Laurie Winer is a longtime journalist who has been on staff at The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and the Los Angeles Times. She is a founding editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
20th-Century Classics for 21st-Century Audiences: An Interview with Bartlett Sher
Laurie Winer talks to Tony-nominated theater director Bartlett Sher, whose "To Kill a Mockingbird" is currently playing on Broadway....
The Michael Jackson Songbook
After "Leaving Neverland," what can Michael Jackson's lyrics tell us?...
Letter from New York: The Dope on How We Cope, or, The Theater Cure
Laurie Winer reviews several plays currently on Broadway, including "Hadestown," "To Kill a Mockingbird," and "My Fair Lady."...
Radio Hour: Will California End the Death Penalty with Proposition 62?
Discussing Proposition 62 and Proposition 66 with legal experts from Los Angeles....
Radio Hour: Despina Stratigakos's "Hitler at Home" & Nicholson Baker on Nabokov's "Speak, Memory"
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK Despina Stratigakos, author of Hitler at Home, joins Laurie and co-host ...
Radio Hour: Tracy Tynan's "Wear and Tear", plus D.W. Winnicott
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK Celebrated costume designer and author, Tracy Tynan, joins Tom and Laurie to talk about ...
Radio Hour: Nicholson Baker's "Substitute: Going to School with a Thousand Kids"
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK Novelist Nicholson Baker joins Tom, Laurie, and Evan Kindley to discuss his new book, ...
Radio Hour: Ron Arias "The Wetback and Other Stories" plus Monica Coleman's "Bipolar Faith"
A conversation with Ron Arias about his new collection 'The Wetback'...
Radio Hour: Lesley M.M. Blume on Ernest Hemingway, Laura Albert recommends, and Janet Fitch reads
Subscribe on iTunes or Listen to KPFK This week Tom and Laurie talk with Lesley M.M. Blume about her new ...
Radio Hour: Laura Albert on the Documentary "Author: The JT Leroy Story"
Subscribe on iTunes or Listen to KPFK Was the author known as JT Leroy the greatest literary hoax of the 21st ...
Radio Hour: Evan Kindley and Janice Rhoshalle Littlejohn
LARB's Senior Editors Janice Littlejohn and Evan Kindley join Tom and Laurie for a pair of wide ranging conversations. First, Janice ...
Radio Hour: Jill Leovy
This week our hosts talk with LA Times reporter Jill Leovy about her new book, GHETTOSIDE....
Radio Hour: DNC, Kid's Corner, and Meghan Daum
This week our hosts discuss the DNC and talk to journalist Meghan Daum about what makes for a good column....
Radio Hour: Margaret Wappler plus the Hulk Hogan vs. Gawker lawsuit
This week Margaret Wappler joins the show to talk about her debut novel, 'Neon Green.' Plus, hosts discuss the Hulk Hogan Lawsuit against Gawker....
Radio Hour: Bullshit, Jonah Lehrer, Gay Talese, and Jared Kushner
This week, Seth, Laurie and Tom talk about Jared Kushner, Gay Talese, Jonah Lehrer, and one of our favorite subjects: bullshit....
Radio Hour: Claire Hoffman
Writer Claire Hoffman discusses her memoir, 'Greetings from Utopia Park,' and explores the idea of faith....
Radio Hour: Julia Claiborne Johnson
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK This week, our hosts talk with novelist Julia Claiborne Johnson about her debut work '...
Radio Hour: Lauren Weedman's 'Miss Fortune' & David Ulin on Donald Trump
Actor and writer Lauren Weedman talks about her collection of funny, personal essays 'Miss Fortune'...
Two Very American Tragedies
Watching ESPN’s "OJ: Made In America," I thought of Theodore Dreiser's "An American Tragedy."...
Radio Hour: Father’s Day, The Tony’s, and Drinking Mare's Milk
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK This week, Seth and Laurie discuss the Tony Awards. Novelist Julia Claiborne Johnson recommends ...
The Ecstatic Experience: “Hamilton,” “Hair,” and “Oklahoma!”
Miranda makes Hamilton’s story the stories of the young in the audience, the ones who feel that the future of the country is in their hands....
Radio Hour: Jack Miles on the 'Norton Anthology of World Religions' Plus Ryan Gattis Recommends 'Southland'
This week our hosts tackle more religions than you can shake a stick at when they interview Jack Miles, editor of the Norton Anthology of World Religion....
Radio Hour: Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney's 'The Nest' plus John Romano on George Eliot
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK This week, our hosts talk with Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney about her bestselling novel The ...
Radio Hour: Burglary Meets Design and Red Hen's New “LA Fiction Anthology”
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK On this week’s show we talk with BLDGBLOG writer Geoff Manaugh about his ...
Radio Hour: BEK, “The Violet Hour” and The American West
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK This week’s show features Bruce Eric Kaplan, also known as BEK, a longtime ...
An Interview with Ryan Gattis, author of “All Involved”
Today marks the 24th anniversary of the Rodney King riots, a wound still healing in the collective psyche of Los Angeles ...
Radio Hour: Sarah Bakewell, Tony Tulathimutte, and Andrea Kleine
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK This week’s show features our final interviews from the Los Angeles Times Festival ...
Radio Hour: Rainn Wilson, Mei Fong, and “Game of Thrones”
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK This week’s show features more interviews from the Los Angeles Times Festival of ...
Radio Hour: Sandra Tsing Loh’s “The Madwoman in the Volvo”
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK This week’s guest is the acclaimed and often controversial author, playwright, actress, and ...
Radio Hour: “The People v. O.J. Simpson” and Remembering D-Day’s Surprising Black Heroes
nbsp; Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK On this week’s show we discuss the new FX miniseries American Crime ...
Radio Hour: Showtime’s “Billions” and “The Imaginary 20th Century”
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK On this week’s show we discuss the new Showtime series Billions, Jerry Stahl ...
Radio Hour: Justice Scalia’s Legacy and “The Coiled Serpent”
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK On this week’s show we talk with LARB law editor Don Franzen about ...
Radio Hour: Podcast Mogul Andy Bowers and Comedian Bonnie McFarlane
Podcasting mogul Andy Bowers, comedian Bonnie McFarlane, and a memorable interview with food writer Dana Goodyear....
Radio Hour: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s Debut Novel, the Villainy of Tom Sawyer, and Donald Trump
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's debut novel "Mycroft Holmes," rereading the character of Tom Sawyer, and finally we tackle Donald Trump....
Radio Hour: Making a Murderer, Living the Secular Life, and a Digestive Tract Trilogy
nbsp; Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK On this week’s show, a conversation on the wildly popular Netflix show ...
Radio Hour: Woody Guthrie’s Years in Los Angeles
Co-authors Darry Holter and William Deverell discuss their new book, "Woody Guthrie L.A.: 1937 to 1941."...
Radio Hour: David Bowie’s Legacy, Bilingual MFA Programs, and Is Sean Penn a Good Writer?
The legacy of David Bowie, the journalism of Sean Penn, and an interview with author Alex Espinoza on launching a bilingual MFA program at Cal State LA....
Radio Hour: War Photography, Botanical Fictions, and the Opiate Epidemic
David Shields criticizes war photography, Jonathan Lethem on the "reality field" of Claremont, and Sam Quinones explains America's opiate epidemic....
Radio Hour: The Live Show with Jonathan Gold, Terry McMillan, and Geoff Dyer
A special "LARB Radio Hour" taped in front of a live audience featuring Terry McMillan, Jonathan Gold, and Geoff Dyer....
Radio Hour: Pickles, Catholics, and the Science of the Magical
Matt Kaplan on the science of liver prophecies, Eli Horowitz on pickle fascism, and Wally Rudolph's "Mighty, Mighty."...
Radio Hour: Luc Sante, David L. Ulin, and Micro-lending
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK On this week’s show, author and critic Luc Sante discusses his new book, ...
Radio Hour: Karina Longworth, Dana Johnson, and Farewell to Colin Marshall
Film critic Karina Longworth discusses her acclaimed podcast "You Must Remember This," about the politics, culture, and scandals of classic Hollywood icons....
Radio Hour: Bruce Bauman and Yale’s Halloween Costume Debate
Novelist Bruce Bauman on his new rock 'n' roll novel "Broken Sleep" and the Halloween email fracas at Yale University....
Radio Hour: Sam Harris on ”Islam and the Future of Tolerance”
In his new book, Sam Harris puts his views in dialogue with former radical Islamist and current counter-extremism activist Maajid Nawaz....
Radio Hour: Clarice Lispector, Harry G. Frankfurt, and “Maybe Connect”
Acclaimed Brazilian writer Clarice Lispector, Harry G. Frankfurt's 'On Inequality,' and the similarities between Ta-Nehisi Coates and Elena Ferrante....
Radio Hour: David Ulin Comes to Terms with Los Angeles
L.A. Times book critic David L. Ulin talks about his new book 'Sidewalking', his obsession with The Grove, and the urban qualities of New York vs. L.A....
Radio Hour: Gary Indiana and Carolina De Robertis
On this week’s show, New York–based writer, filmmaker, and visual artist Gary Indiana stops by to talk about resentment ...
Radio Hour: Flannery O’Connor, Henri Coulette, and Angela Flournoy
On this week’s show, LARB Radio Hour favorite Boris Dralyuk returns to talk about the pivotal and yet shamefully unknown ...
Radio Hour: Amy Uyematsu, Peter Lefcourt, and the Darkest Book Ever Written
On this week’s show, screenwriter and novelist Peter Lefcourt discusses his latest book Purgatory Gardens, author Katherine Taylor talks about ...
Radio Hour: “That Thing You Do With Your Mouth,“ Parnaz Foroutan, and “The Royal We“
On this week’s show, author David Shields talks about his new collaboration That Thing You Do With Your Mouth, LARB ...
Radio Hour: Writing Sex Scenes, Bad Author Readings, and Heinrich von Kleist
Author Dana Johnson teaches sex writing, Rae Dubow helps authors make their readings more exciting, and Antoine Wilson recommends Heinrich von Kleist....
Radio Hour: Salman Rushdie, Jill Essbaum, and Jerry Stahl
Salman Rushdie, Jill Essbaum, and Jerry Stahl on "LARB Radio Hour."...
Radio Hour: Mansplaining, Nature Noir, and Obscure Hollywood Novels
Nina Revoyr talks about her new backpacking thriller "Lost Canyon," and LARB senior editor Sarah Mesle explains "mansplaining."...
Radio Hour: “Valley Fever,” Revisiting John Barth, and the Golden Age of Comic Books
Katherine Taylor talks “Valley Fever,“ and author Antoine Wilson explains why he refused to review John Barth’s forthcoming “Collected Stories.“...
Radio Hour: Karolina Waclawiak and Boris Dralyuk
Karolina Waclawiak's The Invaders, Boris Dralyuk on the literary footprint of Russian immigrants in Los Angeles, and reading Paul Beatty’s The Sellout....
Radio Hour: David Foster Wallace and Exploring LA’s Culinary History in Menus
Featuring an interview with Jason Segel and James Ponsoldt, star and director of the film "The End of the Tour," about the late author David Foster Wallace....
Radio Hour: “The Look of Silence,” Diana Wagman, and D. W. Griffith
Author Diana Wagman on her new novel 'Life #6', Joshua Oppneheimer's 'The Look of Silence,' and whether schools should be named after D.W. Griffith....
Radio Hour: "Go Set a Watchman" and Film Critic John Powers
This week's show features Harper Lee's 'Go Set a Watchman' and a discussion on the state of American film, TV, and book reviews with critic John Powers....
Radio Hour: Female Comedy Writers and Vicious Disequilibrium
Mark Haskell Smith talks about his research into nudism for his new book "Naked at Lunch." Also Betsy Borns, Dinah Lenney, and the crisis in Greece....
Radio Hour: Part Two with Bookworm’s Michael Silverblatt
Since 1989 Michael Silverblatt has hosted the syndicated radio show Bookworm and has interviewed over a thousand writers of literary fiction and poetry....
Radio Hour: Part One with Bookworm’s Michael Silverblatt
Since 1989 Michael Silverblatt has hosted the syndicated radio show Bookworm and has interviewed over a thousand writers of literary fiction and poetry....
How to Write a Musical
When you’re making a work of art, it feels like it will kill you. It won’t kill you. But you feel like it will....
Radio Hour: Debating Vanessa Place's 'Gone with the Wind' Controversy
We hear multiple perspectives on Vanessa Place's 'Gone with the Wind' controversy, featuring Vanessa Place, Matthew Shenoda, and Meri Nana-Ama Danquah....
Radio Hour: Naomi Hirahara, Critical Theory, and Literary Hub
Naomi Hirahara is the author of the Mas Arai and Ellie Rush mystery series', and co-writer of a new nonfiction book on the history of Terminal Island....
Radio Hour: Avenging the Armenian Genocide, #TwitterFiction Festival
Eric Bogosian's "Operation Nemesis" tells the story of a network of assassins who tracked and murdered former Ottoman leaders to avenge the Armenian genocide....
Radio Hour: Charlie Hebdo’s Courage Award and Pulitzer Prize Finalist Laila Lalami
Historian Jon Wiener explains why he supports the protest against The PEN American Center's recognition of Charlie Hebdo with their 2015 award for courage....
The Marriage Plot: Three Versions of “Wolf Hall”
The story of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn has been told and retold from hundreds of angles. So why did Hilary Mantel’s version catch fire?...
Life Is Easier than We Make It
"The Slap" is about people who are so distracted they have very little sense of how to count their blessings....
An Ongoing Autobiography of a Slightly Younger Self
Laurie Winer speaks with 'Girls' creator Lena Dunham...
The Love Letters of Heinrich Himmler
"The Decent One" heralds a new kind of Holocaust documentary, one made by a documentarian two generations removed from the original horror, one that dares to look at a perpetrator with the assumption that he is not an animal or a monster but a human being....
[VIDEO] Chip Kidd at the 2014 LA Times Book Fest
Renowned book cover designer Chip Kidd speaks with LA Review of Books editor Laurie Winer at the 2014 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books....
The Only People Here: Lorrie Moore’s Latest
Lorrie Moore's Bark, says Laurie Winer, gives "a shimmering sense of life passing in all of its aching beauty."...
Pride and Paragon: Listening to George Eliot’s “Middlemarch”
Laurie Winer reviews the Audible.com version of George Eliot's "Middlemarch."...
Listening to George Eliot’s “Middlemarch”
FOR A LONG TIME I refused the temptation of the audiobook, believing that any sentence by Austen, Proust or Flaubert must ...
After "Breaking Bad": What Now?
Breaking Bad sparked a national dialogue with astonishing range and depth....
“The Pie Hole Is Mine”: Mary Roach’s “Gulp”
Triptych image: Gail Wight, “Stomach,” 2009. ONE CAN EASILY COLLATE a list of fun facts from Mary Roach’s latest book ...
Oscar and “Les Miz”
'Les Misérables,' Oscar Hammerstein, and the modern musical...
Choosing Not to Be: On David Foster Wallace
On 'The Bad Thing,' depression, and suicide...
The Mormon Candidate
Mitt Romney has described his faith as “the single most important influence in his life.” He did not go into details....
Taste is the Great Divider: On Pauline Kael
She had the devotion to an ideal shared by geniuses and sociopaths....
Zell to L.A. Times: Drop Dead
The book is a reminder that whenever you think things can’t get worse, they can. They can get much, much worse....
Magicland
I’m not equating him with Hitler, mind you, or Joe Smith or Jim Jones. I’m just trying to understand my own compulsion....
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