• The Pessimistic and Optimistic Case for the Future of Innovation in China

    By Austin Dean It is always interesting when two books released at nearly the same time — written by two …

    Making Their Way in The World Today

    Today’s post was originally published by LARB Channel Avidly.  By Sarah Blackwood “City’s hard,” my three-year-old son occasionally remarks. He offers those words …

    Reading Security

    Image: Julianna Brion By Randon Billings Noble I’ve been reading a lot these days – novels, essays, and online articles …

    Free Speech and Its Enemies in Greater China

    Image: ​“Let’s show Hong Kongers what it means to kneel for your country!” Soon after Wang Liming (a.k.a. Rebel Pepper) …

    The One That Got Away: On Inherent Vice

    Today’s post was originally published by LARB Channel Avidly.  By Evan Kindley “Doc stroked his chin and gazed off into …

    LARB’s Top 25 Most Read Articles of 2014

    1. Young Adult Cancer Story by Briallen Hopper, July 16th, 2014 Author John Green called it his “favorite essay on The Fault in …

    This Week’s Triptych Artist: Maya Hayuk

    With their symmetrical compositions, intricate patterns, and lush colors, Maya Hayuk’s paintings and massively scaled murals recall views of outer …

    The Interrogation Room

    Image © Amy Li — 2015  By Jessica Gross A week after the journalist and critic Deborah Solomon visited the Museum …

    Piety and Perversity: The Palms of Los Angeles

    Image by Stefano Galli.  Victoria Dailey, the author of “Piety and Perversity: The Palms of Los Angeles,” which was part of …

    The Book the China Crowd Missed – Lawrence Osborne’s The Ballad of a Small Player

    By Paul French Every so often, a novel that captures the essence and flavors of the modern China experience is …