By Austin Dean Chinese Central Television (CCTV) likely provides more news to more people than any other media organization on …
The Man Who Stayed Behind—At Chinese Central Television
April 2015
Chevalier’s Books
LARB’s Naked Bookseller Program is a collaboration with independent bookstores to help tell their stories and broaden their visibility across …
Two Views of a Beijing Hutong
By Christina Larson “Two dogs?” A girl came up behind me wearing the bright blue and red track-suit school uniform …
Letter From The Offing
Hello, Friends of LARB, I’m writing you from Minneapolis, where I am attending the Association of Writers & Writing Programs’ annual …
COUGAR TOWN: OF P22, MAGGIE THE CAT, AND ROOM AT THE INN
Image: National Geographic photographer Steve Winter By Deanne Stillman An animal whose name, whose type I should say, is used …
Into the Shanghai Trenches: A Psychogeography of Sin in Old Shanghai
By Paul French Shanghai’s sin districts that catered to foreigners were many and varied. They appeared moments after the city …
Letter From the Chairman
Wouldn’t it be of great interest and value if we could watch filmed interviews with our favorite authors from previous eras? …
The Golden Notebook
LARB’s Naked Bookseller Program is a collaboration with independent bookstores to help tell their stories and broaden their visibility across …
In Every City, A Forest
Image: Felix Kiessling By Joanna Chen The fact that a Lufthansa plane had crashed the day before I flew to …
The Case of the Mistaken Maps
By Austin Dean Maps are at the center of every territorial dispute. My map says this parcel of land over …
