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Issue 104 Summer 2008
THE BOMB BLAST
Charles Simic recently served as U.S. Poet Laureate, stepping down from this position this July. His new collection, That Little Something, and Slovenian poet Tomaž Šalamun’s latest, Woods and Chalices, both arrived during this year’s National Poetry Month. Their conversation follows this summer.
L: Charles Simic. Photo: Philip Simic. R: Tomaž Šalamun. Photo: Kari Klemelä.
The Bosnian author began writing in English in 1995. Hemon’s new novel, The Lazarus Project, follows a Bosnian-American writer as he researches an immigrant’s mysterious 1908 killing, and the narrative of his journey merges and entwines with the historical tale.
Aleksandar Hemon. Photo: Velibor Božović.
Kelly Reichardt’s dark buddy movie, Old Joy, took the festival circuit by a storm in 2006, becoming one of the most talked-about films of the year. She discusses her newest work, Wendy and Lucy, which premiered at Cannes this year, with indie darling Gus Van Sant.
Michelle Williams in Kelly Reichardt’s Wendy & Lucy, 2008.
In the early ‘60s, John Giorno realized that poetry was 75 years behind painting and sculpture. Since then he has revolutionized the medium using everything from the Dada cut-up technique to sound experimentation. With a new poetry collection due this December, Subduing Demons in America: Selected Poems 1962–2007, Giorno discusses poetry, Buddhism, and the ‘60s with editor Marcus Boon.
L to R: Brion Gysin, Wyn Chamberlain, John Giorno, Panna Grady, and John McKendry. Rhinebeck, New York, May 31, 1965. Photo: Sally Chamberlain.
Conceptual artist Nayland Blake, best known for the bunny rabbit character that appears in much of his work, chats with sculptor Rachel Harrison about their most recent projects and how life as an artist has changed in the past 20 years.
Nayland Blake, Untitled, 2007, graphite and colored pencil on paper, 12×9”. Courtesy of the artist.
Art: CLAIRE FONTAINE by Anthony Huberman
ROMAN SIGNER by Armin Senser
Literature:
PETER COLE by Ben Lerner
Music:
ALAN VEGA (Suicide) by Brain McPeck and Matt McCauley (A.R.E. Weapons)
Theater:
RICHARD MAXWELL by John Kelsey
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