robert Putnam, professor of Public Policy at Harvard and bestselling author, talks about his new book "Our Kids" and income inequality in the U.S....
First Takes Venice Beach: Part 3
Part three in a series of snapshots of people living, working, and playing on the Venice Beach boardwalk. A project by LARB intern Jared Zook....
Radio Hour: Nikki Giovanni, Ego Plum, and “Girl in a Band”
Tom Lutz's interview with legendary poet Nikki Giovanni, a discussion of Kim Gordon's memoir "Girl in a Band," and much more....
Shelf Help with Jonathan Lethem
Novelist and short story writer Jonathan Lethem gives us a tour of the new books he’s buying at Skylight Books in Los Feliz....
Inaugural Blk Grrrl Book Fair
Interviews and highlights from the first ever Blk Grrrl Book Fair in South Central....
Radio Hour: Günter Grass, Shame Reading, & Laurie's Apology
Günter Grass' recent death had us wondering whether we can read authors whose personal lives offend us, considering Grass' history ...
First Takes Venice Beach: Part 2
Part two in a series of snapshots of people living, working, and playing on the Venice Beach boardwalk. A project by LARB intern Jared Zook....
Interview with Author James Tadd Adcox
An interview with James Tadd Adcox, author of Does Not Love....
Radio Hour: Literary Immortality, “Wolf Hall,” and the LA Times Festival of Books
This week’s segments include discussions on William Giraldi’s New Republic essay “Immortal Beloved: Why writers want fans who last ...
Radio Hour: Humorist Ellis Weiner
Featuring Ellis Weiner, former writer and editor at National Lampoon, columnist at Spy magazine, and currently a contributor at The New Yorker....
First Takes Venice Beach: Jesús & Mary
A series of snapshots of people living, working, and playing on the Venice Beach boardwalk. A project by LARB intern Jared Zook....
Radio Hour: Meghan Daum’s “Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed”
Meghan Daum discusses a new collection of essays she edited titled "Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on the Decision Not to Have Kids."...
Radio Hour: “Satin Island,” Cultural References & Finding a Lost City
Tom McCarthy’s new experimental novel Satin Island celebrates the role of the anthropologist over the novelist; John McPhee’s latest ...
Radio Hour: Schmaltz, "Citizen Four" & Rachel Cusk's "Outline"
Tom Lutz is back this week and joins Laurie and Seth to discuss schmaltz (sentimental art, not rendered chicken fat), and ...
Radio Hour: ISIS propaganda; What is a public intellectual?
Cultural historian Leo Braudy joins to discuss ISIS propaganda videos; the role of public intellectuals. Also featuring Michael Tolkin....
Radio Hour: Oscar-worthy Acting & Literary Tourism
Cultural historian Leo Braudy talks trends among award-winning actors, and author Judith Freeman on literary tourism and her book The Long Embrace....
Radio Hour: Harper Lee, Literary Hub, & Fifty Shades of Grey
Tom Lutz, Laurie Winer, and Seth Greenland talk about literature, arts and politics, along with interviews and critiques from today's leading writers....
LARB Radio Hour: Episode 2
Tom Lutz, Laurie Winer, and Seth Greenland talk about literature, arts and politics, along with interviews and critiques from today's leading writers....
LARB Radio Hour: Episode 1
Tom Lutz, Laurie Winer, and Seth Greenland talk about literature, arts and politics, along with interviews and critiques from today's leading writers....
Two Authors Quarrel on a Ferris Wheel
David Shields and Caleb Powell, authors of "I Think You're Totally Wrong: A Quarrel", go extra rounds during a ride on the Santa Monica ferris wheel....
Kristiina Ehin, Author of Walker on Water
Estonian poet Kristiina Ehin shares from her new collection Walking on Water and performs traditional Estonian songs with her partner, musician Silver Sepp....
Interview with Lan Cao, author of "The Lotus and the Storm"
Lan Cao's 'The Lotus and the Storm' is a tale of personal tragedy amidst national tragedy, and the subtle effects of war over time....
[VIDEO] Interview with William T. Vollmann on 'Last Stories and Other Stories'
Author William T. Vollmann talks about sex, death and fantasy in his latest book, Last Stories and Other Stories....
[VIDEO] Surprise! is the 'Eyes Wide Shut' of comedy shows
Surprise! Comedy is a brave new comedy circuit with rotating venues, secret line-ups, and where the only sure thing is that things will get weird....
[VIDEO] Interview with Chris Kluwe, the former star punter who took a stand against the NFL
THIS INTERVIEW is part of an ongoing LARB A.V. series from this year's LA Times Festival of Books. Go to ...
[VIDEO] Austin Kleon, "Show Your Work"
Austin Kleon wrote Show Your Work as "a book about self promotion for people who hate the very idea of self promotion."...
Geoff Nicholson Maps the Territory: A journey into Hollywood with author, speculative urbanist
Los Angeles Review of Books teams up with Los Angeles Magazine to bring you a multimedia feast starring Geoff Nicholson and his favorite Hollywood haunts....
[VIDEO] Tahereh Mafi, on Writing in the Digital Age
This interview is part of an ongoing LARB A.V. series from this year's LA Times Festival of Books. Go to ...
[VIDEO] The Difference Between a Con Man and a Writer
Author Walter Kirn on the difference between a con man and a writer in "Blood Will Out."...
[VIDEO] Terry McMillan on Character, Legacy, and "Who Asked You?"
Terry McMillan discusses her career, her new book, and how she thinks about character. Part of LARB AV's series from the LA Times Festival of Books....
[VIDEO] The co-creator of Literary Death Match
Literary Death Match co-creator spoke with LARB A.V. about the show's genesis, its highlights, and about the genius of Stephen Tobolowsky....
[VIDEO] On Noir Literature and the Existential Dread of Being a Child
Daniel Handler chats with LARB A.V. about why gothic and noir fiction speak so well to the existential dread of being a child....
Leslie Jamison on Her Collection of Literary Essays, "The Empathy Exams"
Leslie Jamison discusses her latest collection, The Empathy Exams, and how she juggles dialogues with famous thinkers and powerful personal experiences....
[VIDEO] Mona Simpson on Love and Spying in "Casebook"
Mona Simpson discusses the inspiration for her new novel "Casebook" and why it is a different kind of love story....
[VIDEO] Daniel Chacon's "Hotel Juarez"
Acclaimed Latino author Daniel Chacon talks about his most recent work, Hotel Juarez, a portrait of a city written in its crime-ridden heyday....
[VIDEO] The Horrors of Fatherhood in Kearney's New Poetry Collection, "Patter"
Patter is about the pain of infertility, about imperfect fatherly role models, and the dreadful calculus involved in disciplining your children....
[VIDEO] MOCA's LA Art Book Fair 2014
Last month we visited the second annual LA Art Book Fair at the Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo and we were ...
[VIDEO] A Profile of Siglio Press, and their upcoming retrospective of artist Dorothy Iannone
Siglio Press is where art meets literature. Their titles include notable works like Sophie Calle's "The Address Book" and Karen Green's "Bough Down"....
[VIDEO] MOCA's LA Art Book Fair 2014
Book, art and fashion on display at the second annual LA Art Book Fair at Geffen Contemporary at the Museum of Contemporary Art....
