
Each issue showcases innovative, emerging writers and new work by underground literary icons. First Proof: firsts in fiction, poetry, plays in progress, and sneak peaks at upcoming novels.
A bonus exclusive fold-out cover makes each issue an instant collector’s item!
Each issue of First Proof celebrates our ongoing series, Fiction for Driving Across America. Read stories by Peter Orner and Patrick Dacey in the magazine, then listen to them read here!.
Summer 2008: Nancy Spero
Front: Nancy Spero, The Hours of the Night, 1974, handprinting and collage on paper. Eleven panels, 9×22’ (details). Courtesy of Galerie Lelong, New York.
Back: Nancy Spero, The Hours of the Night, 1974, handprinting and collage on paper. Eleven panels, 9×22’ (details).
Spring 2008: Martin Wilner
Front: Martin Wilner, Journal of Evidence Weekly, vol. 140 (supplement A), 2008, ink on paper. Three-panel fold-out, 6 1/2×9”, 6 7/16×9”, and 6 7/16×9”. Courtesy of Pierogi Gallery.
Back: Martin Wilner, Journal of Evidence Weekly, vol. 140 (supplement B), 2008, ink on paper. Two-panel fold-out, 6 7/16×9” and 6 7/16×9”.
Upcoming: Paul Bloodgood
Upcoming in the Fall 2008 First Proof:
Carmen Boullosa, Donald Breckenridge, Patricia Cronin, Michael Martone, Ted Mathys, Rusty Morrison, Dubravka Ugresic, Anne Waldman, and Jesmyn Ward
In the Summer 2008 First Proof:
Patrick Dacey, Sally Dawidoff, Tom Healy, Gary Indiana, Vincent Katz, Keller+Kuhn, Fiona Maazel, Marjorie Welish, and BOMB’s 2007 Fiction Contest Winner, Karen Thompson
In the Spring 2008 First Proof:
Linda Bamber, Nick Flynn, Elena Georgiou, Paul Maliszewski, Patrick McGrath, Peter Orner, Hannah Pittard, and Bradford Gray Telford
(BOMB Programs)