Cultural Studies

"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil

The Gift That Chung’s Gave Me: On Curtis Chin’s “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant”
A. C. Huyen reviews Curtis Chin’s “Everything I Learned, I Learned in a Chinese Restaurant.”
A. C. HuyenOct 27, 2023
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir & Essay
Can We Imagine Better Work? On Aviva Briefel and Jason Middleton’s “Labors of Fear”
Brandon R. Grafius reviews Aviva Briefel and Jason Middleton’s “Labors of Fear: The Modern Horror Film Goes to Work.”
Brandon R. GrafiusOct 25, 2023
The Same Water at Different Points: A Conversation with Hala Alyan and Zeina Hashem Beck
Summer Farah interviews Hala Alyan and Zeina Hashem Beck about “We Call to the Eye & the Night: Love Poems by Writers of Arab Heritage.”
Summer FarahOct 25, 2023
- Cultural Studies
- Poetry
Unplotting Trauma: On Elisa Gonzalez’s “Grand Tour”
C. Francis Fisher reviews Elisa Gonzalez’s “Grand Tour.”
C. Francis FisherOct 21, 2023
- Cultural Studies
- Poetry
Of Exile and Determination: On Leslie Sainz’s “Have You Been Long Enough at Table”
Emily Collins reviews Leslie Sainz’s “Have You Been Long Enough at Table.”
Emily CollinsOct 8, 2023
- Cultural Studies
- Poetry
Pillows of Air: A Conversation with Lawrence Weschler
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 39 “Air,” Michelle Chihara interviews Lawrence Weschler about his ancestry, his relationship to Los Angeles, his time at NYU, and more.
Michelle ChiharaOct 6, 2023
Where Life Is Precious, Life Is Precious. And Surely That’s Not Here: On Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s “Chain-Gang All-Stars”
Salem James Martinez reviews Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s “Chain-Gang All-Stars.”
Salem James MartinezSep 29, 2023
The Chinese Restaurant on Main Street, USA: On Zai Liang’s “From Chinatown to Every Town”
Weiling Deng considers Zai Liang’s “From Chinatown to Every Town: How Chinese Immigrants Have Expanded the Restaurant Business in the United States.”
Weiling DengSep 23, 2023
Critically Cringe: On Susan Neiman’s “Left Is Not Woke”
Samuel C. Huneke takes Susan Neiman’s “Left Is Not Woke” to task.
Samuel Clowes HunekeSep 17, 2023
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
North Korea on the Hudson: On Alexander Stille’s “The Sullivanians”
The history of an Upper West Side sex therapy cult isn’t what you think it will be, according to Dave Mandl’s review of Alexander Stille’s “The Sullivanians.”
Dave MandlSep 9, 2023
Whose Fantasy Is This? On Sally Wen Mao’s “The Kingdom of Surfaces”
Hazem Fahmy reviews “The Kingdom of Surfaces” by Sally Wen Mao.
Hazem FahmyAug 28, 2023
What Fresh Hell: On Mary-Alice Daniel’s “Mass for Shut-Ins”
Chloe Xiang reviews “Mass for Shut-Ins” by Mary-Alice Daniel.
Chloe XiangAug 4, 2023