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.

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  Homeland Elegies: Ayad Akhtar on Mourning America

  LARB Radio HourOct 11, 2020
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  The Only Reader is a Re-Reader: Talking to Vivian Gornick

  Talking to legendary critic and writer, Vivian Gornick

  LARB Radio HourOct 2, 2020
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  Arundhati Roy on Freedom, Fascism & Fiction

  Talking to acclaimed author and activist Arundhati Roy

  LARB Radio HourSep 25, 2020
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  Friendship and Mortality in a Plague Year: Sigrid Nunez on What Are You Going Through

  Talking to author Sigrid Nunez about her novel What Are You Going Through

  LARB Radio HourSep 18, 2020
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  A Different Addiction Story: Yaa Gyasi talks about Transcendent Kingdom

  Talking to Yaa Gyasi, author of Homegoing and Transcendent Kingdom

  LARB Radio HourSep 11, 2020
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  Kelli Jo Ford, author of Crooked Hallelujah, on Love and the End Times

  Talking to Kelli Jo Ford, author of the novel Crooked Hallelujah

  LARB Radio HourSep 4, 2020
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  Yan Lianke, author of Three Brothers, on Chinese Life, Law, and Literature

  Talking to renowned Chinese writer, Yan Lianke, author of Three Brothers

  LARB Radio HourAug 28, 2020
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  An Alpaca and a Llama Walk into a Bar: Talking to Joni Murphy, author of Talking Animals

  Joni Murphy joins LARB Radi Hour to discuss her new novel, Talking Animals

  LARB Radio HourAug 24, 2020
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  Life In Between: Awkaeke Emezi on their new novel The Death of Vivek Oji

  Joined by writer Awkaeke Emezi to discuss their new novel The Death of Vivek Oji

  LARB Radio HourAug 17, 2020
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  Talking Tomboys with Melissa Faliveno

  Eric and Melissa Faliveno, author of Tomboyland, parse the history of the tomboy and its queer geographic and temporal character.

  LARB Radio HourAug 11, 2020
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  Aminatou and Ann's Big Friendship

  Authors Aminatou Sow and Ann Friendman join Medaya and Kate to discuss close adult friendships and their book Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close.

  LARB Radio HourAug 3, 2020
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  Talking “Breasts and Eggs” with Japan’s Rising Literary Star, Mieko Kawakami

  Mieko Kawakami joins Medaya and Boris to discuss her pointed and poignant debut novel Breasts and Eggs and the challenges facing women around the world.

  LARB Radio HourJul 24, 2020