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Perry Anderson and John Lanchester: Powell v. Proust
In Different Speeds, Same Furies, Perry Anderson measures the achievement of Anthony Powell’s Dance to the Music of Time against Proust’s more celebr…
3 years, 1 month ago
Ha-Joon Chang & Daniel Chandler: Edible Economics
Ha-Joon Chang is one of the world’s leading thinkers on development economics. In Edible Economics: A Hungry Economist Explains the World, Chang comb…
3 years, 2 months ago
Juan Gabriel Vásquez & Shahidha Bari: Retrospective
In Colombian novelist Juan Gabriel Vásquez’s latest book a film director is attending a retrospective of his work in Barcelona. Plagued by personal t…
3 years, 2 months ago
Sheila Fitzpatrick & James Meek: The Shortest History of the Soviet Union
Over a century after the Russian Revolution, the tumultuous history of the Soviet Union continues to fascinate us and influence global politics. In T…
3 years, 2 months ago
Katherine Rundell and Alice Spawls: The Golden Mole
Katherine Rundell has been writing about endangered animals in the LRB since 2018. Her new book, The Golden Mole, gathers those essays and new pieces…
3 years, 2 months ago
Derek Owusu & Jason Okundaye: Losing the Plot
Derek Owusu’s first novel That Reminds Me, a haunting, edgy Bildungsroman, won the Desmond Elliott prize in 2020. He was joined by Jason Okundaye to …
3 years, 3 months ago
Wallace Shawn and Gareth Evans: Sleeping Among Sheep Under a Starry Sky
Wallace Shawn talks to Gareth Evans about his new collection of essays.
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3 years, 3 months ago
Sophie Lewis & Lola Olufemi: Abolish the Family
In Abolish The Family, leading feminist critic Sophie Lewis asks us to imagine a world without families. She traces the history of family abolitionis…
3 years, 3 months ago
Vigdis Hjorth & Shahidha Bari: Is Mother Dead
Vigdis Hjorth’s latest novel Is Mother Dead (translated by Charlotte Barslund; Verso) is a characteristic blend of thriller, metafiction, meditation …
3 years, 3 months ago
Chantal Mouffe & James Schneider: Towards a Green Democratic Revolution
Chantal Mouffe is one of the world’s leading left thinkers on power and populism. In her latest book, she proposes the creation of a broad coalition …
3 years, 4 months ago