And I Never Looked Back
Tracing the California lineage of Charles Bukowski’s publisher, Black Sparrow Press, and its passionate founder, John Martin.
"I don't think anyone should write their autobiography until after they're dead." — Samuel Goldwyn
Tracing the California lineage of Charles Bukowski’s publisher, Black Sparrow Press, and its passionate founder, John Martin.
Joshua BodwellJan 16
LARB presents an excerpt from Gayle Feldman’s forthcoming biography of Bennett Cerf, the legendary American publisher.
Gayle FeldmanJan 9
Diba Mohtasham speaks with pop star Faegheh Atashin, a.k.a. Googoosh, about her new memoir.
Diba Mohtasham Dec 27, 2025
Lois Parkinson Zamora explores “Architect Hannes Meyer and Radical Modernism” by Georg Leidenberger.
Lois Parkinson ZamoraNov 19, 2025
Forest Lewis ponders Graham St John’s “Strange Attractor: The Hallucinatory Life of Terence McKenna.”
Forest LewisOct 18, 2025
Oliver Evans reviews Will Sloan’s new biography “Ed Wood: Made in Hollywood USA.”
Oliver EvansOct 9, 2025
Jacquelyn Ardam considers Francesca Wade’s “Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife.”
Jacquelyn ArdamOct 8, 2025
William F. Buckley’s patrician trappings didn’t keep him away from the mud, writes Greg Barnhisel in his review of Sam Tanenhaus’s biography of the conservative intellectual.
Greg BarnhiselOct 2, 2025
Alexandre Lefebvre explores Emily Herring’s “Herald of a Restless World: How Henri Bergson Brought Philosophy to the People.”
Alexandre LefebvreSep 19, 2025
Anne Stevenson-Yang reviews Robert L. Suettinger’s “The Conscience of the Party” and Joseph Torigian’s “The Party’s Interests Come First.”
Anne Stevenson-YangSep 10, 2025
Vivien Chang reviews Howard W. French’s “The Second Emancipation: Nkrumah, Pan-Africanism, and Global Blackness at High Tide.”
Vivien ChangAug 29, 2025
Michelle T. King reviews Catherine Lila Chou and Mark Harrison’s “Revolutionary Taiwan” and Anna Beth Keim’s “Heaven Does Not Block All Roads.”
Michelle T. KingAug 27, 2025