LARB Radio Hour
Episodes
A Queer Vision of Old Hollywood
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with author Patrick Nathan about his latest novel, and this month's LARB Book Club pick, The Future Was Color. The ...
Claire Messud's "This Strange Eventful History"
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf are joined by celebrated writer Claire Messud, the author of six works of fiction including the highly-acclaimed bestseller...
Does Criticism Still Matter?
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman debate an age-old question that's being taken up in new ways amid an increasin...
Rachel Khong on What Makes a Real American
07 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rachel Khong joins Eric Newman to discuss her latest novel, Real Americans. Divided into three parts that each trace the experiences of different gene...
Erik Davis on the Art of LSD
31 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Erik Davis joins Kate Wolf to speak about his latest book, Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium. The book is a study and history of the emergen...
Legacy Russell's "Black Meme"
24 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Writer and curator Legacy Russell joins Kate Wolf to discuss her new book, Black Meme, which theorizes the history of viral images of Blackness in Ame...
Miranda July's "All Fours"
17 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Miranda July speaks to Kate Wolf about her latest novel, All Fours. Its narrator is a woman in the middle of her life, a recognized artist who's worke...
Danielle Dutton's "Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other"
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer and publisher Danielle Dutton, author of Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other as well as Margaret the First an...
On Giving Up
08 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman discuss the case for and against giving up—on life, vices, dreams, creativ...
Anna Shechtman's "The Riddles of the Sphinx"
03 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scholar and writer Anna Shechtman joins Medaya Ocher to discuss her book The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword P...
The Veteranos of East LA
26 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Scholar Randol Contreras joins Kate Wolf and Eric Newman to discuss his new book The Marvelous Ones: Drugs, Gang Violence, and Resistance in East Lo...
Mother Tongues and Mother Dolls
19 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A double-header episode about two new novels that each feature high stakes feats of translation. First, the translator and writer Jenny Croft speaks w...
Victoria Chang on Finding Agnes Martin During Crisis
12 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Wolf speaks with the poet Victoria Chang about her latest collection of poems, With My Back to the World. The book is in deep conversation with t...
Morgan Neville's "STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces"
05 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Newman speaks with director Morgan Neville about his new film "STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces," which explores the legendary comed...
The Morality of Memoir, or, Daddy I Want Coffee!
02 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman talk about the ethics and politics of memoir in the wake of several recent con...
Tommy Orange's "Wandering Stars"
29 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Newman speaks with writer Tommy Orange about his novel Wandering Stars, a multigenerational epic that is both prequel and sequel to his award-win...
The Problem with Adoption
22 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Wolf speaks with sociologist Gretchen Sisson about her first book, Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhoo...
Brad Gooch's "Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring"
15 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak with Brad Gooch about his new biography, Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring. A deep-dive into the life of an a...
Tana French's "The Hunter"
08 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with megawatt mystery maven Tana French about her latest novel, The Hunter. Set in the fictional rural Irish town o...
LARB Radio Hour x Film Comment 2024 Oscars Preview
05 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this special episode, Eric Newman chats with LARB Film & TV editor Annie Berke and Film Comment co-editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute for a pr...
Leslie Jamison's "Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story"
01 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Leslie Jamison joins Medaya and Kate to discuss her latest book Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story, a memoir that chronicles the birth of her ...
Phillip B. Williams' "Ours"
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Eric Newman speaks with Phillip B. Williams about his debut novel, Ours. A surrealist epic largely set in the American midwest both pre- and post-eman...
Lucy Sante's "I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition"
16 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Kate Wolf speaks to cultural critic and historian Lucy Sante about her latest book, I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition. It is the story ...
Adam Shatz's "The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon"
09 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Shatz speaks with Kate Wolf and Eric Newman about his latest book, The Rebel's Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon. The book is both ...