• What Is Wrong with Chinese Universities?

    By Austin L. Dean It depends who you ask. A Communist Party official might tell you that the most pressing …

    Rereading I Am the Messenger

    By Angela Yuen I Am the Messenger, by Marcus Zusak, is an old book for me because I have held …

    In Manchuria: A Q & A With Author Michael Meyer

    By Maura Elizabeth Cunningham As I wrote back in December when we at the LARB China Blog were suggesting titles …

    Hey Phil

    By Juan Felipe Herrera for Phil Levine, RIP   They are writing about you Phil – you know good stuff …

    Regrets, I’ve Had a Few (But Not Becoming a Lawyer Isn’t One)

    By Seth Greenland My father was the biggest Yankee fan I knew but he never wanted me to be Mickey …

    An Unclean Break

    Image: Antoine Bruy, from “Scrublands” By Joanna Chen A parachute appears, floating in a cloudless sky. It lands with a …

    Bare Branches: Speed-Dating Games on Singles Day

    By Alec Ash Just as the cold winds sweep the last leaves off Beijing’s trees, November 11 was Singles, or …

    OBITUARY NOTICE FOR 10265 Cheviot Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90064

    By Noel Anenberg LOS ANGELES, 10265 CHEVIOT DRIVE – HOME TO RAY BRADBURY CONSTRUCTED 1937 – DEMOLISHED 2015 10265 Cheviot …

    This Week’s Triptych Artist: Claude Viallat

    Born in Nimes, France in 1936, Claude Viallat last exhibited in New York in 2002 at Cheim Read Gallery. He …

    The LARB Quarterly Journal: Winter 2015

    The LARB Quarterly Journal is a testament to the fact that print is still thriving as readers continue to have …