Memoir

Get Lost: On Daniel Asa Rose’s “Truth or Consequences”
Julie Morrison reviews Daniel Asa Rose’s “Truth or Consequences: Improbable Adventures, a Near-Death Experience, and Unexpected Redemption in the New Mexico Desert.”...
Julie MorrisonAug 23
- Memoir
- Nonfiction
Away Upstream Again: On Mark Wormald’s “The Catch”
Katherine Robinson reviews Mark Wormald’s “The Catch: Fishing for Ted Hughes.”...
Katherine RobinsonAug 19
Artaud’s Final Testaments: On Three Recent Books from Infinity Land Press
Jay Murphy reviews three recent books of (and about) the late writings of Antonin Artaud....
Jay MurphyAug 3
Sharing Speech: On Translation as Conversation
Robin Myers writes about her experience of migrating to Mexico City and coming to translate Spanish poetry....
Robin MyersAug 2
- Memoir
- Poetry
The Battle for Love
In a preview of “LARB Quarterly” no. 38: “Earth,” Camila Fabbri considers what forever means, as translated by Robin Myers....
Camila Fabbri, Robin MyersJul 31
- LARB Quarterly
- Memoir
Thorns, or The Things That Humans Do in the Name of Care That Are Something Other Than Care
In a preview of LARB Quarterly no. 38: Earth, Juliana Spahr explores the end....
Juliana SpahrJul 28
- LARB Quarterly
- Memoir
The Banality of Heroism: Marek Edelman and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Samuel Tchorek-Bentall explores the career of Marek Edelman, hero of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising....
Samuel Tchorek-BentallJul 24
- History
- Memoir
Translation and the Terebinth: On Translating Meir Shalev
Joanna Chen writes about the pleasures of translating work by the late Israeli writer Meir Shalev....
Joanna ChenJul 23
- Memoir
Great Memoirists Lie: On Caroline Calloway’s “Scammer”
Anna Dorn reviews Caroline Calloway’s “Scammer.”...
Anna DornJul 21
- Memoir
- Nonfiction
A Lifetime Drama of Escape: On M. John Harrison’s “Wish I Was Here”
Roger Luckhurst reviews M. John Harrison’s “Wish I Was Here: An Anti-Memoir.”...
Roger LuckhurstJul 18
- Memoir
- Speculative Fiction
Off-Off-Broadway West: On Guy Zimmerman’s “Outlaw Theatre”
Paul Vangelisti reviews Guy Zimmerman’s “Outlaw Theatre: Field Notes from the Padua Hills Playwrights Workshop and Festival.”...
Paul VangelistiJul 3
- Memoir
My Brother’s Ghost: On Race and Grief in Los Angeles
Nico Slate talks about his late biracial brother, the inspiration for his new book “Brothers: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Race.”...
Nico SlateJul 1
- Memoir
The Humor of Devastation: A Conversation with Hannah Pittard
Lily Felsenthal speaks with Hannah Pittard about her new book “We Are Too Many: A Memoir [Kind Of].”...
Lily FelsenthalJul 1
- Memoir
Quantum Mechanics: On McKenzie Wark’s “Raving”
Vivian Medithi reviews McKenzie Wark’s “Raving.”...
Vivian MedithiJun 29
Hardworking Midwesterner: On Tom Brokaw’s “Never Give Up”
Michele Willens reviews Tom Brokaw’s “Never Give Up: A Prairie Family’s Story.”...
Michele WillensJun 29
- Biography
- Memoir
The Afterlives of Violence: On Brandon Shimoda’s “Hydra Medusa”
Hana Rivers reviews Brandon Shimoda’s “Hydra Medusa.”...
Hana RiversJun 27
- Memoir
- Poetry
There’s No Such Thing as a Guilty Pleasure
Katharine Coldiron ponders why we love the bad art we love....
Katharine ColdironJun 24
- Memoir
How We Socialize Now: A Conversation with Sheila Liming
Jeffrey J. Williams interviews Sheila Liming, author of the recent “Hanging Out: The Radical Power of Killing Time.”...
Jeffrey J. WilliamsJun 23
- Memoir
- Nonfiction
A Single Dish a Thousand Times: On Rebecca May Johnson's “Small Fires”
Siobhan Phillips reviews Rebecca May Johnson’s “Small Fires: An Epic in the Kitchen.”...
Siobhan PhillipsJun 20
Performing the Patient: On Emily Wells’s “A Matter of Appearance”
Emma Cohen reviews Emily Wells’s memoir of chronic illness, “A Matter of Appearance.”...
Emma R. CohenJun 20
- Memoir
- Nonfiction
Footnotes of the Avenues: An Introduction to Stephen Hilger’s “In the Alley”
Matthew Spektor analyzes the Los Angeles photography of Stephen Hilger’s “In the Alley.”...
Matthew SpecktorJun 14
- Art
- Memoir
A World That Was Not the World: A Conversation with Laird Hunt
Sean McCoy talks to Laird Hunt about “This Wide Terraqueous World: Essays in Fiction.”...
Sean McCoyJun 8
Swan Song for a University: On Carolyn Dekker’s “North Country”
Rachel Feder discusses Carolyn Dekker’s new book “North Country: A Pedagogical Almanac” and the crisis in higher education....
Rachel FederJun 4
- Education
- Memoir
Uncomfortable Somethings: On Isabel Zapata’s “In Vitro”
Claire Calderón reviews Isabel Zapata’s “In Vitro: On Longing and Transformation.”...
Claire CalderónJun 3
- Memoir
- Nonfiction