By Paul French A boring Englishman leaves home one morning to post a letter while his wife runs the vacuum …
The Unlikely Success of Harold Fry’s Pilgrimage
October 2014
“Of the making of many books there is no end”: Remembering Michael Kammen, the Professor of Paradox
By Douglas Greenberg The following is a feature article from the new LARB Quarterly Journal: Fall 2014 edition. To pick …
Lit Crawl Event Tonight 10/22, With Flaunt Magazine
Come join LARB and Flaunt Magazine tonight at Lit Crawl. Event info is in the poster above. There will be …
Remembering the 1930s and 1940s, or Reliving Them?
By Austin Dean The writer Xiao Hong is everywhere in China these days. Her face recently graced the covers of …
Tom’s Book Club: Sunday Newsletter
David Grand’s latest novel, Mount Terminus, was 10 years in the making. This is and isn’t unusual. James Joyce’s Portrait …
Istanbul and Shanghai Between the Wars – Two Sides of the Same Coin
By Paul French We generally think of Shanghai between the world wars as unique, a one-off city forming a crossroads …
Man Booker Prize Winner Announced
Congratulations to Richard Flanagan, announced today as the 2014 winner of the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Narrow Road …
Malala Yousafzai Awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Today it was announced that Malala Yousafzai of Pakistan, and Kailash Satyarthi of India have been awarded the 2014 Nobel …
Remembering Derrida: A Forum
Ten years ago, on October 9, 2004, the philosopher Jacques Derrida passed away. To mark this occasion and inquire into …
Connecting and Comparing the Taipei and Hong Kong Struggles
By Lorand Laskai October 3: While the world is watching Occupy Central, one group has gone beyond mere spectating. Six …
