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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  Sofia Samatar’s “Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life”

  Sofia Samatar speaks with Kate Wolf about her new book “Opacities: On Writing and the Writing Life.”

  LARB Radio HourAug 30, 2024
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  Charlotte Shane’s “An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work”

  Charlotte Shane joins Kate Wolf to speak about her latest book, “An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work.”

  LARB Radio HourAug 23, 2024
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  Eugene Lim’s “Fog & Car”

  Eric Newman speaks with Eugene Lim about his novel “Fog & Car.”

  LARB Radio HourAug 16, 2024
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  Writing Climate Futures

  Listen to a panel discussion featuring David Wallace-Wells, Jenny Offill, Bharat Venkat, and Jonathan Blake, hosted by LARB and The Berggruen Institute on July 18.

  LARB Radio HourAug 9, 2024
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  Pessimism and Politics

  In this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman consider the role of pessimism in our approach to contemporary politics.

  LARB Radio HourAug 2, 2024
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  Sarah Manguso’s “Liars”

  Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak to Sarah Manguso about her new novel, “Liars.”

  LARB Radio HourJul 26, 2024
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  Two Decades of “n+1”

  Editors Dayna Tortorici and Mark Krotov join Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to speak about 20 years of the magazine “n+1,” as well as their new anthology “The Intellectual Situation: The Best of n+1’s Second Decade.”

  LARB Radio HourJul 19, 2024
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  Yasmin Zaher’s “The Coin”

  Kate Wolf speaks with writer and journalist Yasmin Zaher about her debut novel, “The Coin.”

  LARB Radio HourJul 12, 2024
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  Nell Irvin Painter at the Crossroads of Art, Politics, and Race in America

  Eric Newman speaks with author Nell Irvin Painter about her latest collection of essays, “I Just Keep Talking.”

  LARB Radio HourJul 5, 2024
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  A Queer Vision of Old Hollywood

  Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with author Patrick Nathan about his latest novel, and this month’s LARB Book Club pick, “The Future Was Color.”

  LARB Radio HourJun 21, 2024
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  Claire Messud’s “This Strange Eventful History”

  Claire Messud joins Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf to discuss her latest novel, “This Strange Eventful History.”

  LARB Radio HourJun 14, 2024
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  Does Criticism Still Matter?

  In this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman debate an age-old question: what does it mean for criticism to “matter”?

  LARB Radio HourJun 11, 2024