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  • Richard Hell's "Godlike"

    February 13, 2026 · 42 min

    Richard Hell joins Kate Wolf to speak about the reissue of his novel, "Godlike." Originally published in 2005, "Godlike" transposes the relationship of the 19th century poets Arthur Rimabaud and Paul Verlaine to 1970s New York. Told from…

  • Kristin Ross's "The Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life"

    February 6, 2026 · 44 min

    In this week's episode from the archives, Eric Newman and Kate Wolf speak to the author Kristin Ross about her book, "The Politics and Poetics of Everyday Life," a collection of essays that examine how everyday life emerges as a vantage…

  • Hamza Walker’s Monuments and Senga Nengudi’s Populated Air

    January 30, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min

    A double header show on sculpture, public art, communal space, and gaps and omissions in American history. First, Kate Wolf speaks to Hamza Walker, co-curator of “Monuments,” an exhibition currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary…

  • Lauren Rothery's "Television"

    January 23, 2026 · 38 min

    Medaya Ocher is joined by writer Lauren Rothery to discuss her novel "Television," which follows an aging movie star named Verity, his on and off lover Helen, and Phoebe a screenwriter and filmmaker. One day, on a whim, Verity decides to…

  • Caroline Fraser's "Murderland"

    January 16, 2026 · 58 min

    Kate Wolf and Eric Newman speak with Caroline Fraser about her new book, "Murderland: Crime and Bloodlust in the Time of Serial Killers." Taking an ecological approach to true crime, the book explores how decades of industrial pollution…

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  • Susan Orlean's "Joyride: A Memoir"

    January 9, 2026 · 55 min

    Medaya Ocher is joined by writer and author Susan Orlean, whose latest book is "Joyride: A Memoir." In "Joyride," Orlean recounts how she became a writer: the strokes of luck, as well as the ambition and talent that led her from…

  • Sally Mann’s “Art Work: On the Creative Life”

    January 2, 2026 · 48 min

    This week, we are revisiting our episode with photographer and writer Sally Mann about her book, "Art Work: On the Creative Life." Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf speak with Mann, whose book describes her path to becoming an artist and provides…

  • Special Show: Jenny Slate and Sarah Manguso

    December 26, 2025 · 37 min

    Today’s episode features a live recording from a LARB Luminary Dinner honoring writer, performer and actor Jenny Slate. Author Sarah Manguso sits down with Slate for an intimate conversation exploring the complexities of balancing artistic…

  • Tales from Two Critics: A.S. Hamrah and Melissa Anderson on the Year in Film

    December 19, 2025 · 1 hr 16 min

    Kate Wolf is joined by two of today's finest film critics to discuss the current state of Hollywood—including the sale of Warner Brothers Discovery—the art of writing about movies, and some of the year's best films. Up first is critic A.S…

  • LARB Best of 2025

    December 12, 2025 · 55 min

    It's that time of the year again! Hosts Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman look back on some of the bright lights from a pretty dark year with a rundown of their favorite books, movies, TV shows, music, and scandals from 2025. For a…

  • Julia Loktev's "My Undesirable Friends"

    December 5, 2025 · 56 min

    Medaya Ocher and Eric Newman speak with director Julia Loktev about her new documentary "My Undesirable Friends." Filmed in 2021, just before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the five-hour epic follows independent journalists at TV Rain as…

  • Robin Coste Lewis's "Archive of Desire"

    November 29, 2025 · 45 min

    Kate Wolf and Eric Newman speak with Robin Coste Lewis about her new poetry collection, "Archive of Desire." The four part collection emerged out of a collaboration with other artists commissioned by the Onassis Foundation to celebrate the…

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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.