LA Review of Books
LA Review of Books
The Los Angeles Review of Books is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and disseminating rigorous, incisive, and engaging writing on every aspect of literature, culture, and the arts.
The Los Angeles Review of Books magazine was created in part as a response to the disappearance of the traditional newspaper book review supplement, and, with it, the art of lively, intelligent long-form writing on recent publications in every genre, ranging from fiction to politics. The Los Angeles Review of Books seeks to revive and reinvent the book review for the internet age, and remains committed to covering and representing today’s diverse literary and cultural landscape.
The Los Angeles Review of Books magazine was created in part as a response to the disappearance of the traditional newspaper book review supplement, and, with it, the art of lively, intelligent long-form writing on recent publications in every genre, ranging from fiction to politics. The Los Angeles Review of Books seeks to revive and reinvent the book review for the internet age, and remains committed to covering and representing today’s diverse literary and cultural landscape.
Episodes
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Jul 1, 2016 • 29min
Radio Hour: Julia Claiborne Johnson
This week, our hosts talk with novelist Julia Claiborne Johnson about her debut work 'Be Frank With Me.' Plus, actor Lauren Weedman recommends everybody read Carl Jung's 'The Undiscovered Self.'
Jun 24, 2016 • 31min
Radio Hour: Lauren Weedman's 'Miss Fortune' & David Ulin on Donald Trump
This week, actor Lauren Weedman talks about her collection of funny, personal essays 'Miss Fortune: Fresh Perspectives on Having It All from Someone Who Is Not Okay.' Plus David Ulin stops by to talk about Donald Trump.
Jun 17, 2016 • 28min
LARB Radio Hour: Father’s Day, The Tony’s, and Drinking Mare's Milk
The show opens with Seth and Laurie discussing this year's Tony Awards, then author Julia Claiborne Johnson recommends "To the One I Love the Best;" our own Tom Lutz talks about his newly published book "Drinking Mare's Milk on the Roof of the World," Norman Klein comes back to recommend his favorite meat and condiment, and Seth, Laurie, and Tom choose their favorite literary fathers in honor of their Day.
Jun 10, 2016 • 28min
Radio Hour: Michelle Latiolais
Tom and Seth talk about Tom's travel in Georgia, Armenia, and environs; Laurie, Tom, and Seth interview Michelle Latiolais about her new book of fiction, 'She.' Ryan Gattis recommends Jill Leovy's 'Ghettoside.'
Jun 4, 2016 • 29min
Don Franzen interviews Baz Dreisinger about prisons around the world.
Don Franzen interviews Baz Dreisinger about prisons around the world. by LA Review of Books
Jun 3, 2016 • 49min
On Democracy: An Interview with Roslyn Fuller
In this episode of the LARB podcast, legal affairs editor Don Franzen interviews Roslyn Fuller about the state of democracy and her book 'Beasts and Gods.'
Jun 2, 2016 • 29min
Jack Miles on his Anthology of Religion & Ryan Gattis recommends Southland
Jack Miles discusses the first ever Norton Anthology of Religion, which he compiled; and Ryan Gattis returns to recommend another masterful historical novel about Los Angeles, Nina Revoyr's Southland.
May 26, 2016 • 29min
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney The Nest plus John Romano on Daniel Deronda
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney joins Seth, Laurie, and Tom to discuss her best-selling novel The Nest; and screenwriter John Romano praises George Eliot's masterful Daniel Deronda
May 19, 2016 • 29min
LARB Radio Hour: Ryan Gattis All Involved
Author Ryan Gattis joins Seth, Laurie, and Tom to discuss his novel All Involved.
May 12, 2016 • 30min
Radio Hour: Burglary Meets Design and Red Hen's New “LA Fiction Anthology”
On this week’s show we talk with BLDGBLOG writer Geoff Manaugh about his new book, A Burglar's Guide to the City, which offers a fascinating look at architecture and design principles from the point of view of burglars and the authorities looking to catch them. Bruce Wagner reads a poem by William Butler Yeats, and Kate Gale and John Brantingham of Red Hen Press join to talk about their new collection of short fiction LA Fiction Anthology.
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