A Democratic and Peaceful Existence: On Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman’s “Taiwan”
Catherine Chou discusses “Taiwan: A Contested Democracy Under Threat” by Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman.
Catherine Chou discusses “Taiwan: A Contested Democracy Under Threat” by Jonathan Sullivan and Lev Nachman.
Catherine Lila ChouApr 18
In the first of a series, Osagie K. Obasogie explores the history and persistence of eugenics in science, medicine, and elsewhere.
Osagie K. ObasogieApr 17
Edward Carver reviews Leah Hunt-Hendrix and Astra Taylor’s “Solidarity: The Past, Present, and Future of a World-Changing Idea.”
Edward CarverApr 16
Are people—and the United States—doomed to be the subalterns of the aristocrats?
Mark EdmundsonApr 14
Jeffrey J. Williams interviews Doran Larson about the American Prison Writing Archive and his new book, “Inside Knowledge: Incarcerated People on the...
Jeffrey J. WilliamsApr 12
Tom Allen reviews Hannah Proctor’s “Burnout: The Emotional Experience of Political Defeat.”
Tom AllenApr 10
Ned Resnikoff reviews Pamela Robertson Wojcik’s “Unhomed: Cycles of Mobility and Placelessness in American Cinema.”
Ned ResnikoffApr 10
Martin Laflamme reviews three recent books that help understand the opening of China during the 1980s–2000s, and its closing again under Xi Jinping’s...
Martin LaflammeApr 1
Christopher Newfield reviews Bruce Robbins’s “Criticism and Politics: A Polemical Introduction.”
Christopher NewfieldMar 24
Meena Venkataramanan reviews two novels imagining the experiences of English literary figures George Orwell and W. Somerset Maugham in Southeast Asia...
Meena VenkataramananMar 22
Jimmy So analyzes what “Oppenheimer” and “Killers of the Flower Moon” have to say about America.
Jimmy SoMar 20
Sasha Vasilyuk interviews Katya Apekina about her second novel, “Mother Doll.”
Sasha VasilyukMar 12
Noah Sparkes reviews Amitav Ghosh’s “Smoke and Ashes: Opium’s Hidden Histories.”
Noah SparkesMar 2
David N. Myers reviews Nathan Thrall’s “A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy” and Mikhael Manekin’s “End of Days: Ethics...
David N. MyersMar 1
For the Rules We Live By series, Julien Crockett interviews Carlo Ratti and Antoine Picon about their new book “Atlas of the Senseable City.”
Julien CrockettFeb 29
Lindsay Chervinsky reviews Katie Rogers’s “American Woman: The Transformation of the Modern First Lady, from Hillary Clinton to Jill Biden.”
Lindsay ChervinskyFeb 29
Sally McGrane talks to Simon Shuster, the biographer of Volodymyr Zelensky.
Sally McGraneFeb 27
Marius Sosnowski reviews Christopher Hitchens’s posthumous collection “A Hitch in Time: Reflections Ready for Reconsideration.”
Marius SosnowskiFeb 24
Stephanie Elizondo Griest reviews Lauren Markham’s “A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging.”
Anthony Alessandrini reviews Adam Shatz’s “The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon.”
Anthony AlessandriniFeb 7
Joshua Yang reviews two new books on Hong Kong protests—Shibani Mahtani and Timothy McLaughlin’s “Among the Braves: Hope, Struggle, and Exile in the...
Joshua YangFeb 4
LARB presents an excerpt of Lauren Markham’s new book “A Map of Future Ruins: On Borders and Belonging.”
Lauren MarkhamFeb 1
Melissa Chan reviews “Zodiac” by Ai Weiwei.
Melissa ChanJan 30
Christopher Newfield argues that we need a new narrative to combat the US Supreme Court’s right-wing story about racial inequities.
Christopher NewfieldJan 26