• The Man Who Stayed Behind—At Chinese Central Television

    By Austin Dean Chinese Central Television (CCTV) likely provides more news to more people than any other media organization on …

    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 …