Politics

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Revenge: A User’s Manual
Is capitalist society nothing more than a series of random acts of senseless violence?
Mikkel Krause FrantzenMar 20, 2021
- Politics
Giving Up the Ghost: On the Legacy of Mark Fisher
Mark Fisher’s final lectures offer a bracing anatomy of neoliberal capitalism and glimmers of its utopian end.
Alexander BilletMar 19, 2021
- Politics
Why Violence Goes Viral: A Thread in Six Parts
A new essay by Brian Lin from the High/Low issue of the LARB Quarterly Journal, No.29.
Brian LinMar 13, 2021
- LARB Lit
- Politics
Revenge Against Revenge: Biden’s Revenge Politics and “The Cure at Troy”
Max Haiven on why Biden quoting Seamus Heaney's "The Cure at Troy" is emblematic of neoliberalism's revenge politics.
Max HaivenMar 8, 2021
- Poetry
- Politics
Vibrant Voices
An anthology of Chicanx literature dazzles.
Elaine ElinsonMar 8, 2021
- Poetry
- Politics
A New Progressive Era?: A Conversation with Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett
Gregor Baszak talks with Robert Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett about their recently published book, "The Upswing."
Gregor BaszakMar 3, 2021
- Politics
“Locks of Sorrows”: On Mykola Bazhan’s Early Poetry
Uilleam Blacker is captivated by “‘Quiet Spiders of the Hidden Soul’: Mykola (Nik) Bazhan’s Early Experimental Poetry.”
Uilleam BlackerMar 3, 2021
The Liberal Trust Crisis
Adam Kelly reviews the latest book from William Davies, "This Is Not Normal: The Collapse of Liberal Britain."
Adam KellyFeb 28, 2021
- Economics and Finance
- Politics
Burning Books: Akram Aylisli on Literature and Cultural Memory
Azerbaijani writer Akram Aylisli discusses literature and life under de facto house arrest.
Akram Aylisli, Katherine E. YoungFeb 27, 2021
- Around the World
- Politics
Pronominal Strife
Bryan A. Garner considers "What’s Your Pronoun?," the recently published book by Dennis Baron.
Bryan A. GarnerFeb 27, 2021
Real Life Rock Top 10: February 2021
LARB presents the February 2021 installment of “Real Life Rock Top 10,” a monthly column by cultural critic Greil Marcus.
Greil MarcusFeb 26, 2021
Black Germans and the Politics of Diaspora: On Tiffany Florvil’s “Mobilizing Black Germany”
Samuel Clowes Huneke reviews Tiffany Florvil’s “Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement.”
Samuel Clowes HunekeFeb 25, 2021