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.

Andrew Sean Greer’s “Less Is Lost”
Andrew Sean Greer joins Eric Newman to talk about “Less Is Lost,” a sequel to his 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner, “Less.”
LARB Radio HourSep 30, 2022
Yiyun Li’s “The Book of Goose”
Kate Wolf speaks to Yiyun Li about her latest novel, “The Book of Goose.”
LARB Radio HourSep 23, 2022
Rachel Aviv’s “Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by New Yorker staff writer Rachel Aviv to discuss her first book, "Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us."
LARB Radio HourSep 16, 2022
For the Love of Print: Chloe Watlington, Michelle Chihara, Jeff Weiss, and Schessa Garbutt
Editors of “The LARB Quarterly,” Chloe Watlington and Michelle Chihara, join Jeff Weiss of “theLAnd” and Schessa Garbutt at this summer’s LITLIT Festival.
LARB Radio HourSep 9, 2022
Andrew Way Leong, Bruna Dantas Lobato, Robin Myers, and Magdalena Edwards on "The Art of Translation"
Andrew Way Leong, Bruna Dantas Lobato, Robin Myers, and Magdalena Edwards on "The Art of Translation" at LIT LIT.
LARB Radio HourSep 2, 2022
K-Ming Chang’s “Gods of Want”
Boris Dralyuk and Lindsay Wright are joined by K-Ming Chang to discuss her collection of stories, “Gods of Want.“
LARB Radio HourAug 19, 2022
Alexandra Lange’s “Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall”
Kate Wolf and Eric Newman are joined by Alexandra Lange to discuss her latest book, “Meet Me by the Fountain: An Inside History of the Mall.”
LARB Radio HourAug 12, 2022
Elvia Wilk’s “Death by Landscape”
Kate Wolf is joined by Elvia Wilk to discuss her new collection of essays, “Death by Landscape.”
LARB Radio HourAug 5, 2022
Raquel Gutiérrez’s “Brown Neon”
Kate Wolf and Eric Newman are joined by Raquel Gutiérrez to discuss their debut collection of essays, “Brown Neon.”
LARB Radio HourJul 29, 2022
Joseph Osmundson’s “Virology”
Eric Newman is joined by Joseph Osmundson to discuss his new collection of essays, “Virology.”
LARB Radio HourJul 22, 2022
Claire Denis’s “Both Sides of the Blade”
Kate Wolf speaks with the renowned French filmmaker Claire Denis about her latest feature, “Both Sides of the Blade.”
LARB Radio HourJul 15, 2022
Ruth Wilson Gilmore’s “Abolition Geography: Essays Toward Liberation”
Ruth Wilson Gilmore joins Kate Wolf and Eric Newman to talk about her new collection, “Abolition Geography: Essays Toward Liberation.”
LARB Radio HourJul 8, 2022