A Reactionary Turn in Literary Studies: On Jonathan Kramnick’s “Criticism and Truth”
Elizabeth S. Anker reviews Jonathan Kramnick’s “Criticism & Truth: On Method in Literary Studies.”
Elizabeth S. Anker reviews Jonathan Kramnick’s “Criticism & Truth: On Method in Literary Studies.”
Andrew Koppelman critiques Jack Balkin’s ”Memory and Authority.”
Ieva Jusionyte reviews Angela Garcia’s “The Way That Leads Among the Lost: Life, Death, and Hope in Mexico City’s Anexos.”
Ananya Kanai Shah reviews Ae Hee Lee’s “Asterism.”
Brittany Menjivar lunges for the buzzer at Wednesday Night Trivia in Los Feliz’s Bigfoot Lodge.
Olivia Stowell reviews Emily Nussbaum’s “Cue the Sun! The Invention of Reality TV.”
Meara Sharma reviews Rosalind Brown’s “Practice.”
Erick Verran reviews Frederick Seidel’s “So What.”
Tim Riley reviews Carrie Courogen’s “Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, Hollywood’s Hidden Genius.”
Eli Osei reminds you to never take sides against the family.
Tom Zoellner considers the eternal game of cat and mouse between celebrities and journalists in Alex Belth’s “What Makes Sammy Jr. Run? Classic...
Henry Luzzatto puzzles over John Mulaney’s Netflix talk show “Everybody’s in L.A.”
LARB presents an excerpt from Yasmin Zaher’s new book “The Coin.”
Zach Gibson reflects on the late-career achievement of the late novelist John Barth.
Anna Marie Cain interviews Paul Tremblay about horror movies and his novel “Horror Movie.”