Tom Lutz is the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books. His latest book is Born Slippy: A Novel. For more, go to tomlutzwriter.com
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
For Marvin Bell
Friends, colleagues, and admirers celebrate Marvin Bell in his 84th year....
Real-Life Pawns
Once upon a time, not too long ago, America saw itself as exporting ideals of democracy and progress, welcoming foreign students ...
The Ship of State: A Conversation with Dave Eggers
Tom Lutz talks to Dave Eggers about his allegorical satire, “The Captain and the Glory.”...
Letter to the Editor
Palestine Legal attorney Radhika Sainath responds to “Reply to W. J. T. Mitchell’s ‘The Trolls of Academe’” and LARB's decision to publish the article....
Book Club Redux: “The Sympathizer”
Tom’s Book Club discussion about Viet Thanh Nguyen’s ‘The Sympathizer.”...
Radio Hour: Tracy Tynan's "Wear and Tear", plus D.W. Winnicott
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK Celebrated costume designer and author, Tracy Tynan, joins Tom and Laurie to talk about ...
Radio Hour: Ron Arias "The Wetback and Other Stories" plus Monica Coleman's "Bipolar Faith"
A conversation with Ron Arias about his new collection 'The Wetback'...
Radio Hour: Laura Albert on the Documentary "Author: The JT Leroy Story"
Subscribe on iTunes or Listen to KPFK Was the author known as JT Leroy the greatest literary hoax of the 21st ...
Radio Hour: Evan Kindley and Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn
LARB's Senior Editors Janice Littlejohn and Evan Kindley join Tom and Laurie for a pair of wide ranging conversations. First, Janice ...
Radio Hour: Lauren Weedman's 'Miss Fortune' & David Ulin on Donald Trump
Actor and writer Lauren Weedman talks about her collection of funny, personal essays 'Miss Fortune'...
Radio Hour: Father’s Day, The Tony’s, and Drinking Mare's Milk
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK This week, Seth and Laurie discuss the Tony Awards. Novelist Julia Claiborne Johnson recommends ...
Ali
I WENT TO a boxing match in Las Vegas once, because it was a Showtime match and I had a ...
Radio Hour: Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's 'The Nest' plus John Romano on George Eliot
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK This week, our hosts talk with Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney about her bestselling novel The ...
Radio Hour: Ryan Gattis
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK This week's show features an interview with Ryan Gattis, author of All Involved, a ...
An Interview with Ryan Gattis, author of “All Involved”
Today marks the 24th anniversary of the Rodney King riots, a wound still healing in the collective psyche of Los Angeles ...
Cartoonists Roundtable: One Year After “Charlie Hebdo”
Five editorial cartoonists weigh in on making controversial work and the legacy of the Charlie Hebdo attacks at UCI's "What Cannot Be Said" forum....
John Rechy in Conversation with Tom Lutz
nbsp; In this conversation taped at a recent LARB Luminary Dinner, Mexican American novelist and pioneer writer of gay literature John ...
Interview with Amber Tamblyn, Author of “Dark Sparkler“
Former child actor Amber Tamblyn welcomes a familiar subject in her new book of poetry and art, "Dark Sparkler."...
Interview with Iconic Poet Nikki Giovanni
Interview with iconic poet, hip-hop pioneer and activist Nikki Giovanni at the 2015 LA Writers Conference....
Tavis Smiley's New Memoir Details His Relationship with Maya Angelou
Tavis Smiley discusses his new memoir, My Journey with Maya, which details his lifelong friendship with legendary poet Maya Angelou....
Tom's Book Club: Pico Iyer
The winter edition of Tom's Book Club featured The Art of Stillness by Pico Iyer. A follow up to Pico Iyer’...
There’s No Writer’s Block in a Newsroom
Tom Lutz talks to Michael Connelly....
Ching-In Chen at UC Riverside's 38th Annual Writers Week
UC Riverside MFA alumna Ching-In Chen reads American Syntax at the school's 38th Annual Writers Week Conference....
John Rechy: An Interview
"I’ve never thought of myself as a rebel. This may sound naive, but I did not expect that City of Night would create the kind of stir that it did."...
An Interview with No Pictures
Tom Lutz talks with B.J. Novak about storytelling and his forthcoming children’s book....
Tom's Book Club, Fall 2014
LARB editor-in-chief interviews Mount Terminus author David Grand for the Fall 2014 edition of Tom's Book Club....
Interview with Krys Lee
Interview with Krys Lee about her work and experiences on the North Korean border, the inspiration for her forthcoming novel....
Interview with Daniel Alarcón
Interview with Daniel Alarcón about his non-traditional literary background and his relationship with Spanish literature....
[VIDEO] Interview with Cartoonist Ben Katchor
A look into the strange and beautiful worlds of cartoonist Ben Katchor, best known for his comic strip 'Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer'....
[VIDEO] Michelle Huneven on the Lasting Impact of Questionable Decisions in "Off Course"
Michelle Huneven discusses her latest novel "Off Course," and how redemption comes with scars....
[VIDEO] The co-creator of Literary Death Match
Literary Death Match co-creator spoke with LARB A.V. about the show's genesis, its highlights, and about the genius of Stephen Tobolowsky....
[VIDEO] All Novelists Wanted to be Rock Stars
T.C. Boyle dishes on everything from burritos to scud missiles in an interview with LARB's editor-in-chief Tom Lutz at the LA Times Festival of Books....
[VIDEO] Mona Simpson on Love and Spying in "Casebook"
Mona Simpson discusses the inspiration for her new novel "Casebook" and why it is a different kind of love story....
[VIDEO] Daniel Chacon's "Hotel Juarez"
Acclaimed Latino author Daniel Chacon talks about his most recent work, Hotel Juarez, a portrait of a city written in its crime-ridden heyday....
[VIDEO] The Horrors of Fatherhood in Kearney's New Poetry Collection, "Patter"
Patter is about the pain of infertility, about imperfect fatherly role models, and the dreadful calculus involved in disciplining your children....
[VIDEO] Founder of Red Hen Press and author of new book "The Goldilocks Zone"
Kate Gale is interviewed about her independent press, Red Hen Publishing, and about her new book of poetry "The Goldilocks Zone."...
[VIDEO] Nina Revoyr, UCR Writers Week 2014
Nina Revoyr, award-winning author best known for her novel Southland (2003), discusses what Los Angeles means to her writing. ¤...
[VIDEO] On "The Color Master"
This past Sunday we offered members of Tom's Book Club an exclusive live-stream video of LARB editor-in-chief Tom Lutz speaking with ...
[VIDEO] Cameron Diaz, "The Body Book"
Cameron Diaz discusses what it means to be healthy, and why she's excited about aging....
[VIDEO] Chris Hedges, PEN Awards 2013
Chris Hedges, winner of this year's PEN First Amendment award, discusses the state journalism in the modern era and what it means to be a war correspondent....
[VIDEO] Libros Schmibros Celebrates 3rd Anniversary
The Los Angeles Review of Books talks with David Kipen, Colleen Jaurretche and Andrew Vasquez of Libros Schmibros. The Los Angeles ...
[VIDEO] Walter Mosley, "Little Green"
Walter Mosley is an American novelist, widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries ...
[VIDEO] Dan Fante, "Point Doom"
Dan Fante is an American author, poet, and playwright. He is the son of acclaimed novelist John Fante and author of ...
[VIDEO] Héctor Tobar at UCR Writers Week 2013
Héctor Tobar is a Los Angeles writer and journalist. In 1992, He won a Pulizer Prize in 1992 for his ...
Tod Goldberg at UCR Writers Week
Tod Goldberg is an American author and journalist best known for his novels Fake Liar Cheat (Pocket Books/MTV) and Living ...
David Shields at UCR Writers Week
CREDITS: Filmed by Jerry Gorin and James Simenc / Produced by Tom Lutz...
Dave Barry talks to Tom Lutz
Dave Barry Skyped in to talk to Tom Lutz — very bad lighting on his side makes for a very low-fi image, ...
James Ellroy on his latest novella.
L.A. is where I come back to when women divorce me....
PODCAST: Toby Miller on 'Greening the Media'
Going into the kitchen of digital culture....
Juan Felipe Herrera on Being Poet Laureate
Juan Felipe Herrera talks about becoming the new California Poet Laureate. ...
Gregg Hurwitz
Gregg Hurwitz came to LARB headquarters to talk to Tom Lutz about becoming an Angeleno, the L.A. crime fiction tradition, ...
The Death of the Hollywood Novel
Michael Tolkin talks about his book The Return of the Player. ...
Jerry Stahl on Historical Fiction & Memoir
Jerry Stahl on Permanent Midnight, I. Fatty,' and the relation between historical fiction and memoir as history of the present....
Denise Hamilton on Damage Control
Denise Hamilton discusses her novel 'Damage Control' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZYLYUcWl94...
Aimee Bender on Nonfiction
Aimee Bender likes the excitement, the creative energy of the current ferment in the nonfiction world....
VIDEO: Leo Braudy on the Hollywood Sign
The fantasy and reality of an American icon....
Feeding the Poor
In truth, it is the ones who uncritically embrace new technical innovations that are being naïve and idealistic....
Antielitism Left and Right: An Interview with Catherine Liu
"Elitist" is used as an all-purpose insult by both the culturally reactionary and the culturally progressive....
Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti
Tom Lutz talks to Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti about their co-authored, genreless book, 'The Chairs Are Where the People Go.'...
PODCAST: Philosophical Improvisations
Part philosophy, part self-help, part experiment in nonfiction, part a book-length interview....
Future Tense
"Yes," said a Frenchman. "We have this silly theory in France that our authors should be able to eat."...
Odious and Unpleasant
For all the talk of information overload, we are all of us a little behind on our reading....
VIDEO: Cecil Castellucci
Cecil Castellucci talks to LARB about reading and writing Young Adult fiction....
