Realist Magic
Francesco D’Isa is entranced by “Theatre, Magic and Philosophy” by Gabriela Dragnea Horvath.
Francesco D’Isa is entranced by “Theatre, Magic and Philosophy” by Gabriela Dragnea Horvath.
Francesco D’IsaAug 22, 2021
LARB presents an excerpt from Frances Wilson’s “Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence.”
Frances WilsonAug 17, 2021
William A. Cohen, Nicole King, and Kandice Chuh discuss the fiction of Black childhood.
Kandice Chuh, Nicole King, William A. CohenAug 11, 2021
Michell Chresfield and Josie Gill discuss the ways in which scientists and humanists can approach race and antiracism.
Michell Chresfield, Josie GillAug 9, 2021
John Guillory ventures through "The Teaching Archive," the new history of literary studies by Rachel Sagner Buurma and Laura Heffernan.
John GuilloryJul 29, 2021
Two new books explore the movies Hollywood made about Hollywood movies.
Charles MusserJul 19, 2021
Rhodri Lewis evaluates "Four Shakespearean Period Pieces," the latest book from Margreta de Grazia.
Rhodri LewisJul 14, 2021
Emanuela Kucik reviews Richard Jean So’s data history of racism in American publishing.
Emanuela KucikJun 17, 2021
Anahid Nersessian talks with Michael Robbins about what the last year has taught us.
Anahid Nersessian, Michael RobbinsJun 9, 2021
J. M. Tyree proposes a Pynchonian band of outsiders and misfits to resist all our current orthodoxies.
Justin St. ClairJun 1, 2021
John Lurz reviews the new book by Karen Zumhagen-Yekplé, "A Different Order of Difficulty: Literature After Wittgenstein."Karen Zumhagen-Yekplé
John LurzMay 21, 2021
Sharon Cameron on Anne Eakin Moss’s “Only Among Women: Philosophies of Community in the Russian and Soviet Imagination, 1860–1940.”
Sharon CameronMay 15, 2021
Rebecca Ariel Porte takes in “Gallery of Clouds” by Rachel Eisendrath.
Rebecca Ariel PorteApr 27, 2021
Andrew Koenig reviews “The Novel and the New Ethics,” the recently published book by Dorothy J. Hale.
Andrew KoenigMar 17, 2021
Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado looks back on the work of Harold Bloom.
Ignacio M. Sánchez PradoMar 2, 2021
Declan Ryan vets “The Poet’s Mistake” by Erica McAlpine.
Declan RyanFeb 24, 2021
Polish poet Tomasz Różycki reflects on his craft of translation, in an essay translated by Mira Rosen-thal.
Tomasz Różycki, Mira RosenthalFeb 22, 2021
Vona Groarke finds little comfort and much inspiration in one of Gerard Manley Hopkins’s “Terrible Sonnets.”
Vona GroarkeFeb 14, 2021
Peggy Ellsberg praises the clarity, reverence, and affection of “The Catholic Writer Today” and “Studying with Miss Bishop” by Dana Gioia.
Peggy EllsbergFeb 7, 2021
Sean Hooks speaks to George Saunders about his first nonfiction book, “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain.”
Sean HooksFeb 5, 2021
Kion You reviews Sunny Xiang's "Tonal Intelligence: The Aesthetics of Asian Inscrutability During the Long Cold War."
Kion YouJan 26, 2021
Jehanne Dubrow ponders "Three Rings," the new book by Daniel Mendelsohn.
Jehanne DubrowJan 23, 2021
Robert Allen Papinchak sits in on the master class of “A Swim in a Pond in the Rain” by George Saunders.
Robert Allen PapinchakJan 14, 2021
Bakary Diaby reviews two new books by Anahid Nersessian, "The Calamity Form: On Poetry and Social Life" and "Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse."
Bakary DiabyJan 13, 2021