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Back to SearchKatie Kitamura's "Audition"
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher speak with writer Katie Kitamura about her recent novel, "Audition," which explores a tense, complex relationship between a middle-aged actress and a young man who may or…
Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago
Andrea Long Chu's "Authority"
Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher speak with Andrea Long Chu about Authority a collection of previously published and new essays and criticism. Authority interrogates what it means to be a critic today, a…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Lynne Tillman's "Thrilled to Death"
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak to Lynne Tillman about her latest book, Thrilled to Death, a collection of short stories selected from over four decades of her work. The stories in Thrilled to Death…
Published on 5 months ago
Pankaj Mishra's "The World After Gaza: A History"
The writer Pankaj Mishra joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to discuss his new book, The World After Gaza: A History. It probes how the legacy of the Holocaust has shaped the contemporary world order, …
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Bruce Robbins's "Atrocity: A Literary History"
Eric Newman speaks with Bruce Robbins about his latest book, Atrocity: A Literary History, which explores how literary accounts of mass killing came to shape our collective moral indignation against …
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
Torrey Peters' "Stag Dance"
Eric Newman speaks with Torrey Peters about her new story collection, Stag Dance, which spans genre, time, and place to explore the shifting sands of gender, sex, desire, and identity. From a post-ap…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Haley Mlotek's "No Fault: A Memoir of Divorce and Romance"
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak to writer Haley Mlotek about No Fault: A Memoir of Divorce and Romance. The book blends the history of divorce law and custom in North America over the last century w…
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
LARB Radio Hour x Film Comment 2025 Oscars Preview
In this special episode, host Eric Newman joins LARB senior editor Paul Thompson and Film Comment co-editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute for a look at this year’s Oscar nominees ahead of this wee…
Published on 6 months, 1 week ago
Hal Foster's "Fail Better: Reckonings with Artists and Critics"
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by the art critic and historian Hal Foster to speak about his latest book, Fail Better: Reckonings with Artists and Critics. A collection of essays that brings t…
Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago
Deborah Treisman's "A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker"
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by Deborah Treisman, the fiction editor at The New Yorker and host of The New Yorker’s Fiction podcast. Deborah is the editor of a new anthology of short stories…
Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago