• Big Table

    Big Table

    José Vadi on Living through Gentrification in Twenty-First Century California

    This Week From the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

     
    By Big Table  July 25, 2022
    Big Table

    Robert Gottlieb on the Enigma of Greta Garbo

    By Big Table  July 11, 2022
    Big Table

    Emily Rapp Black on Frida Kahlo, Disability, and the Myth of the Suffering Artist

    By Big Table  July 5, 2022
    Big Table

    Jason Jules on the Subversive Aesthetic of Black Ivy Style

    By Big Freedia  June 27, 2022
    Big Table

    “Los Angeles is Covered in Gold if You’re a Writer.” Rosecrans Baldwin on Writing LA

    By Big Table  April 18, 2022
    Big Table

    Daniel Oppenheimer on Why We Should Read Dave Hickey

    By Big Table  February 28, 2022
    Book Marks: What the Critics Are Saying
    Big Table

    David Ulin on Joan Didion, California, Counterculture, and the Essay Form

    By Big Table  February 22, 2022
    Big Table

    Matthew Specktor on the Cultural Memory of Los Angeles

    By Big Table  February 14, 2022
    Big Table

    Warren Ellis on Mementos of the Music World

    By Big Table  February 7, 2022
    Big Table

    Carole Angier on Fact and Fiction in W.G. Sebald’s Work

    This Week From the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

    By Big Table  July 18, 2022
    Big Table

    “Adapting to the Reality of the River.” Nathaniel Rich on the Political Game Around Climate Change

    By Big Table  December 6, 2021
    Big Table

    “Our Photographs Come Out of Our Own Experience.” Jona Frank on Her New Visual Memoir

    By Big Table  November 15, 2021
    Big Table

    Damian Bradfield on the Future of the Internet

    By Big Table  November 8, 2021
    Big Table

    William Sites on Sun Ra’s Proto-Afrofuturism and Birmingham Upbringing

    This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

    By Big Table  October 12, 2021
    Big Table

    Dana Gioia on Why Ray Bradbury is So Essential

    By Big Table  September 14, 2021
    Big Table

    Brigette Benkeman on Dora Maar, Surrealist Photographer and Picasso’s “Weeping Woman”

    By Big Table  September 7, 2021
    Big Table

    Yuval Taylor on Zora Neale Hurston’s Initial Reception

    By Big Table  August 31, 2021
    Big Table

    Cey Adams and Janette Beckman on Being Heard Through Graffiti Art

    This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

    By Big Table  August 24, 2021
    Big Table

    Mariella Guzzoni on Van Gogh’s Love of Literature

    By Big Table  August 17, 2021
    Big Table

    William Deresiewicz on the Disappearing Middle Class of Artists

    By Big Table  August 10, 2021
    Big Table

    Calling Danny Boy: Geoff Dyer on the Monty Python of
    War Films

    By Big Table  August 3, 2021
    Big Table

    Unpacking the Enigma of George Orwell

    This Week from the Big Table Podcast with JC Gabel

    By Big Table  June 21, 2021
    Big Table

    Mary Gabriel on Expanding the Story of Mid-Century
    American Art

    By Big Table  June 16, 2021
    Big Table

    On the Excoriating Speech Nelson Algren Delivered to College English Students

    By Big Table  June 10, 2021
    Big Table

    Kyle Beachy on the Mystery Origins of Skateboarding

    By Big Table  December 13, 2021
    Page 1 of 2

    • We Need Your Help:

    Become a Lit Hub Supporting Member

    Lit Hub has always brought you the best of the book world for free—no paywall. But our future relies on you. In return for your contribution, you'll get an ad-free site experience, editors' picks, and our Joan Didion tote bag. Most importantly, you'll keep independent book coverage alive and thriving.