Toward a Black Alternative Media: On Robeson Taj Frazier’s “KAOS Theory”
Jamal Batts reviews Robeson Taj Frazier’s “KAOS Theory: The Afrokosmic Ark of Ben Caldwell.”
Jamal Batts reviews Robeson Taj Frazier’s “KAOS Theory: The Afrokosmic Ark of Ben Caldwell.”
Jamal BattsApr 30
Forrest Gander reviews Eliot Weinberger’s “The Life of Tu Fu.”
Forrest GanderApr 2
Fred Turner reviews Jane Kamensky’s “Candida Royalle and the Sexual Revolution: A History from Below.”
Fred TurnerMar 28
Jaelani Turner-Williams interviews Ben Greenman, co-author of Sly Stone’s “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin).”
Jaelani Turner-WilliamsMar 28
Michael Scott Moore writes on the life, death, and possible religion of Lou Reed, via Lou Reed’s “The Art of the Straight Line: My Tai Chi” and Will...
Michael Scott MooreMar 2
Anthony Alessandrini reviews Adam Shatz’s “The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon.”
Anthony AlessandriniFeb 7
Thomas Elrod reviews Francesca Peacock’s “Pure Wit: The Revolutionary Life of Margaret Cavendish.”
Thomas ElrodFeb 5
A preview of the upcoming Getty Research Institute x LARB event “Intimate Addresses: Recording Artists Live,” featuring live readings of artists’...
Emily VanKoughnettJan 26
Marcus Lee looks at the new Netflix biopic of Bayard Rustin in the context of his reception and iconography.
Marcus LeeJan 5
Edna Bonhomme reviews Nicholas L. Syrett’s “The Trials of Madame Restell: Nineteenth-Century America’s Most Infamous ‘Female Physician’ and the...
Edna BonhommeJan 3
Tim Riley reviews “Maestro” and puts Bradley Cooper’s account against the real-life biography of Leonard Bernstein.
Tim RileyDec 28, 2023
Alex Harvey examines the life and music of jazz legend Dexter Gordon.
Alex HarveyDec 22, 2023
Olivia Giovetti surveys memoirs about the opera diva Maria Callas, on the centenary of her birth.
Olivia GiovettiDec 21, 2023
Peter Lunenfeld traces the persistence of classic con games in the current explosion of cryptocurrency markets.
Peter LunenfeldDec 19, 2023
Tim Riley reviews Ray Padgett’s “Pledging My Time: Conversations with Bob Dylan Band Members.”
Tim RileyDec 17, 2023
Andrew Holter interviews Will Hermes about his new biography “Lou Reed: King of New York."
Andrew HolterDec 3, 2023
Joy Horowitz speaks with Laurie Winer about her book “Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical.”
Joy HorowitzNov 22, 2023
Todd Shy reviews Lawrence Buell’s “Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently” and Robert D. Richardson’s “Three Roads Back: How Emerson, Thoreau...
Todd ShyNov 7, 2023
Chris Yogerst reviews Scott Eyman’s “Charlie Chaplin vs. America: When Art, Sex, and Politics Collided.”
Chris YogerstOct 26, 2023
George Stanica speaks with Zachary Leader, the biographer of novelist Saul Bellow.
George StanicaOct 18, 2023
Tahneer Oksman reviews Meg Kissinger’s “While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence.”
Tahneer OksmanOct 2, 2023
Katherine Robinson reviews Mark Wormald’s “The Catch: Fishing for Ted Hughes.”
Katherine RobinsonAug 19, 2023
Victoria Baena reviews Clare Carlisle’s “The Marriage Question: George Eliot’s Double Life.”
Victoria BaenaAug 15, 2023
Clare Carlisle analyzes the theme of marriage in the life and work of two great 19th-century thinkers and writers, George Eliot and Søren Kierkegaard.
Clare CarlisleAug 14, 2023