LARB Blog

Members of the LARB community remember the great American novelist Philip Roth.

Abby Aguirre reflects on Tom Wolfe's legacy in her hometown of La Jolla.

Mary Pauline Lowry revels in "The Thorn Necklace" by Francesca Lia Block.

Joanna Chen reflects on her time at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.

Nathan Jeffers considers Tommy Pico's "Junk."

Hilary Plum and Andrea Lawlor discuss their recent novels, writing both poetry and prose, and how time and memory influence their work.

Erin Coulehan on Donald Glover, Kanye West, and "accessible genius."

Molly Green considers the new documentary on Hulu "Tiny Shoulders: Rethinking Barbie."

Sarah Blackwood asks: does treating motherhood as a genre in itself limit our reading of books about motherhood?

Qanta A. Ahmed on the propaganda of gendered Islamophobia.