Cultural Studies

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

Dostoyevsky Misprisioned: “The House of the Dead” and American Prison Literature
Ilya Vinitsky follows a spurious Dostoyevsky quote into the American house of the dead.
Ilya VinitskyDec 23, 2019
A Bid for History: On Leah Price’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Books”
Colton Valentine talks about “What We Talk About When We Talk About Books” by Leah Price.
Colton ValentineDec 18, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Nonfiction
Making Kin: An Interview with Donna Haraway
Steve Paulson interviews author, scholar, and philosopher Donna Haraway.
Steve PaulsonDec 6, 2019
East of Eden: On Rachel Monroe’s “Savage Appetites”
Ellen Wayland-Smith reviews Rachel Monroe’s “Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession.”
Ellen Wayland-SmithOct 31, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Gender & Sexuality
The Ravages of Revelation
How three “garage philosophers” fought off a divine invasion in early 1970s California.
Rob LathamOct 19, 2019
Returning to South Shore (Chicago): A Subjective View of Urban Change
A soulful look at Chicago’s south side blends sociology and memoir.
Stanley CorkinOct 2, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Politics
Are Words the Enemy of Belonging? On Paul Kingsnorth’s “Savage Gods”
Ellie Robins hearkens to “Savage Gods” by Paul Kingsnorth.
Ellie RobinsSep 30, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir & Essay
Staying Woke Is Patriotic: An Excerpt from “Stay Woke: A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter”
LARB presents an excerpt from “Stay Woke: A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter,” written by Tehama Lopez Bunyasi and Candis Watts Smith.
Candis Watts Smith, Tehama Lopez BunyasiSep 24, 2019
Our Truest Loves: On Poetry and Parasocial Relationships
Sophia Stewart considers parasocial relationships through the lens of poetry.
Sophia StewartSep 14, 2019
Our Memories, Ourselves: On “Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement”
Yxta Maya Murray reviews “Indelible in the Hippocampus: Writings from the Me Too Movement,” edited by Shelly Oria.
Yxta Maya MurraySep 12, 2019
White Writers’ Omission of Race: Jess Row’s “White Flights: Race Fiction, and The American Imagination”
"White Flights" is a faultlessly argued collection of essays about how whiteness dominates the American literary imagination.
Katharine ColdironSep 11, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Literary Criticism
“I’m Not the Only One”: On Jess Row’s “White Flights”
Sarah Haas reviews Jess Row's latest book, "White Flights: Race, Fiction, and the American Imagination."
Sarah HaasSep 11, 2019
- Cultural Studies
- Literary Criticism