31 YEARS OF THE ARTIST’S VOICE
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LITTLE FINGERS BY FILIP FLORIAN
by Aug 03, 2009
Little Fingers by Filip Florian is a “novel about a little town and a big discovery.” In present-day Romania, a mass grave, “a torrent of human bones that had not fallen from the heavens like rain, but emerged from the earth near a subsided wall,” is happened upon.
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MICHAEL IDOV
by Jul 27, 2009
Michael Idov has accomplished three things I have, at some point in my life, wanted to do: he is a features writer at New York Magazine, he wrote a book, and he opened a coffee house on the Lower East Side.
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SUBTEXT: IVAN E. COYOTE KITCHEN TABLE CHRONICLES
by Jul 23, 2009
Born and raised in the Yukon, currently based in Vancouver, Ivan E. Coyote is one of Canada’s most acclaimed storytellers. Ivan brings the warmness of her “kitchen table” stories to this interview with Susie Deford.
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TIPS FOR WRITERS FROM THE BOMB EDITORIAL STAFF
by Jul 21, 2009
First sentences, character voicing, mechanics, and tips on how to please the BOMB editors.
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SUBTEXT: BARBARA HAMBY AND THE ABECEDARIAN CORSET
by Jul 16, 2009
Award winning poet, Barbara Hamby, talks about poetic process and her book, All Night Lingo Tango.
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DENISE DUHAMEL: REFORM SCHOOL POET
by Jul 08, 2009
Susie Deford interviews poet Denise Duhamel about her new book of poems KA-CHING! that tackles one of the more taboo topics in art, money.
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GARY INDIANA READING CHAPTERS 19–20 OF THE SHANGHAI GESTURE
by Jul 07, 2009
In celebration of Small Press Month, BOMB Magazine presents a serialized audiobook of The Shanghai Gesture as read by the novel’s author, Gary Indiana—writer, actor, playwright, provocateur, and BOMB Editor-at-Large.
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"LETS COMPARE A PENCIL TO A VAGINA" AND OTHER ACKERISMS
by Jun 26, 2009
Some highlights from the new interviews, including one with Kathy Acker.
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THINK: POEMS FOR ARETHA FRANKLIN'S INAUGURATION DAY HAT
by Jun 24, 2009
Patricia Spears Jones has collected a series of poems inspired by Aretha Franklin’s hat at the Inauguration. Download the pdf to make your own saddle stitched book!
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“THE DEATH OF LITERATURE,” OR SOMETHING: BRANDON SCOTT GORRELL
by Jun 24, 2009
Emily Nonko interview Muumuu House poet Brandon Scott Gorrell.
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DO NOT DENY ME BY JEAN THOMPSON
by Jun 15, 2009
Salvatore Pane reviews Jean Thompson’s short story collection Do Not Deny Me.
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THE EFFIGIES AND THEIR GENTLEMEN
by Jun 09, 2009
David Archer reviews My Diva, a collection of essays that explores the relationships between gay men and their female heroes.
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BRANDON DOWNING’S “负心的人 (FU XIN DE REN), 2009″
by May 14, 2009
Monica de la Torre chats with Brandon Downing about his videos and poems.
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BIG LOOSE ONES, HOW TO SELL BY CLANCY MARTIN
by May 13, 2009
Annie Dewitt reviews Clancy Martin’s novel, How to Sell.
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REGULAR MISERABLE PEOPLE JOE MENOS THE GREAT PERHAPS
by May 12, 2009
Salvatore Pane reviews Joe Meno’s touching and hilarious novel The Great Perhaps.
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SHOPLIFTING FROM ANN BEATTIE: AN INTERVIEW WITH TAO LIN
by May 11, 2009
Emily Nonko interviews writer, blogger, and poet Tao Lin.
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A FUTURE FOR THE LITERARY NOVEL
by Apr 29, 2009
NYU’s English department holds a panel that begs the question, “Is There A Future For the Literary Novel?” Host and BOMB contributing editor reports on the conversation.
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TOO LITTLE, TOO SOON: DAVID FOSTER WALLACE’S “THIS IS WATER”
by Apr 27, 2009
Vadim Rizov on the recent publication of David Foster Wallace’s speech “This is Water.”
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THE WORLD BENEATH BY AARON GWYN
by Apr 22, 2009
Salvatore Pane reviews Aaron Gwyn’s debut novel, The World Beneath.
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THE WORLD SPLITS OPEN
by Apr 20, 2009
Susie DeFord reviews Poems from the Women’s Movement and wonders about the role of female contemporary poets.
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TWO TALES TWO CITIES
by Apr 15, 2009
Lena Valencia reviews Geoff Dyer’s Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi.
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SHERMAN ALEXIE AND JAYNE CORTEZ AT THE POETRY PROJECT
by Apr 06, 2009
Poet and author Sherman Alexie, promoting his newly released book of poetry, Face, read with Jayne Cortez at the Poetry Project in the St. Mark’s Church.
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HARI KUNZRU AND POROCHISTA KHAKPOUR AT THE ASIAN AMERICAN WRITERS' WORKSHOP
by Mar 30, 2009
What was billed as a night of “laughter and thinking” actually was more nervous titters and revolutionary undertones as writers Hari Kunzru and Porochista Khakpour read some subtly inflammatory pieces from their most recent works.
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THE LOWDOWN ON LOWBOY
by Mar 26, 2009
John Wray’s novel Lowboy has been out for a few weeks now, and the media attention has been universally enthusiastic.
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BOMB ON THE INSIDE: UNLOCKING EXPERIENCE BY TURNING A PAGE
by Mar 26, 2009
Amir Mogharabi created Farimani —an eleven-issue, biannual publication-cum-art project—to showcase collaborations with legendary thinkers in art, theory, and music.
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BOMB ON THE INSIDE: THE 2009 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FINALISTS ANNOUCEMENT
by Mar 20, 2009
The Man Booker International Prize is awarded every two years. In June, the third prize in the institution’s history will be given at Trinity College in Dublin.
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AN IMPASSIVE LENS: EMILY WILSON'S MICROGRAPHIA
by Mar 19, 2009
Poet Emily Wilson selected Micrographia as the title of her slim volume of backyard Brooklyn observations.
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I BELIEVE, I BELIEVE: RUINS, A NOVEL BY ACHY OBEJAS
by Mar 12, 2009
Set in Cuba during the Special Period, Ruins tells of a middle aged man’s attempts to earn a living, deal with his rebellious daughter, and accept what has happened to his country.
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NOTHING RIGHT BY ANTONYA NELSON
by Mar 09, 2009
Antonya Nelson’s short stories seem to relish their collective misery, dealing with loss and failure, but with a certain dark joy.