Tom Lutz is the editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books. His latest book is Born Slippy: A Novel. For more, go to tomlutzwriter.com
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
Real-Life Pawns
Once upon a time, not too long ago, America saw itself as exporting ideals of democracy and progress, welcoming foreign students ...
The Ship of State: A Conversation with Dave Eggers
Tom Lutz talks to Dave Eggers about his allegorical satire, “The Captain and the Glory.”...
Letter to the Editor
Palestine Legal attorney Radhika Sainath responds to “Reply to W. J. T. Mitchell’s ‘The Trolls of Academe’” and LARB's decision to publish the article....
Book Club Redux: “The Sympathizer”
Tom’s Book Club discussion about Viet Thanh Nguyen’s ‘The Sympathizer.”...
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: Walter Shapiro
Journalist Walter Shapiro comes in to discuss his new book, HUSTLING HITLER: THE JEWISH VAUDEVILLIAN WHO FOOLED THE FUHRER....
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'...
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 ...
Radio Hour: Michelle Latiolais
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK This week author Michelle Latiolais joins Seth, Tom, and Laurie to discuss her new ...
Ali
I WENT TO a boxing match in Las Vegas once, because it was a Showtime match and I had a ...
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: Ryan Gattis
Subscribe on iTunes - Listen Live on KPFK This week's show features an interview with Ryan Gattis, author of All Involved, a ...
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 ...
Cartoonists Roundtable: One Year After “Charlie Hebdo”
Five editorial cartoonists weigh in on making controversial work and the legacy of the Charlie Hebdo attacks at UCI's "What Cannot Be Said" forum....
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....
John Rechy in Conversation with Tom Lutz
nbsp; In this conversation taped at a recent LARB Luminary Dinner, Mexican American novelist and pioneer writer of gay literature John ...
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....
Interview with Amber Tamblyn, Author of “Dark Sparkler“
Former child actor Amber Tamblyn welcomes a familiar subject in her new book of poetry and art, "Dark Sparkler."...
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....
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....
Interview with Iconic Poet Nikki Giovanni
Interview with iconic poet, hip-hop pioneer and activist Nikki Giovanni at the 2015 LA Writers Conference....
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....
Tavis Smiley's New Memoir Details His Relationship with Maya Angelou
Tavis Smiley discusses his new memoir, My Journey with Maya, which details his lifelong friendship with legendary poet Maya Angelou....
Tom's Book Club: Pico Iyer
The winter edition of Tom's Book Club featured The Art of Stillness by Pico Iyer. A follow up to Pico Iyer’...
There’s No Writer’s Block in a Newsroom
Tom Lutz talks to Michael Connelly....
Ching-In Chen at UC Riverside's 38th Annual Writers Week
UC Riverside MFA alumna Ching-In Chen reads American Syntax at the school's 38th Annual Writers Week Conference....
John Rechy: An Interview
"I’ve never thought of myself as a rebel. This may sound naive, but I did not expect that City of Night would create the kind of stir that it did."...
An Interview with No Pictures
Tom Lutz talks with B.J. Novak about storytelling and his forthcoming children’s book....
Tom's Book Club, Fall 2014
LARB editor-in-chief interviews Mount Terminus author David Grand for the Fall 2014 edition of Tom's Book Club....
Interview with Krys Lee
Interview with Krys Lee about her work and experiences on the North Korean border, the inspiration for her forthcoming novel....
Interview with Daniel Alarcón
Interview with Daniel Alarcón about his non-traditional literary background and his relationship with Spanish literature....
[VIDEO] Interview with Cartoonist Ben Katchor
A look into the strange and beautiful worlds of cartoonist Ben Katchor, best known for his comic strip 'Julius Knipl, Real Estate Photographer'....
[VIDEO] Michelle Huneven on the Lasting Impact of Questionable Decisions in "Off Course"
Michelle Huneven discusses her latest novel "Off Course," and how redemption comes with scars....
[VIDEO] The co-creator of Literary Death Match
Literary Death Match co-creator spoke with LARB A.V. about the show's genesis, its highlights, and about the genius of Stephen Tobolowsky....
[VIDEO] All Novelists Wanted to be Rock Stars
T.C. Boyle dishes on everything from burritos to scud missiles in an interview with LARB's editor-in-chief Tom Lutz at the LA Times Festival of Books....
[VIDEO] Mona Simpson on Love and Spying in "Casebook"
Mona Simpson discusses the inspiration for her new novel "Casebook" and why it is a different kind of love story....
[VIDEO] Daniel Chacon's "Hotel Juarez"
Acclaimed Latino author Daniel Chacon talks about his most recent work, Hotel Juarez, a portrait of a city written in its crime-ridden heyday....
[VIDEO] The Horrors of Fatherhood in Kearney's New Poetry Collection, "Patter"
Patter is about the pain of infertility, about imperfect fatherly role models, and the dreadful calculus involved in disciplining your children....
[VIDEO] Founder of Red Hen Press and author of new book "The Goldilocks Zone"
Kate Gale is interviewed about her independent press, Red Hen Publishing, and about her new book of poetry "The Goldilocks Zone."...
[VIDEO] Nina Revoyr, UCR Writers Week 2014
Nina Revoyr, award-winning author best known for her novel Southland (2003), discusses what Los Angeles means to her writing. ¤...
[VIDEO] On "The Color Master"
This past Sunday we offered members of Tom's Book Club an exclusive live-stream video of LARB editor-in-chief Tom Lutz speaking with ...
[VIDEO] Cameron Diaz, "The Body Book"
Cameron Diaz discusses what it means to be healthy, and why she's excited about aging....
[VIDEO] Chris Hedges, PEN Awards 2013
Chris Hedges, winner of this year's PEN First Amendment award, discusses the state journalism in the modern era and what it means to be a war correspondent....
[VIDEO] Libros Schmibros Celebrates 3rd Anniversary
The Los Angeles Review of Books talks with David Kipen, Colleen Jaurretche and Andrew Vasquez of Libros Schmibros. The Los Angeles ...
[VIDEO] Walter Mosley, "Little Green"
Walter Mosley is an American novelist, widely recognized for his crime fiction. He has written a series of best-selling historical mysteries ...
[VIDEO] Dan Fante, "Point Doom"
Dan Fante is an American author, poet, and playwright. He is the son of acclaimed novelist John Fante and author of ...
[VIDEO] Héctor Tobar at UCR Writers Week 2013
Héctor Tobar is a Los Angeles writer and journalist. In 1992, He won a Pulizer Prize in 1992 for his ...
Tod Goldberg at UCR Writers Week
Tod Goldberg is an American author and journalist best known for his novels Fake Liar Cheat (Pocket Books/MTV) and Living ...
David Shields at UCR Writers Week
CREDITS: Filmed by Jerry Gorin and James Simenc / Produced by Tom Lutz...
Dave Barry talks to Tom Lutz
Dave Barry Skyped in to talk to Tom Lutz — very bad lighting on his side makes for a very low-fi image, ...
James Ellroy on his latest novella.
L.A. is where I come back to when women divorce me....
PODCAST: Toby Miller on 'Greening the Media'
Going into the kitchen of digital culture....
Juan Felipe Herrera on Being Poet Laureate
Juan Felipe Herrera talks about becoming the new California Poet Laureate. ...
Gregg Hurwitz
Gregg Hurwitz came to LARB headquarters to talk to Tom Lutz about becoming an Angeleno, the L.A. crime fiction tradition, ...
The Death of the Hollywood Novel
Michael Tolkin talks about his book The Return of the Player. ...
Jerry Stahl on Historical Fiction & Memoir
Jerry Stahl on Permanent Midnight, I. Fatty,' and the relation between historical fiction and memoir as history of the present....
Denise Hamilton on Damage Control
Denise Hamilton discusses her novel 'Damage Control' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZYLYUcWl94...
Aimee Bender on Nonfiction
Aimee Bender likes the excitement, the creative energy of the current ferment in the nonfiction world....
VIDEO: Leo Braudy on the Hollywood Sign
The fantasy and reality of an American icon....
Feeding the Poor
In truth, it is the ones who uncritically embrace new technical innovations that are being naïve and idealistic....
Antielitism Left and Right: An Interview with Catherine Liu
"Elitist" is used as an all-purpose insult by both the culturally reactionary and the culturally progressive....
Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti
Tom Lutz talks to Misha Glouberman and Sheila Heti about their co-authored, genreless book, 'The Chairs Are Where the People Go.'...
PODCAST: Philosophical Improvisations
Part philosophy, part self-help, part experiment in nonfiction, part a book-length interview....
Future Tense
"Yes," said a Frenchman. "We have this silly theory in France that our authors should be able to eat."...
Odious and Unpleasant
For all the talk of information overload, we are all of us a little behind on our reading....
VIDEO: Cecil Castellucci
Cecil Castellucci talks to LARB about reading and writing Young Adult fiction....
