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Danielle Dutton's "Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other" 52:17

5d ago52:17

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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 and Sprawl. Dutton is also co-founder of the outstanding press Dorothy Project. Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other is a collection of stories and essays that exemplify Dutton’s approach to writing: ekphrastic…

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On Giving Up 50:50

7d ago50:50

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In this special episode, hosts Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman discuss the case for and against giving up—on life, vices, dreams, creative pursuits, jobs, relationships, exercise, and work. Their conversation is inspired by Adam Phillips’s recent book On Giving Up, in which the psychoanalyst observes that “we give things up when we believe…

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Anna Shechtman's "The Riddles of the Sphinx" 41:26

12d ago41:26

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Scholar and writer Anna Shechtman joins Medaya Ocher to discuss her book The Riddles of the Sphinx: Inheriting the Feminist History of the Crossword Puzzle. Shechtman is an accomplished cruciverbalist, constructing a bimonthly crossword at The New Yorker; she is the former Humanities and Film Editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books, where she is …

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The Veteranos of East LA 1:01:16

19d ago1:01:16

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Scholar Randol Contreras joins Kate Wolf and Eric Newman to discuss his new book The Marvelous Ones: Drugs, Gang Violence, and Resistance in East Los Angeles. The book is a study of the history and present lives of veterans of the legendary Maravilla gang that long dominated the scene in East Los Angeles before a bitter rivalry with the La Eme duri…

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Mother Tongues and Mother Dolls 1:03:08

26d ago1:03:08

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A double-header episode about two new novels that each feature high stakes feats of translation. First, the translator and writer Jenny Croft speaks with Medaya Ocher about her debut novel, The Extinction of Irena Rey. It follows eight translators who have just arrived at the house of a famous, beloved writer, the titular Irena Rey. Suddenly, Irena…

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Victoria Chang on Finding Agnes Martin During Crisis 46:00

1M ago46:00

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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 the work of the painter Agnes Martin: each poem takes the title of one of Martin’s paintings and is also often accompanied by Chang’s own visual interpretations of Martin’s work. Regarding Martin’s int…

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Morgan Neville's "STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces" 30:52

1M ago30:52

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Eric Newman speaks with director Morgan Neville about his new film "STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces," which explores the legendary comedian's meteoric rise to standup stardom, his abrupt pivot to TV and film, and his return to stage in the present as he and close friend Martin Short prep a new comedy tour. Eric and Morgan discuss the trea…

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The Morality of Memoir, or, Daddy I Want Coffee! 49:39

1M ago49:39

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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 controversies. Touching on Blake Butler’s Molly, Emily Gould’s essay in The Cut on her flirtation with divorce, and much more, the gang considers who gets to tell whose stories, how, and why.…

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Tommy Orange's "Wandering Stars" 50:13

2M ago50:13

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Eric Newman speaks with writer Tommy Orange about his novel Wandering Stars, a multigenerational epic that is both prequel and sequel to his award-winning 2018 debut There There. Beginning in the immediate aftermath of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864, the novel follows a Native family's journey across more than 150 years as they struggle to maintai…

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The Problem with Adoption 56:08

2M ago56:08

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Kate Wolf speaks with sociologist Gretchen Sisson about her first book, Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood. The book is based on interviews Sisson conducted over the last decade with birth mothers who relinquished their children for private adoption in the US. Most often Sisson found that these women dee…

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Brad Gooch's "Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring" 59:46

2M ago59:46

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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 artist whose work can be seen today on everything from museum walls to t-shirts and tote bags, Gooch's book unearths the cultural moment that gave rise to Haring's meteoric career before his untimely d…

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Tana French's "The Hunter" 57:45

2M ago57:45

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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 of Ardnakelty, The Hunter is a dark, slow-burning story of the ties that knit together small communities–and the animosities that tear them apart. French talks about how American Westerns influenced th…

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LARB Radio Hour x Film Comment 2024 Oscars Preview 1:36:46

2M ago1:36:46

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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 preview of this year's Academy Awards. Breaking down the top Oscar contenders, the group talks the best and worst of the year in movies, from Barbie to Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon, Poor Thin…

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Leslie Jamison's "Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story" 54:39

3M ago54:39

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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 daughter and the collapse of her marriage soon after. Jamison writes about the bond with her own mother, as well as the intense, consuming love for her child. The book is not only a story about her most in…

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Phillip B. Williams' "Ours' 59:51

3M ago59:51

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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-emancipation, the book tells the story of Saint, a conjure woman who uses her supernatural powers to liberate slaves and keep them safe in a magically secluded town near St. Louis. But as Saint's magic be…

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Lucy Sante's "I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition" 46:01

3M ago46:01

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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 of how as living as Luc for almost the entirety of her life, three years ago, she became Lucy. The book begins with the letter she sent her closest friends with the "bombshell" confession that the ima…

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Adam Shatz's "The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon" 1:07:37

3M ago1:07:37

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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 a biography of Fanon— one of the most important thinkers on race and colonialism of the last century— as well as an intellectual history that looks closely at his most seminal texts. Shatz uncovers th…

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Nathan Thrall's "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy" 47:57

3M ago47:57

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Writer Nathan Thrall joins Kate Wolf to talk about his recent book, A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy, which was published last October and named one of the best books of the year by The New Yorker, The Economist, The New Republic and the Financial Times. It is an account of a horrific accident that took place in the …

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E.J. Koh's "The Liberators" 55:25

4M ago55:25

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Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman are joined by E.J. Koh to discuss her debut novel, The Liberators, LARB Book Club's pick for Winter 2024. Widely acclaimed by critics, The Liberators tells the story of two families as they navigate love and survival from the Korean dictatorship of the early 1980s through the Sewol Ferry sinking of 2014. Between those b…

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Kohei Saito's "Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto" 47:56

4M ago47:56

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The philosopher Kohei Saito speaks to Eric Newman and Kate Wolf about his book Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto. A critique of our insufficient response to the climate crisis, Slow Down aptly points to capitalism—its race for profits and endlessly expansive production— as the chief cause of our present emergency. The cure is not a green capitalism…

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Lexi Freiman's "The Book of Ayn" 51:27

4M ago51:27

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Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman are joined by author Lexi Freiman to discuss her latest novel, The Book of Ayn. A punchy satire of contemporary life, the story centers on Anna, a writer reeling from being cancelled after the New York Times dubs her novel classist. When Anna happens upon a group of Ayn Rand enthusiasts, she takes a shine to Rand's phil…

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Alicia Kennedy's "No Meat Required" 52:43

4M ago52:43

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Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak with writer Alicia Kennedy about No Meat Required: The Cultural History and Culinary Future of Plant-Based Eating. The book unpacks the ethical, spiritual, environmental, economic, and political dimensions of vegetarianism and veganism. It traces the emergence of meatless eating in the US, from 19th century religious…

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Ed Park's "Same Bed Different Dreams" 49:05

5M ago49:05

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Author Ed Park joins Kate Wolf and Eric Newman to discuss his new novel, Same Bed Different Dreams. It begins with a former writer named Soon Shen, who’s given up fiction for a cozy suburban life in upstate New York, working for a tech conglomerate. At a booze-soaked literary dinner back in Manhattan one night, Soon encounters a famous Korean autho…

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The Best of 2023 58:28

5M ago58:28

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Together we've travelled one more trip around the sun... and that means it's time for our favorite episode of the year! Kate, Medaya, and Eric share their favorite books, movies, TV shows, music, magazines (a new category!) and more in this look back at the year that was 2023.LA Review of Books

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Blake Butler's "Molly" 48:11

5M ago48:11

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Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak with the writer and editor Blake Butler about his latest book, a memoir called Molly. Molly is dedicated to the poet and writer Molly Brodak, Butler's wife of three years. Molly committed suicide one spring afternoon, near the house they shared outside of Atlanta. After her death, Molly comes into clearer view, as t…

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Danielle Dutton's "Prairie, Dresses, Art, Other" 52:17

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On Giving Up 50:50

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Anna Shechtman's "The Riddles of the Sphinx" 41:26

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The Veteranos of East LA 1:01:16

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Mother Tongues and Mother Dolls 1:03:08

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Victoria Chang on Finding Agnes Martin During Crisis 46:00

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Morgan Neville's "STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces" 30:52

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The Morality of Memoir, or, Daddy I Want Coffee! 49:39

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Tommy Orange's "Wandering Stars" 50:13

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The Problem with Adoption 56:08

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Brad Gooch's "Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring" 59:46

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Tana French's "The Hunter" 57:45

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LARB Radio Hour x Film Comment 2024 Oscars Preview 1:36:46

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Leslie Jamison's "Splinters: Another Kind of Love Story" 54:39

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Phillip B. Williams' "Ours' 59:51

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Lucy Sante's "I Heard Her Call My Name: A Memoir of Transition" 46:01

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Adam Shatz's "The Rebel’s Clinic: The Revolutionary Lives of Frantz Fanon" 1:07:37

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Nathan Thrall's "A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy" 47:57

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E.J. Koh's "The Liberators" 55:25

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Kohei Saito's "Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto" 47:56

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Lexi Freiman's "The Book of Ayn" 51:27

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Alicia Kennedy's "No Meat Required" 52:43

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Ed Park's "Same Bed Different Dreams" 49:05

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The Best of 2023 58:28

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Blake Butler's "Molly" 48:11

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