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: 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
LARB Radio Hour: Melissa Febos "Abandon Me"; Plus "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl"
LARB Radio HourMar 31, 2017
LARB Radio Hour: Naima Keith & The California African American Museum
LARB Radio HourMar 24, 2017
LARB Radio Hour: Valeria Luiselli's Tale of Children Refugees Tell Me How It Ends; Sarah Manguso on 8
LARB Radio HourMar 13, 2017