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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 ...
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The podcast about food. How to plan and cook a week's worth of delicious dinners. With your hosts Khaseem Warren and Matilda Chambers - two creatives and excellent home cooks.
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Maggie Nelson's ""Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth"
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Maggie Nelson joins Kate Wolf to discuss her new book "Pathemata, Or, The Story of My Mouth." It is at once a compressed record of her long struggle with chronic pain and a document of the boundless blur of the pandemic era. It combines vignettes of daily life and doctor’s visits with dreams and memories, pushing at the partition between interior a…
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Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher speak with writer Katie Kitamura about her recent novel, "Audition," which explores a tense, complex relationship between a middle-aged actress and a young man who may or may not be her son. The book raises questions about the roles we play, the stories we inhabit, and the many choices we make. “Audition” is LARB’s Book…
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Easter Special! Our TOP 5 Chocolate Eggs + Sweet Spiced Hot Cross "Buns" plus Moreish Melty Lamb and Delish Fish- that's what it's all about! Easter feasting is done right.
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Send us a text Our TOP 5 Chocolate Eggs + Sweet Spiced Hot Cross "Buns" plus Moreish Melty Lamb and Delish Fish- that's what it's all about! Easter feasting is done right. https://www.dinnerisservedthepodcast.com/By Khaseem Warren and Matilda Chambers
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Eric Newman and Medaya Ocher speak with Andrea Long Chu about "Authority," a collection of previously published and new essays and criticism. "Authority" interrogates what it means to be a critic today, analyzing the work that the critic does in interpreting a book, film, or TV show for us as well as how the status of the critic has developed from …
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The return of the PROGRESSIVE dinner and what to SERVE! Rump Steak, Salmon Fillets and Roast Beef with ALL the trimmings. All from our very first guest, Mr Will Hanley, star of Melbourne's finest stages ...
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Send us a text The return of the PROGRESSIVE dinner and what to SERVE! Grilled Salmon with Japanese vibes, Roast Beef with ALL the trimmings, a Strawberry and Hazelnut Gateau and a new Oyster Bar you need to get to, stat! All that from our very first guest, Mr Will Hanley, star of Melbourne's finest stages and friend to both Matilda and Khas. What …
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Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak to Lynne Tillman about her latest book, "Thrilled to Death," a collection of short stories selected from over four decades of her work. The stories in "Thrilled to Death" attest to Tillman’s range as a writer and stylist, showcasing her frenetic humor, deep psychological insight, and her innovation of the form. Ever…
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Miso Fried Chicken, Red Wine and Balsamic Lamb Shanks with Sweet Jammy Onions and a Creamy Mash
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Send us a text Miso Fried Chicken, Red Wine and Balsamic Lamb Shanks with Sweet Jammy Onions and a Creamy Mash to start you on your DINNER journey this week! Fresh Snapper TWO ways and a Puttanesca Sauce that also does DOUBLE duty. And for something SWEET- Matilda shares her Raspberry, Coconut and Almond Cake and Khas has a quick Cocktail that woul…
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Pankaj Mishra's "The World After Gaza: A History"
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The writer Pankaj Mishra joins Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher to discuss his new book, "The World After Gaza: A History." It probes how the legacy of the Holocaust has shaped the contemporary world order, including how it has shaped the government of Israel, and the current war in Gaza. The book grapples with how, within the relentless violence of the …
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A JUICY smashed Cheese Burger, BUTTERY Sole Meunière with an Aussie twist & some SERIOUSLY GOOD 15 minute Meal Hacks!
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Send us a text DOMINATE with a FRENCH CLASSIC dish, Sole Meunière but using an Aussie favourite fish & a lemon butter sauce that will have you coming back for more, RETHINK MIDWEEK DINNER with Khas's 15 minute MEAL HACKS, Impress with the MOST JUICY CHEESY cheese Burger & we discuss a WHOLE BARRAMUNDI served with tomato, olives and garlic butter! P…
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Bruce Robbins's "Atrocity: A Literary History"
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Eric Newman speaks with Bruce Robbins about his latest book, "Atrocity: A Literary History," which explores how literary accounts of mass killing came to shape our collective moral indignation against such violence. Moving from the pre-modern era to the twentieth century, Robbins's book wrestles with how texts from the Bible to Kurt Vonnegut's "Sla…
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Seriously Elevated Toasties, Creamy Pesto Bucatini, Thai Pork Larb and Popcorn Chicken!! Dinner is Served.
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Send us a text MASTERING a Master Stock, RETHINKING lasagne and a chic way to serve green veggies that's EASY to prepare, looks gorgeous and will IMPRESS all who eat them. What else? Well, we talk Thai-inspired Pork Larb, ELEVATE the humble toastie AND Khas has a (very) little gripe. There's also POPCORN chicken chat, and a whole host more. So, dow…
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Eric Newman speaks with Torrey Peters about her new story collection, "Stag Dance," which spans genre, time, and place to explore the shifting sands of gender, sex, desire, and identity. From a post-apocalyptic world in which everyone is trans to a pirate logging camp in the early 1900s where desire and gender explode in surprising ways, the storie…
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Haley Mlotek's "No Fault: A Memoir of Divorce and Romance"
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Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher speak to writer Haley Mlotek about "No Fault: A Memoir of Divorce and Romance." The book blends the history of divorce law and custom in North America over the last century with cultural criticism on the way divorce has been portrayed in literature, film, and online. Mlotek also records her own experience of ending a marr…
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Crunchy Crackling Bahn Mi, Pimped-Up Fried Rice and DELISH ideas for small book-ish gatherings. Dinner IS Served.
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Send us a text Make way for a CRUNCHY Crackling Bahn Mi, ready in minutes! What's that, you need Falafel Bowl ideas with all the trimmings? Coming right up! AND some BRILLIANT suggestions to feed a small gathering at your next book club/movie club/games night thingy; all completely DOABLE fresh from a busy day at work. PLUS we lost it, several time…
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LARB Radio Hour x Film Comment 2025 Oscars Preview
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In this special episode, host Eric Newman joins LARB senior editor Paul Thompson and Film Comment co-editors Devika Girish and Clinton Krute for a look at this year’s Oscar nominees ahead of this weekend’s award ceremony. Surveying this rather strange year in film, the gang discusses the gory camp of The Substance, the omnipresence of Wicked, the m…
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A CRISPY fish burger AND a Creamy Coconut Chicken Curry PLUS a kitchen classic you NEED TO KNOW HOW TO COOK!
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Send us a text This week Khas shares a crispy fish burger you'll be drooling over and a kitchen classic that EVERYONE should know how to cook. PLUS a creamy, coconut chicken curry that will become your go-to and we discuss the love language of Care Packages. All that and more! Dinner is Served. https://www.dinnerisservedthepodcast.com/…
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Hal Foster's "Fail Better: Reckonings with Artists and Critics"
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Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by the art critic and historian Hal Foster to speak about his latest book, "Fail Better: Reckonings with Artists and Critics." A collection of essays that brings together over three decades of Foster’s work, the book exhibits a rigorous philosophical and political engagement with a celebrated group of critics a…
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The NEW Roast, A Viral Success Story, The Best Prawn Bisque Linguine and Host A Kids Party...Properly.
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Send us a text This week we have a viral TikTok recipe that lived up to the hype, a SUPER quick and delicious tuna salad. The NEW Roast and how to serve it, a Prawn Bisque Linguine that's easy, yet suitably boujie. AND...how to host a kid's party that avoids the trash (mostly), but delivers the party vibes. Dinner is Served. https://www.dinnerisser…
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Deborah Treisman's "A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker"
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Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by Deborah Treisman, the fiction editor at The New Yorker and host of The New Yorker’s Fiction podcast. Deborah is the editor of a new anthology of short stories, "A Century of Fiction in The New Yorker, 1925-2025," which features some of the incredible writers that The New Yorker has published over the past 10…
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Crispy Topped Chicken and Lemon Pot Pie AND Smokey Tandoori BBQ Chicken, because you all love yourself a little chicken!
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Send us a text We're back! In our first (proper) episode of 2025, we have a Crispy Topped Chicken and Lemon Pot Pie AND Smokey Tandoori BBQ Chicken, because you all love yourself a little chicken! In the lead-up to Valentine's Day, there's also a blush-worthy cheeky Chinese New Year moment and some backyard wedding ideas that would honestly suit a …
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Colette Shade's "Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything"
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Eric Newman speaks with Colette Shade about her book “Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything.” Revisiting the strange hallmarks of that era–remember inflatable furniture and phones without touch screens?–Colette’s essays explore the social and political antecedents that formed the fashion, culture, and style of the millennial turn. With a sharp eye t…
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Kate Wolf and Medaya Ocher are joined by writer and poet Aria Aber to discuss her first novel, Good Girl. Aber is the author of the poetry collection Hard Damage, which won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize and the Whiting Award. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, New Republic, The Yale Review, Granta, and elsewhere. Good Girl follows 19-yea…
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Trump L’Oeil: Spectacle in the Age of Trump
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In this week’s episode, Medaya Ocher, Kate Wolf, and Eric Newman are joined by LARB contributor Gideon Jacobs for a discussion about the power of images in the era of Trump. Recorded in the hours after Trump's inauguration, Gideon and the hosts talk about how Trump and his associates use images and spectacle, the flattening and coarsening of our po…
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Send us a text We’re back with our SUMMER SPECIAL!! And we’re talking Vietnamese BBQ, Mexican Grilled Corn Salad and Lemongrass Chilli Prawns (BBQ’d of course!). PLUS loads of new ways to approach your BBQ-ing and level up your protein game. All that AND we’ll give you a taster of what’s to come in Season Two of Dinner is Served, with Khas and Mati…
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In this week’s episode, we are talking about the wildfires that have ravaged LA. Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf speak to author David L. Ulin about Los Angeles as a place forged in precarity and grit, as well as some of the local literature of disaster, and what it means to accept the city as somewhere catastrophe can strike in an instant. Next they sp…
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On July 18th, Los Angeles Review of Books and The Berggruen Institute hosted a panel discussion titled "Writing Climate Futures," featuring David Wallace-Wells, Jenny Offill, Bharat Venkat, and Jonathan Blake.As our planet faces a climate crisis, questions about the role and efficacy of environmental writing assume greater urgency by the day. Throu…
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In this encore 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 …
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In our last episode of the year, Kate Wolf speaks with the poet, playwright, and performance artist Ariana Reines about her latest book, Wave of Blood. A hybrid text that includes poems, diary entries in verse, and various forms of public address, Wave of Blood spans the six month period between October 2023, after the outbreak of war in Gaza, and …
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It’s time for our favorite episode of the year. Hosts Kate Wolf, Medaya Ocher, and Eric Newman discuss their favorite books, movies, TV shows, music, scandals and (new category!) memories of 2024. For a full list of picks, visit https://lareviewofbooks.org/podcasts/larb-radio-hour/By LA Review of Books
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Medaya Ocher and Kate Wolf are joined by writer Kathryn Davis, the acclaimed author of many novels, including Labrador, The Girl Who Trod on a Loaf, Hell, The Walking Tour, The Thin Place, Versailles, Duplex, and Silk Road, and a memoir, Aurelia Aurélia. Davis discusses her novel Versailles, originally published in 2002, recently reissued by Graywo…
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