On the Close Readings podcast, longstanding LRB contributors explore a literary period or theme through a selection of key works. Catch up on our four series running in 2025: Conversations …

The first issue of the LRB, edited by Karl Miller, appeared four months later. It included pieces by Miller and Kermode, as well as John Bayley on William Golding and William Empson on A …

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Love and Need: The Life of Robert Frost’s Poetry by Adam Plunkett

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Nov 20, 2025 · How shall we repaint the kitchen? Writing about colour in the LRB archive by Ian Hacking, Anne Enright, John Kinsella, Alison Light, Julian Bell, David Garrioch, Emily LaBarge …

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Oct 23, 2025 · Will Self visits Prague for a walking tour in search of Franz Kafka’s genius loci. In the film, Will visits several Kafka sights as part of his research for a digital essay for the LRB, …