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Best of...Difficult Women
Our favorite difficult women...
The Wild Tales of Walter Mosley
An interview with the legendary Walter Mosley...
Literary LA: Janet Fitch on Kate Braverman; and Tom Lutz's Slippy Debut
Guests Janet Fitch and Tom Lutz discuss the late L.A. writer Kate Braverman and Lutz's debut novel, "Born Slippy," respectively....
Isabella Rossellini & the Links Between Us
Tallking to the legendary Isabella Rossellini...
Garth Greenwell's "Cleanness"
This week's guest on the LARB Radio Hour is Garth Greenwell, author of the new book of fiction, "Cleanness," a follow-up to "What Belongs to You."...
Literary LA: Satire, Metafiction, Anti-Racist Critique in Charles Yu's "Interior Chinatown"
On the LARB Radio Hour, we talk with writer Charles Yu about his new book, the novel-in-the-form-of-a-screenplay "Interior Chinatown."...
Viet Thanh Nguyen in Conversation with Tom Lutz
Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify | SoundCloud | LARB Editor-in-Chief Tom Lutz is joined by author and USC Professor Viet Thanh Nguyen, winner of ...
Portrait of a Feminist Filmmaker
Talking to Celine Sciamma about her film, Portrait of a Lady on Fire...
Hilton Als on His Playwrighting Debut: Robert Wilson, Race, and the Avant Garde
Hilton Als discusses his debut play, The Lives of the Performers...
J Hoberman: Ronald Reagan, Donald Trump, Movies and the American Political Imaginary
Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify | SoundCloud | Legendary film critic J Hoberman joins Kate and Daya to discuss Make My Day: Movie Culture ...
Best of 2019: Books, TV, Scandals and More
We discuss the best of 2019...
Literary LA: Witches, Wisdom, and an Oracle for Our Troubled Times
Amanda Yates Garcia on being a witch in the current political climate...
Darryl Pinckney: Reflections on the Present through the Prism of Our History
Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify | SoundCloud | Author Darryl Pinckney joins Kate and Medaya to discuss his new collection, Busted in New York ...
Archive Fever: Marion Stokes' 24-Hour News Cycle
Filmmaker Matt Wolf on Marion Stokes and her massive recording project......
Literary LA: Yogita Goyal on the Slave Narrative, Past and Present
Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify | SoundCloud | Yogita Goyal, author of Runaway Genres: The Global Afterlives of Slavery, joins Eric, Medaya, and Kate ...
Literary LA: Eve Babitz Back in Print
Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify | SoundCloud | Eve Babitz, our LA Woman, was one of the heavyweights of the 1970s New Journalism. Now, ...
Monique Truong's 19th Century Triptych Portraiture
SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES | SPOTIFY | SOUNDCLOUD | Co-hosts Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak with author Monique Truong about her new multi-voiced novel ...
Natasha Stagg's Fashionworld Phantasmagoria
SUBSCRIBE ON ITUNES | SPOTIFY | SOUNDCLOUD | Kate Wolf talks with "It Girl" Natasha Stagg about her new essay collection from Semiotexte: Sleeveless: ...
Leslie Jamison on Everything
Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify | SoundCloud | Tom Lutz opens the show with a spirited introduction of co-hosts Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher ...
Director Bong Joon Ho Talks "Parasite"
Acclaimed director Bong Joon Ho joins the Radio Hour to discuss class relations and his latest movie, the Palme D'Or winner "Parasite."...
Literary LA: Stephen Van Dyck Meets People on the Internet
Author Stephen Van Dyck discusses meeting people on the internet...
The Formation of the #MeToo Canon
New writings from the #MeToo Movement...
Sarah M. Broom's Autobiography of a House
Sarah M. Broom discusses her latest book, The Yellow House...
A Podcast About Nothing with Jenny Odell
How to Do Nothing according to Jenny Odell...
Téa Obreht's Western for the 21st Century
What if that most celebrated of American genres, the Western, was stripped of its traditional tropes? Téa Obreht discusses her novel "Inland."...
Literary LA: Susan Straight In the Country of Women
Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify | SoundCloud | The redemptive power of oral history is at the heart of Susan Straight's new memoir, In ...
Race and Reparative Writing; plus, the Cutthroat World of Translation
Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify | SoundCloud | We have two great interviews this week. First up, Magdalena Edwards joins co-hosts Kate Wolf and ...
American Factory: 21st Century Globalized Capitalism in Microcosm
Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify | SoundCloud | LARB's Medaya Ocher talks with Steven Bognar and Julia Reichert about their new film which documents ...
Among the Believers: Ammon Bundy and America's Armed Libertarian Right-Wing
Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify | SoundCloud | One of the most pressing issues facing American society is the rise of a radical anti-government ...
The Roots of California's Modernist Utopia: Tuberculosis and Teutonic Nudism
On this week's LARB Radio Hour, Lyra Kilston discusses her book "Sun Seekers: The Cure of California" and challenges common understandings of L.A. history....
James Ellroy and Tom Lutz: The Storm in 1942 Los Angeles
What could be more of an L.A. literary event than James Ellroy reading from his novel "This Storm"? Listen to the new Radio Hour episode, taped live in L.A....
Brazil's Tragedy and the Global Crisis of Democracy
Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify | SoundCloud Filmmaker Petra Costa joins cohosts Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher to talk about Brazil's turbulent politics ...
Ariana Reines's Quest for 21st-Century Epic Verse
Subscribe on iTunes | Spotify | SoundCloud | Poet Ariana Reines joins co-hosts Eric Newman and Kate Wolf to discuss A Sand Book, her ...
Generosity: Frederic Tuten's Life of Art, Literature, and Solidarity
This episode of the LARB Radio Hour features guest Frederic Tuten, who discusses his memoir "My Young Life," plus book recommendations from John Waters....
Tragedy and Inspiration: Cherrie Moraga on Her Mother, the Chicanx Diaspora, and the Age of Trump
Legendary Chicanx feminist Cherrie Moraga joins the LARB Radio Hour to talk about her new memoir, Native Country of the Heart....
Historical Frictions: Jordy Rosenberg, Jack Sheppard and Imagining Transgender Lives in the Archive
In a wide-ranging conversation, Eric and Medaya talk with author Jordy Rosenberg about the life and times of Jack Sheppard, eighteenth ...
Breaking Down the Binary with Jacob Tobia
Author Jacob Tobia joins co-hosts Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher to discuss their first book, "Sissy: A coming of Gender Story."...
John Waters: Holding Court with the King of Filth
John Waters discusses his new memoir "Mr. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdom of a Filth Elder."...
LARB Radio Hour: Commitment and Trust, Past and Present, with Erica Jong and Susan Choi
Authors Erica Jong and Susan Choi join LARB for our third and final installment from the 2019 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on USC Campus....
The LA Times Book Prize Winners: Nafissa Thompson-Spires and Carl Phillips
LARB speaks with Nafissa Thompson-Spires and Carl Phillips at the Los Angeles Time Festival of Books....
LARB Radio Hour: Hanif Abdurraqib's Love Letters to A Tribe Called Quest and Claire Vaye Watkins's Desert Futurism
Hanif Abdurraqib and Claire Vaye Watkins discuss their books, "Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest," and "Gold Fame Citrus."...
Homecoming: Laila Lalami on "The Other Americans," and A Mother's Day Tribute with Jo Giese
Laila Lalami talks about her most recent novel, "The Other Americans," a story about a Moroccan immigrant family in the Mojave Desert, and Jo Giese discusses the lessons we learn from our mothers....
LARB Radio Hour: Werner Herzog on Meeting Mikhail Gorbachev
Werner Herzog talks about his new documentary "Meeting Gorbachev," co-directed with André Singer. ...
Sally Rooney: Great Expectations
Co-hosts Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf speak with Sally Rooney about her two novels "Conversations with Friends" and "Normal People."...
Talent Show: Juliet Lapidos and Tom Lutz
Tom Lutz joins Juliet Lapidos to discuss "Talent," her new novel about a 29-year-old English grad student who can’t finish her dissertation, spending her days eating pop tarts rather than producing pages....
LARB Radio Hour: Opening Up with William E. Jones
Author and artist William E. Jones joins LARB to discuss his first novel I'm Open to Anything...
LARB Radio Hour: A Tale of Two Karens
Author Karen Tongson talks with co-hosts Eric Newman and Kate Wolf about the tragic life and beautiful voice of Karen Carpenter....
Brooklyn's Loss is LA's Gain: Morgan Parker and Tommy Pico
Poets Morgan Parker and Tommy Pico talk about their respective new works, "Magical Negro" and "Junk."...
Bannon Agonistes: Alison Klayman's "The Brink"
Alison Klayman discusses her verite documentary "The Brink," which follows Steve Bannon in the months after his exit from the Trump White House....
LARB Radio Hour: At the Movies with Geoff Dyer
Geoff Dyer discusses his new book "Broadsword Calling Danny Boy," about the 1968 Richard Burton/Clint Eastwood war movie, "Where Eagles Dare."...
LARB Radio Hour: Deborah Eisenberg's Duck is Our Duck
Co-hosts Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf talk with acclaimed author and master of the short story Deborah Eisenberg about Your Duck is My Duck, her new collection and her first since 2006....
Strange Journeys: Chloe Aridjis's "Sea Monsters"
Chloe Aridjis talks about her novel "Sea Monsters," the journey of a young girl who takes chase after both a budding romantic infatuation and a band of Ukrainian dwarfs....
A Difficult Woman: The Fierceness and Feminism of Andrea Dworkin
Johanna Fateman and Amy Scholder, the editors of "Last Days at Hot Slit: the Radical Feminism of Andrea Dworkin," talk about Dworkin's literary and political legacy....
LARB Radio Hour: Identity Theft
LARB talks to Dani Shapiro, author of the memoir "Inheritance: A Memoir of Genealogy, Paternity, and Love."...
LARB Radio Hour: Three Cynics and a Funeral
Join LARB editors Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman for a special Valentine’s Day episode....
Circling the Abyss: Talking to Sam Lipsyte, author of "Hark"
Sam Lipsyte talks about his latest novel, "Hark," which follows the exploits of an unlikely prophet named Hark and his acolytes, who think that they have found salvation in “mental archery.”...
LARB Radio Hour: Mitchell S. Jackson's "Survival Math"
Mitchell S. Jackson, author of 2013's widely acclaimed "The Residue," discusses his forthcoming book "Survival Math: Notes on an American Family."...
LARB Radio Hour: Jeffrey Yang and the Mystique of Marfa
Poet Jeffrey Yang joins co-hosts Eric Newman and Kate Wolf to discuss "Hey, Marfa," his heralded new poetry collection. ...
LARB Radio Hour: And the Winner for the Best Documentary is...
Oscar season is upon us and our fearless co-hosts Eric Newman, Medaya Ocher, and Kate Wolf bravely tender their predictions and preferences in a range of categories....
LARB Radio Hour: John McPhee's Magisterial Patchwork
Legendary essayist John McPhee joins LARB to discuss his latest collection "The Patch."...
Telling Stories and Telling Histories: Wayétu Moore's "She Would Be King"
Wayétu Moore speaks with host Eric Newman about her debut novel "She Would Be King," which interweaves history with magical realism to re-tell Liberia's founding in the 19th century....
The Best of 2018: Books, TV, Movies, and More
We end the year with a special treat as hosts Eric Newman, Medaya Ocher, and Kate Wolf reveal their Best of 2018 selections....
LARB Radio Hour: John Wray's Improbable Leap of Faith
Author John Wray reads from and discusses his critically-lauded new novel, "Godsend."...
LA Stories: Howard Hughes, Starlets, and Outcast Punks in Dystopia
Karina Longworth returns to discuss her intriguing book, "Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes Hollywood."...
LARB Radio Hour: The Body as Archive
In a wide-ranging conversation about her new book, "No Archive Will Restore You," Julietta Singh and LARB hosts touch on gender, sexuality, parenting, and navigating the world in and as a body....
LARB Radio Hour: William Cooper, Conspiracy Theories, and the Decline of the American Mind
Journalist and Author Mark Jacobson discusses his timely new book, "Pale Horse Rider: William Cooper, the Rise of Conspiracy, and the Fall of Trust in America."...
LARB Radio Hour: Chris Kraus's Social Practice
Author, publisher, and critic Chris Kraus talks about her new collection "Social Practices."...
LARB Radio Hour: Rethinking Identity with Kwame Anthony Appiah
Philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah talks with host Eric Newman about his new book "The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity."...
Centering the Margins: A Conversation with Patrisse Cullors
Patrisse Cullors, author of "When They Call You a Terrorist: a Black Lives Matter Memoir," speaks about her activism and the philosophy that undergirds #BlackLivesMatter....
LARB Radio Hour: Sandi Tan Talks Inspiration, Betrayal, and Shirkers, Singapore's First Indie Film
Sandi Tan discusses her Netflix documentary "Shirkers," the story behind a film she made in 1992 in Singapore that was stolen and rediscovered 20 years later....
LARB Radio Hour: Matt Tyrnauer's Histories of American Glamour and Sexuality
Director Matt Tyrnauer’s recent documentaries "Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood" and "Studio 54" capture sexual utopias before the dawn of the HIV/AIDS epidemic....
Your Brain on Capitalism: Martijn Konings Deconstructs the Neoliberal Order
Political economist Martijn Konings talks about his ambitious new book, "Capital and Time: For a New Critique of Neoliberal Reason."...
Owls in the Fog: Ben Marcus and Brian Phillips
In a doubleheader, Brian Phillips talks about his new essay collection, "Impossible Owls," and Ben Marcus about his new collection, "Notes from the Fog." ...
LARB Radio Hour: Seth Greenland's New 19th Century Novel
The original triumvirate of hosts — Seth Greenland, Laurie Winer, and Tom Lutz — reconvene on the occasion of the publication of Seth's new novel, "The Hazards of Good Fortune."...
LARB Radio Hour: The Delightful Rage of Fran Lebowitz
In her iconic unvarnished style, Fran Lebowitz proves that she’s still one of the most fascinating people to chat with about the lofty and mundane....
LARB Radio Hour: Minding the Gap with Bing Liu
Documentary filmmaker Bing Liu joins host Eric Newman to discuss his award winning and critically acclaimed documentary "Minding the Gap."...
Michael Arceneaux's Faith: Beyoncé, Writing, and Romance
Michael Arceneaux discusses the first collection of his writing, the critically heralded "I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé."...
Porochista Khakpour: Reflections on Being Sick
Author Porochista Khakpour talks about her new book "Sick: A Memoir," which chronicles her struggle with Lyme disease....
LARB Radio Hour: Reconciling the Mother and the Artist with Jori Finkel
Legendary LA-based art reporter Jori Finkel discusses her first documentary film "Artist and Mother."...
LARB Radio Hour: Martin Duberman on The Gay Movement Past and Present
Emeritus Professor Martin Duberman and LARB's Eric Newman assess the state of the LGBTQ+ movement and Duberman's book "Has the Gay Movement Failed?"...
LARB Radio Hour: The Poverty of Wealth with Lauren Greenfield
Photographer and documentarian Lauren Greenfield has built a brilliant career both capturing and critiquing the conspicuous consumption of the 1% and wanna-be one-percenters. Lauren discusses her new film "Generation Wealth."...
LARB Radio Hour: Inside Bachelor Nation with Amy Kaufman
Amy Kaufman discusses her book "Bachelor Nation: Inside the World of America's Favorite Guilty Pleasure."...
Our Homes, Ourselves: Reading Interiors with Lydia Millet
Lydia Millet talks about her new short story collection "Fight No More," which covers the wide swathe of Los Angeles life through intimate, quiet stories in homes magnificent and modest....
LARB Radio Hour: Tim Wardle, Three Identical Strangers and the Ties That Bind
Director Tim Wardle discusses his Sundance-winning documentary "Three Identical Strangers," which tells the story of identical triplets separated at birth and re-united by chance in their late teens....
The Science of Fiction: David Naimon on Ursula K. Le Guin
David Naimon explains the backstory to his new book "Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing."...
LARB Radio Hour: Mister Rogers and the Art of Radical Empathy
Morgan Neville discusses "Won’t You Be My Neighbor?," about the work and impact of Fred Rogers and his iconic children’s show "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood."...
LARB Radio Hour: Joseph O'Neill is Up to "Good Trouble"
Joseph O'Neill talks about his new collection of stories, "Good Trouble."...
LARB Radio Hour: Rebecca Makkai and the Burdens of History
Author Rebecca Makkai discusses her heralded new novel, "The Great Believers."...
LARB Radio Hour: "Would You Have Waited for Me?" Tayari Jones's "An American Marriage"
Author Tayari Jones LARB to talk about her latest novel, "An American Marriage."...
Johanna Drucker: The Ecological Longview
Johanna Drucker discusses her eco-novel "Downdrift" and her work of social philosophy, "The General Theory of Social Relativity."...
LARB Radio Hour: Carmen Maria Machado and Jenny Zhang
Carmen Maria Machado discusses "Her Body and Other Parties" and Jenny Zhang discusses "Sour Heart."...
LARB Radio Hour: Morgan Jerkins’s Vulnerable Bravery
Morgan Jerkins, author of "This Will Be My Undoing," talks about tackling the personal as political as a black woman author in these troubled times, nuancing what each of those terms mean....
Wim Wenders on Pope Francis: The Man and His Words
Wim Wenders, one of cinema's greatest living directors, tells the astonishing story behind his new documentary "Pope Francis: A Man of His Word."...
LARB Radio Hour: Talking About Race with Ijeoma Oluo
Ijeoma Oluo, author of "So You Want to Talk About Race," joined co-hosts Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher for a discussion on race in America at The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books. ...
LARB Radio Hour: Ryan Holiday on Nick Denton, Peter Thiel, and the Conspiracy Against Gawker
Ryan Holiday discusses his sensational new book "Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue."...
In the Frame: Los Angeles and Sharp Women Writers
Lynell George discusses "After/Image: Los Angeles Outside the Frame" and Michelle Dean discusses "Sharp: The Women Who Made An Art Of Having An Opinion."...
LARB Radio Hour: A Deep Dive into Pop Culture with Hanif Abdurraqib
Hanif Abdurraqib discusses "They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us," his magisterial collection of essays on the contemporary music scene....
LARB Radio Hour: Ayelet Waldman's Psychedelic Salvation
Medaya Ocher talks with Ayelet Waldman, author of "A Really Good Day: How Microdosing Made a Mega Difference in My Mood, My Marriage, and My Life," about her experience micro-dosing LSD....
Junot Diaz Writes for a New Generation
Author Junot Diaz joins co-hosts Eric Newman and Kate Wolf to discuss the inspiration behind Islandborn, the story of five year-old Lola learning about her family's history and culture, beautifully illustrated by Leo Espinoza....
LARB Radio Hour: The Science of Feelings and the Origins of Culture
USC Professor of Neuroscience, Psychology and Philosophy Antonio Damasio discusses his latest book, "The Strange Order of Things: Life, Feeling, and the Making of Cultures."...
Sean Penn's Latest Role: Novelist
A conversation with Sean Penn, about his novel "Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff," an absurdist/realist antic fiction. ...
Maxine Hong Kingston: Warrior of Peace
Maxine Hong Kingston reflects on a lifetime of writing, an unorthodox career, and her current work as a teacher and healer, which couldn't be more relevant for our troubled times....
LARB Radio Hour: Dispatches From The Border
Francisco Cantu talks about his new book "The Line Becomes a River," an impressionistic chronicle of his five year stint as an agent for the United States Border Patrol....
LARB Radio Hour: Bassem Youssef's Revolutionary Comedy
Bassem Youssef, author of "Revolution for Dummies: Laughing through the Arab Spring," discusses how he became Egypt's most popular TV host before having to flee the country. ...
LARB Radio Hour: The Literature of Exile
Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi joins LARB Radio Hour to discuss her novel "Call Me Zebra," released to universal praise this past month....
LARB Radio Hour: Huck Finn on the LA River
Author Tim DeRoche's and illustrator Daniel Gonzalez's discuss their 21st century recasting of Mark Twain's American Classic: "The Ballad of Huck and Miguel."...
LARB Radio Hour: Love and Jealousy with Giulia Sissa
Giulia Sissa, Professor of Classics and Political Science at UCLA, joins us to discuss her new book "Jealousy: A Forbidden Passion."...
LARB Radio Hour: The Faith and Fortitude of Min Jin Lee
Min Jin Lee discusses her National Book Award-nominated historical novel "Pachinko."...
LARB Radio Hour: An Evening with Alan Alda and K.C. Cole
Science writer K.C. Cole in dialogue with actor and author Alan Alda discuss his new book, "If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?: My Adventures in the Art and Science of Relating and Communicating."...
LARB Radio Hour: Lovers and Liars
Authors Ivy Pochoda and Galt Niederhoffer join LARB to talk about their new noir novels, "Wonder Valley" and "Poison."...
LARB Radio Hour: Queer Memoir Part Two: Feeling Mean with Myriam Gurba
Author and artist Myriam Gurba joins us for a conversation about her new book "Mean."...
Queer Memoir Part One: Feeling Creepy with Jonathan Alexander
Memoirist, composition theorist, and educator Jonathan Alexander talks about his new critical memoir "Creep: a Life, a Theory, an Apology."...
LARB Radio Hour: Russia, Romance, Revolution! Janet Fitch’s "The Revolution of Marina M."
Janet Fitch talks about her new work, "The Revolution of Marina M.," which tells the story of a young woman poet in the early days of the October Revolution....
LARB Radio Hour: Masha Gessen on Russia's Evolution from Soviet Socialism to Putinism
Masha Gessen discusses her National Book Award-nominated "The Future of History: How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia."...
LARB Radio Hour: Errol Morris Explores the Death of Truth in America, Past and Present
Errol Morris discusses his new film "Wormword," and how it relates to the current crisis of a government we feel we fundamentally can’t trust....
LARB Radio Hour: "Controversial Jews" With Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady, and Eric Lax on Woody Allen
This week's LARB Radio Hour features two full length interviews, both all about conspicuous, yet mysterious, New York Jews....
LARB Radio Hour: Liska Jacobs’s "Catalina": A Crash and Burn Tale for Our Times; Plus Chris Kraus’s "Video Green"
Author Liska Jacobs joins LARB to discuss her heralded first novel "Catalina."...
LARB Radio Hour: Robin Campillo's "BPM" Captures the Vitality and Tragedy of ACT UP Paris in the '90s; Plus Canine Lit
Co-hosts Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by filmmaker Robin Campillo, and actors Nahuel Perez Biscayart and Arnaud Valois — the ...
LARB Radio Hour: Lynn Comella on the Feminist Sexual Revolution that Shook the Nation; Plus Katherine Heiny
Lynn Comella, author of "Vibrator Nation: How Feminist Sex-Toy Stores Changed the Business of Pleasure," discusses how a handful of feminist entrepreneurs in the 1970s helped women take greater control of their own bodies and pleasure....
LARB Radio Hour: An Israeli and Palestinian "Dinner at the Center of the Earth" with Nathan Englander; Plus Rachel Cusk's "Outline"
Author Nathan Englander joins LARB to discuss his ambitious new novel "Dinner at the Center of the Earth," which is set inside the Israel-Palestine conflagration....
LARB Radio Hour: Literary and Artistic Connections: Manchester to Oaxaca to LA; Plus, Pankaj Mishra's "Histories"
Adam O’Riordan joins LARB Radio Hour to discuss how to strengthen Los Angeles’ literary ties across the pond, and Amanda de la Garza, curator of an exhibit of contemporary Oaxacan murals at the Downtown LA Library, discusses the powerful resonance of indigenous language, art, and tradition....
LARB Radio Hour: Ai Weiwei on "Human Flow," Refugees, Art, History, Spirit, and Nature
Artist, architect, and activist Ai Weiwei discusses his new feature-length documentary film "Human Flow," and the on-going global refugee crisis that it documents....
LARB Radio Hour: Karen Tei Yamashita's "Letters to Memory"; Plus "Sylvia" by Leonard Michaels
Karen Tei Yamashita, one of the most celebrated American novelists of her generation, turns historian/archeologist with "Letters to Memory," an investigation into the lived experience of the World War Two Japanese Internment Camps....
LARB Radio Hour: "Orange County: A Literary Field Guide"; Plus Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow's Age of the Walkman
Andrew Tonkovich discusses "Orange County: A Literary Field Guide" and Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow talks about the Sony Walkman, and her history/memoir "Personal Stereo," part of the Bloomsbury Object Lessons....
LARB Radio Hour: Chiara Barzini's "Things that Happened Before the Earthquake"; Plus, "Play Dead" by Francine Harris
Award-winning Italian screenwriter and novelist Chiara Barzini discusses "Things that Happened Before the Earthquake."...
LARB Radio Hour: Natalie J. Graham, "Begin with a Failed Body"; Plus Russian Emigre Short Stories after October 1917
Cave Canem award winning poet Natalie J. Graham talks about her collection "Begin with a Failed Body."...
LARB Radio Hour: Dolores Huerta and Peter Bratt, La Lucha Continua at 87; Plus, David Plante's "Difficult Women"
Director Peter Bratt and Dolores Huerta, the subject of his new documentary "Dolores," talk with co-hosts Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher about the making of the film....
LARB Radio Hour: Lucy Ives "Impossible Views of the World"; plus Roxane Gay's "Hunger"
Author Lucy Ives discusses "Impossible Views of the World," her first novel, which centers on the life of a curator working in New York's greatest museum....
LARB Radio Hour: Bryan Fogel’s "Icarus" Has the Dope on Putin; Plus Tom Atwood’s LGBTQ Home Pics
Bryan Fogel discusses his astonishing new film "Icarus," a tale of friendship, heroism, and suspense, which also happens to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the dishonesty and corruption of Vladimir Putin’s regime....
LARB Radio Hour: Imani Tolliver "Runaway: A Memoir in Verse"; plus Elena Ferrante's "The Lost Daughter"
Cave Canem Award-winning Poet Imani Tolliver joins LARB's Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn to read from, and talk about, her powerful new book, Runaway: A Memoir in Verse....
LARB Radio Hour: Danzy Senna's "New People": Race, Identity, Romance, and Jonestown; Plus Toni Cade Bambara
Danzy Senna discusses her novel "New People," a romantic "comedy" of manners that overflows with insight into race and identity in America....
LARB Radio Hour: Frank Gehry in Dialogue with Joseph Giovannini
Architect Frank Gehry sits down with critic Joseph Giovannini to discuss projects from across his career....
LARB Radio Hour: In Depth with Poet Douglas Kearney; Plus "The Healers" by Awi Kwei Armah
Co-hosts Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn and Will Clark talk with the award-winning poet, librettest, and Cal Arts Professor Douglas Kearney....
LARB Radio Hour: Lorin Stein of "The Paris Review" in Dialogue with Tom Lutz; plus Jim Shepard's "The World to Come"
Paris Review Editor in Chief Lorin Stein in conversation with Tom Lutz....
LARB Radio Hour: Harmony Holiday's "Hollywood Forever"; plus Garth Greenwell on Yiyun Li
Poet, choreographer, and founder of the Mythscience artist collective Harmony Holiday's new collection of verse is titled Hollywood Forever....
LARB Radio Hour: Peter J. Harris' "Johnson Chronicles"; Plus Dick Gregory's Autobiography
LARB's Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn talks with author Peter J. Harris about the new production of his work Johnson Chronicles: Truth and Tall Tales About My Penis, which opens in Los Angeles on July 21st.o...
LARB Radio Hour: Errol Morris on “The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography”; Plus, Alison Lurie’s “The Nowhere City”
Legendary filmmaker Errol Morris discusses his new documentary "The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman's Portrait Photography."...
LARB Radio Hour: Jonathan Lethem is "More Alive and Less Lonely"; Plus "The Man Who Shot Out My Eye is Dead"
Jonathan Lethem discusses his collection of essays, reviews, and commentaries, "More Alive and Less Lonely."...
LARB Radio Hour: Deborah Nelson on "Tough Enough"; Plus Praise for "Motherest"
Author Deborah Nelson discusses "Tough Enough," about six iconic 20th-century women, and Amelia Gray recommends Kristen Iskandrian's novel "Motherest."...
LARB Radio Hour: Amelia Gray on Her New Novel "Isadora"; Plus "The Last Wolf" by László Krasznahorkai
Amelia Gray discusses her new novel "Isadora," about two years in the life of Isadora Duncan....
LARB Radio Hour: Jess Arndt on "Large Animals: Stories"; Plus Brian Blanchfield's "Proxies: Essays Near Knowing"
Los Angeles author Jess Arndt talks about her first collection of stories, "Large Animals: Stories."...
LARB Radio Hour: Mary Gaitskill in Dialogue with Tom Lutz and Laurie Winer
Mary Gaitskill, one of the most distinctive and celebrated contemporary American writers, spoke with Tom Lutz and Laurie Winer at a special LARB event in Silver Lake last month....
LARB Radio Hour: Joyce Carol Oates, Morgan Parker, and Fiona Maazel at the LA Times Festival of Books
Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman spoke with authors Joyce Carol Oates, Morgan Parker, and Fiona Maazel at this year's LA Times Festival of Books....
LARB Radio Hour: Garth Greenwell, Marcy Dermansky, and Dana Spiotta at the LA Times Festival of Books
Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman braved 90 degree heat to speak with authors Garth Greenwell, Marcy Dermansky, and Dana Spiotta at this year's LA Times Festival of Books....
LARB Radio Hour: Janet Sarbanes's "The Protester Has Been Released"; Plus Recent Chinese LGBT Literature
Author Janet Sarbanes speaks with Kate and Medaya about her new collection "The Protester Has Been Released," and LARB's Eric Newman drops in to recommend two books from the recent Chinese LGBT canon....
LARB Radio Hour: Laura Poitras on "Risk," Her New Film About Julian Assange; Plus, Russell Banks's America
Documentary filmmaker Laura Poitras joins Kate, Eric, and Medaya to discuss her new film, Risk, the product of filming Julian Assange and the Wikileaks team over the past seven years. ...
LARB Radio Hour: Abdellah Taia's "Another Morocco"; Gershom Scholem's "Mystical Messiah Sabbatai Sevi"
In a powerful show, author Abdellah Taia talks with co-hosts Kate Wolf and Eric Newman about his new collection from Semiotexte, ...
LARB Radio Hour: Kellie Jones "South of Pico": Black Artists in LA in the 60s & 70s; Plus Irene Nemirovsky Recommended
Art Historian Kellie Jones talks about her new book South of Pico, on the flourishing African-American Art scene in Los Angeles ...
LARB Radio Hour: George Prochnik on Gershom Scholem, Walter Benjamin, and Jerusalem; Elif Batuman, "The People in Trees"
George Prochnik discusses his latest book, "Stranger in a Strange Land: Gershom Scholem and Jerusalem," and Elif Batuman recommends Hanya Yanagihara's "The People in the Trees."...
LARB Radio Hour: Elif Batuman "The Idiot"; Donika Kelly "Bestiary"; Honoring Robert Silvers
Author Elif Batuman joins Kate and Medaya to discuss her new semi-autobiographical novel "The Idiot," Melissa Febos returns to recommend a book of poetry, and we honor the late Robert Silvers....
LARB Radio Hour: Melissa Febos "Abandon Me"; Plus "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl"
Melissa Febos joins Medaya and Kate to discuss Abandon Me, her new beautifully lyrical eight-chapter essay. In one of the most ...
LARB Radio Hour: Naima Keith & The California African American Museum
Host Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn talks with Naima Keith, the award-winning deputy director of the California African American Museum in Los Angeles ...
LARB Radio Hour: Valeria Luiselli's Tale of Children Refugees Tell Me How It Ends; Sarah Manguso on 8
Award-winning novelist Valeria Luiselli joins Kate and Medaya to talk about her new book, Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay ...
LARB Radio Hour: Sarah Manguso's 300 Arguments (plus One Hundred Demons)
Essayist Sarah Manguso joins LARB's Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to read from and talk about her new book "300 Arguments," ...
LARB Radio Hour: Film Now Panel—Justin Chang, J D Connor, Gil Robertson, Cathy Schulman, Anna Shechtman
This week's podcast features audio from the Film Now panel held in late 2016 & moderated by LARB's Anna Shechtman. The ...
LARB Radio Hour: Vanessa Davis’s “Spaniel Rage”
Vanessa Davis talks with co-hosts Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf about her autobiographical comics; in particular her collection Spaniel Rage, which ...
LARB Radio Hour: Karina Longworth ("You Must Remember This" Podcast) / Monica Coleman ("Bipolar Faith")
Karina Longworth talks with LARB's Medaya Ocher and Gustavo Turner about her phenomenally successful podcast about old Hollywood, "You Must Remember ...
LARB Radio Hour: Best Foreign Films of 2016 / Awards Season / Tom Lutz on TC Boyle & DH Lawrence
LARB’s resident film critic Anna Shechtman joins fellow cinephiles Medaya Ocher & Kate Wolf to talk about their favorite foreign ...
LARB Radio Hour: Ha Jin and Dr. Loco (Jose Cuellar) / Lena Dunham / Thomas Lux
In part two of LARB in SF, we feature Laurie Winer and Tom Lutz's dialogues with one of America's most celebrated ...
LARB Radio Hour: Rabih Alameddine & Jade Chang / Dian Hanson on Ren Hang / CP Cavafy Waits for Trump
This week's Podcast features interviews from LARB's recent event in San Francisco. Co-hosts Tom Lutz and Laurie Winer speak with Rabih ...
LARB Radio Hour: The Seventh Fire/Dian Hanson on Bob Mizer
Director Jack Pettibone and Producer Shane Slattery-Quintanilla join LARB's Gustavo Turner to discuss their exceptional new documentary "The Seventh Fire." Six ...
LARB Radio Hour: It's the Soviet Holiday Show!
Host Boris Dralyuk is joined by his fellow soviet-emigre Sasha Razor, and Slavic Scholar David MacFadyen, to conjure the spirit of ...
LARB Radio Hour: A Very Special Holiday Gift Show (with the ACLU, EFF, and Earth Justice)
Hosts Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf decide that in a year unlike any other, it's time for a different approach to ...
LARB Radio Hour: Susan Kaiser Greenland Mindful Games; Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, & 9/11; Gerard Manley Hopkins
Author Susan Kaiser Greenland talks with Laurie Winer about her new best-selling book "Mindful Games: Sharing Mindfulness and Meditation with Children, ...
Radio Hour: Emily Witt Future Sex; Leo Braudy on Fame in Trump's America; plus Edna St Vincent Millay
Emily Witt, author of Future Sex, joins co-hosts Laurie Winer, Medaya Ocher, and Kate Wolf for a wide-ranging discussion of changing ...
Radio Hour: Leo Braudy Haunted in Trump's America; plus Michael Morpurgo, and Dorothy Parker's Love Song
Leo Braudy talks with host Laurie Winer about his new book Haunted: On Ghosts, Witches, Vampires, Zombies, and Other Monsters of ...
Radio Hour: Paul Crewes of Wallis Annenberg on LA Theater; plus Anne Sexton & Dinah Lenney
Paul Crewes, the new Artistic Director of the Wallis Annenberg Center in Beverly Hills, joins host Laurie Winer to discuss the ...
Radio Hour: John Romano on Adapting Philip Roth's American Pastoral; plus Colin Wilson & Mark Strand
Screenwriter John Romano joins Laurie Winer and co-host Dinah Lenney to talk about his adaptation of Philip Roth's 1997 classic novel ...
LARB Radio: Jessica Koslow's 'Everything I Want To Eat,' 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes,' and a poem by ee cummings
Laurie Winer and co-host Medaya Ocher, managing editor of the LA Review of Books, are joined by Jessica Koslow, chef extraordinaire ...
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....
