The Publishing Ecosystem in the Digital Era: On John B. Thompson’s “Book Wars”
A new book maps how the publishing ecosystem has persisted and morphed in the digital environment.
A new book maps how the publishing ecosystem has persisted and morphed in the digital environment.
Jennifer HowardSep 2, 2021
A curiously optimistic new study of the commercial exploitation of dead bodies.
Deborah StreahleAug 26, 2021
Justine Bateman discusses her new book, “Face,” which examines the lengths many women go to in order to “fix” their aging faces.
Francesca BellJul 24, 2021
Michelle Chihara explores the podcast form as a vehicle for corporate puffery masquerading as journalistic inquiry.
Michelle ChiharaJun 24, 2021
Sun-ha Hong deconstructs the “paradox of intimacy and disconnection” at the heart of the Peloton fitness brand.
Sun-ha HongJun 24, 2021
Mark Haskell Smith talks Athenian rudeness with Aaron Poochigian, translator of “Aristophanes: Four Plays: Clouds, Birds, Lysistrata, Women of the...
Mark Haskell SmithJun 20, 2021
Every generation gets the iconic couples therapist it deserves.
Hannah ZeavinJun 14, 2021
If our great comics have all been martyrs, maybe the great martyrs were also comics.
Jason CrawfordJun 8, 2021
An inquiry into a fierce culture war shines light on an insular sect of Judaism.
Laura E. AdkinsMay 26, 2021
Sarah Mesle talks with Arielle Zibrak, Ana Quiring, and Kyla Wazana Tompkins about the “bad” feelings of aesthetic experience.
Sarah MesleMay 18, 2021
Andrew Fleshman reviews Patrick Jagoda’s “Experimental Games.”
Andrew FleshmanApr 4, 2021
David Wolpe looks at the new book from Jordan Peterson, “Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life.”
David WolpeMar 8, 2021
Bryan A. Garner considers "What’s Your Pronoun?," the recently published book by Dennis Baron.
Bryan A. GarnerFeb 27, 2021
LARB presents an excerpt from Peter B. Kaufman’s “The New Enlightenment and the Fight to Free Knowledge.”
Peter B. KaufmanFeb 23, 2021
Sebastian Lecourt considers "Humanist Reason," the new book by Eric Hayot.
Sebastian LecourtFeb 17, 2021
Anandi Mishra meanders through “Aimlessness,” the new book by Tom Lutz.
Anandi MishraFeb 12, 2021
Vesper North considers "Nothing Happened," a new history by Susan A. Crane.
Vesper NorthFeb 9, 2021
Oana Godeanu-Kenworthy talks with Tobias Carroll about his new book, “Political Sign.”
Oana Godeanu-KenworthyFeb 8, 2021
Simon Franklin praises “The Liturgical Past in Byzantium and Early Rus” by Sean Griffin.
Simon FranklinFeb 6, 2021
Reflections on the 10th anniversary of the Arab uprisings: language, identity, and the politics of despair.
Rayan FakhouryJan 29, 2021
Brian Lin maps out the terrain of racial struggle in the literary world.
Brian LinJan 25, 2021
Charles Dunst reviews Anne Goldman's "Stargazing in the Atomic Age," her search for modern Jewish identity.
Charles DunstJan 15, 2021
Is sexual folk art a democratic repository of human creativity?
Houman BarekatDec 22, 2020
On xenolinguaphobia and the provincialism of American Studies.
Ilan Stavans, Steven G. KellmanDec 19, 2020