Translation Without Theory
What is the best method for translation? V. Joshua Adams looks to Mark Polizzotti's "Sympathy for the Traitor" to find out....
Possible, Not Alternative, Histories: A Literary History Emerging from Sunlight
LARB presents an excerpt from “The Origins of Dislike,” a new collection of essays by Amit Chaudhuri....
Alive in a Magic Democracy: On “The Real Lolita”
Francesca Capossela puts “The Real Lolita” by Sarah Weinman in dialogue with “Lolita” by Vladimir Nabokov....
The Dust on a Butterfly’s Wing: On Sarah Weinman’s Investigation of “The Real Lolita”
Désirée Zamorano reviews “The Real Lolita” by Sarah Weinman....
David Foster Wallace in the #MeToo Era: A Conversation with Clare Hayes-Brady
Steve Paulson interviews Clare Hayes-Brady, author of “The Unspeakable Failures of David Foster Wallace.”...
Why Does Love Got to Be So Sad?
This piece appears in the LARB Print Quarterly Journal: No. 19, Romance To receive the LARB Quarterly Journal, become a member or purchase a copy at your local bookstore. ¤ Why does love got to be so ...
The Consolation of Genre: On Reading Romance Novels
Cailey Hall offers a history of the Romance genre....
Can the Digital Humanities Be Human?
How tagged databases can fruitfully inform literary research....
A Critic’s Ars Poetica
William Giraldi, author of “American Audacity: In Defense of Literary Daring,” presents his critical ars poetica....
Stories as Prayer: A Conversation Between Joshua Cohen and Harold Bloom
The author Joshua Cohen visits Harold Bloom....
Seeing Both Sides of the Shield: On Rebecca Harding Davis
"When we look for meaning in the lives of historical figures, what we’re often looking for is the reflected image of our own ideas and beliefs."...
An Intensity Leavened by Gentleness
A new biography of the seminal French literary and cultural theorist René Girard....
