Romanticism of the Present
Bakary Diaby reviews two new books by Anahid Nersessian, "The Calamity Form: On Poetry and Social Life" and "Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse."
Bakary Diaby reviews two new books by Anahid Nersessian, "The Calamity Form: On Poetry and Social Life" and "Keats’s Odes: A Lover’s Discourse."
Bakary DiabyJan 13, 2021
Rhodri Lewis makes sense of "Tragedy," the newest book from Terry Eagleton.
Rhodri LewisJan 5, 2021
An illuminating, thought-provoking, refreshingly broad-minded new book about the blues.
Clifford ThompsonJan 4, 2021
A. M. Juster admires the erudition and judiciousness of “Poet of Revolution: The Making of John Milton” by Nicholas McDowell.
A. M. JusterDec 24, 2020
Sheila Liming cuts across “Hooked,” the latest book from Rita Felski.
Sheila LimingDec 14, 2020
John Macintosh charts "History in Financial Times," the new book by Amin Samman.
John MacintoshDec 9, 2020
Sharing spectral moments in Vienna and Los Angeles with Freud, Thomas Mann, and Marjorie Perloff.
Anthony RendonDec 5, 2020
Lawrence Venuti resurrects the fantastic tales of Iginio Ugo Tarchetti.
Lawrence VenutiDec 4, 2020
Derik Smith reviews Matt Sandler’s latest work, “The Black Romantic Revolution.”
Derik SmithDec 1, 2020
The literary critic turned celebrated novelist discusses her new book, “Stranger Faces.”
Anastasia NikolisNov 11, 2020
Sean Guynes evaluates “Theory for the World to Come,” the recently published book from Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer.
Sean GuynesNov 7, 2020
The reality of a dictionary never lives up to its promises. It fails language. It also fails poets looking for pure language.
Chelsie MalyszekNov 7, 2020
The death of Stanley Crouch leaves America’s intellectual culture less interesting, less imaginative, and, above all else, less artful.
David MasciotraOct 18, 2020
Frances Lazare considers the friendships and fights of "The Equivalents" by Maggie Doherty and "No Modernism Without Lesbians" by Diana Souhami.
Frances LazareOct 9, 2020
LARB presents an excerpt from Adam Kirsch’s “The Blessing and the Curse: The Jewish People and Their Books in the Twentieth Century.”
Adam KirschOct 8, 2020
Sharon B. Oster ponders “A Question of Time,” the recently published book edited by Cindy Weinstein.
Sharon B. OsterOct 7, 2020
Janet Fitch is enlightened by Bob Blaisdell’s biographical study of Tolstoy, “Creating Anna Karenina.”
Janet FitchOct 4, 2020
Fernando Sdrigotti seeks to break Latin American writers free from the magical realism pigeonhole.
Fernando SdrigottiOct 2, 2020
Rachael Scarborough King on three books that consider the way forward for New Formalism.
Rachael Scarborough KingSep 19, 2020
Reckoning with the ghosts of neglected women authors.
Leanne PhillipsSep 19, 2020
Patricia A. Matthew interviews Lavelle Porter about his recent book, "The Blackademic Life: Academic Fiction, Higher Education, and the Black...
Patricia A. MatthewSep 9, 2020
Dinah Lenney talks with Alden Jones about her latest book, “The Wanting Was a Wilderness.”
Dinah LenneySep 4, 2020
Caryl Emerson pursues “The Firebird and the Fox: Russian Culture under Tsars and Bolsheviks” by Jeffrey Brooks.
Caryl EmersonSep 2, 2020
Greil Marcus’s new book interrogates American myths of success and belonging via adaptations and revisionings of “The Great Gatsby.”
Robert LossAug 29, 2020