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.

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 HourJun 29, 2017
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 HourJun 23, 2017
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 HourJun 16, 2017
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 HourJun 9, 2017
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 HourJun 2, 2017
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 HourMay 26, 2017
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 HourMay 19, 2017
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 HourMay 12, 2017
LARB Radio Hour: Abdellah Taia's "Another Morocco"; Gershom Scholem's "Mystical Messiah Sabbatai Sevi"
LARB Radio HourApr 28, 2017
LARB Radio Hour: Kellie Jones "South of Pico": Black Artists in LA in the 60s & 70s; Plus Irene Nemirovsky Recommended
LARB Radio HourApr 26, 2017
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 HourApr 14, 2017
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 HourApr 7, 2017