LARB Radio Hour

Hosted by Editor-in-Chief Medaya Ocher and Editors-at-Large Kate Wolf and Eric Newman, Los Angeles Review of Books Radio Hour is a weekly show featuring interviews, readings, and discussions about all things literary.

Lydia Kiesling's “Mobility”
LARB Editor-in-Chief Michelle Chihara and Executive Director Irene Yoon speak with author Lydia Kiesling about her novel “Mobility,” this fall’s LARB Book Club selection.
LARB Radio HourOct 20, 2023
Lydia Davis’s “Our Strangers”
Kate Wolf speaks to author and translator Lydia Davis about her latest collection of stories, “Our Strangers.”
LARB Radio HourOct 13, 2023
Mary Gabriel’s “Madonna: A Rebel Life”
Journalist and author Mary Gabriel joins Eric and Medaya to talk about her latest book, “Madonna: A Rebel Life.”
LARB Radio HourOct 6, 2023
Hilary Leichter’s “Terrace Story” and Lisa Teasley’s “Fluid”
In the first half of the show, Medaya Ocher speaks with Hilary Leichter about her novel “Terrace Story.” Then, Kate Wolf is joined by writer, artist, and beloved former LARB senior editor Lisa Teasley to talk about her latest book of gripping short stories, “Fluid,” her first in two decades.
LARB Radio HourSep 29, 2023
Ross Gay’s “The Book of (More) Delights”
Ross Gay joins Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher to talk about his latest, book, “The Book of (More) Delights,” a second installment of “The Book of Delights.”
LARB Radio HourSep 22, 2023
Thea Lenarduzzi’s “Dandelions”
Writer and longtime TLS editor Thea Lenarduzzi joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to speak about her debut book “Dandelions,” a winner of the Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize.
LARB Radio HourSep 15, 2023
Colin Dickey’s “Under the Eye of Power”
Colin Dickey joins Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher to discuss his latest book, “Under the Eye of Power.”
LARB Radio HourSep 8, 2023
Maya Binyam’s “Hangman”
Writer Maya Binyam joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to speak about her debut novel “Hangman.”
LARB Radio HourSep 1, 2023
Prudence Peiffer’s “The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever”
Writer, editor, and art historian Prudence Peiffer joins Kate Wolf to speak about her first book, “The Slip: The New York City Street That Changed American Art Forever.”
LARB Radio HourAug 25, 2023
Andrew Leland’s “The Country of the Blind”
Andrew Leland joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to talk about his first book, “The Country of the Blind: A Memoir at the End of Sight.”
LARB Radio HourAug 18, 2023
Koritha Mitchell and Michelle Lanier on Harriet Jacobs’s “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl”
In this special edition LARB Book Club episode of the Radio Hour, Editor-in-Chief Michelle Chihara talks with Koritha Mitchell, editor of Harriet Jacobs’s “Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl,” and Michelle Lanier, professor and public historian in North Carolina.
LARB Radio HourAug 11, 2023
D. Smith’s “Kokomo City” and Claire Simon’s “Our Body”
An LARB Radio Hour double feature. First, Eric Newman speaks to D. Smith about her new documentary “Kokomo City.” Then, in the second half of the show, Kate Wolf is joined by filmmaker Claire Simon to discuss her new documentary, “Our Body.”
LARB Radio HourAug 4, 2023