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.

Maggie Nelson’s “On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by Maggie Nelson to talk about her new collection of essays, “On Freedom.”
LARB Radio HourSep 10, 2021
Kaveh Akbar’s “Pilgrim Bell”
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by poet Kaveh Akbar to talk about his latest collection, “Pilgrim Bell.”
LARB Radio HourSep 3, 2021
Rachel Greenwald Smith’s “On Compromise”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by Rachel Greenwald Smith, author of “On Compromise: Art, Politics, and the Fate of an American Ideal.”
LARB Radio HourAug 27, 2021
Matthew Specktor’s “Always Crashing in the Same Car: On Art, Crisis, and Los Angeles, California”
Matthew Specktor, one of the founding editors of LARB, joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to discuss his newest book, “Always Crashing in the Same Car.”
LARB Radio HourAug 20, 2021
Nawaaz Ahmed’s “Radiant Fugitives”
Eric Newman talks with Nawaaz Ahmed about his debut novel, “Radiant Fugitives”
LARB Radio HourAug 13, 2021
Hogir Hirori’s ”Sabaya”
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher are joined by Hogir Hirori to talk about his latest film, “Sabaya.”
LARB Radio HourAug 6, 2021
Katie Kitamura’s “Intimacies”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by Katie Kitamura to discuss her latest novel, “Intimacies.”
LARB Radio HourJul 30, 2021
Rivka Galchen’s “Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch”
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by Rivka Galchen, whose new novel is “Everyone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch.”
LARB Radio HourJul 23, 2021
Claire Fuller’s “Unsettled Ground”
Boris Dralyuk and Medaya Ocher are joined by author Claire Fuller to discuss “Unsettled Ground,” this season’s selection for the LARB Book Club.
LARB Radio HourJul 16, 2021
Davarian L. Baldwin’s “In The Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities”
Kate Wolf and Eric Newman speak with Davarian L. Baldwin, whose newest book is “In The Shadow of the Ivory Tower: How Universities Are Plundering Our Cities.”
LARB Radio HourJul 2, 2021
Kristen Arnett’s “With Teeth”
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher talk with queer writer Kristen Arnett about her new novel, “With Teeth.”
LARB Radio HourJun 25, 2021
Kate Zambreno’s “To Write as if Already Dead” & Susan Bernofsky’s “Clairvoyant of the Small”
On this week’s show the hosts are joined Kate Zambreno and Susan Bernofsky, who have both written magisterial works about past literary masters.
LARB Radio HourJun 18, 2021