By Austin Dean It is always interesting when two books released at nearly the same time — written by two …
January 2015
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 …