• July 2014

    China’s Forgotten World War I

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    Photo: The dedication of the WWI memorial in Shanghai, in 1924. By Maura Elizabeth Cunningham World War I has always …

    Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

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    Photo: Howard Street and First Street by Leo vanMunching. Today’s post was originally published on LARB Channel Boom, and is available on …

    7 Most Truthy NYT Columnists

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    Today’s post was originally published on Avidly, one of our LARB Channels.  By Jedediah Purdy AVIDLY’S NORTH CAROLINA CORRESPONDENT, JEDEDIAH PURDY, …

    The Opium War Comes to America (the Book, That is): A Q & A With Julia Lovell

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    By Jeffrey Wasserstrom This week’s China Blog interview is with Julia Lovell, a British specialist in Chinese studies who teaches …

    Psmith’s Art of Cool: War and Zen in P.G. Wodehouse

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    Photo: Cover of the Bietti edition of Leave it to Psmith (1936) – Image via Wikimedia Commons Today’s post was originally published by Marginalia, …

    Left Bank Books: A Literary Landmark Celebrates 45 Years in St. Louis

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    Photo: Left Bank Books co-owner Kris Kleindienst stands in the bookstore’s doorway, then and now.  By Meg Cook Last weekend, …

    Literary Junkies

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    Photo: Elizabeth Weinberg, part of “All Summer in a Day” series. By Amy Spies Readers, you may relate to my …

    Coffee Table Talk with Sebastian Brock

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    The Marginalia Review of Books, a LARB Channel, does great interviews over on their main site – this one was originally …

    Made in Bulgaria

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    Photo: A Made-in-Bulgaria Chinese pickup truck on display near the Monument to the Soviet Army in Sofia, Bulgaria. By Tong Lam …

    On Watching the Wire Again

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    Originally published on LARB Channel Avidly, Claire Jarvis recounts her experience of watching The Wire again.  By Claire Jarvis It’s deep in …