Novelist and Professor Fenton Johnson responds to an intrusion by the US Border Patrol into the University of Arizona campus.
LARB Blog
Information in an Emergency: Talking to Seth Abramson
Andy Fitch discusses forms of journalistic inquiry with Seth Abramson, author of the recent book "Proof of Collusion."
LACMA: Suicide by Architecture, Schematics
Joseph Giovannini provides schematics used in his analysis of the Zumthor-LACMA reconstruction proposal.
A Conversation between Lucinda Rosenfeld and Rachel Cline
Lucinda Rosenfeld interviews Rachel Cline about her latest novel, "The Question Authority."
N. Scott Momaday’s House Made of Dawn and Settler Colonial Language
Robert Wood examines the deep multilingualism of N. Scott Momaday’s "House Made of Dawn."
The Historical Revisionism of a Clash of Civilizations
Harrison Akins examines the false narrative of the "clash of civilizations" between the Christian and Islamic worlds.
Questions in Captivity: Captive State
Lewis Page gives a second look to "Captive State," which was released on March 15 to "brutally lukewarm reviews."
What a Jewish Person Looks Like
Joanna Chen ponders the relation between Irish nationalism and Zionism.
Pop Formalism
“Born in the U.S.A.” is a song of audible rage, but this rage is entirely inseparable from its production, from its angular and glossy trappings.
Stories about People and Communities: Talking to Kwame Anthony Appiah
Andy Fitch interviews Kwame Anthony Appiah about identity and his book "The Lies That Bind."