First Proof Breaks Out!

 

BOMB’s literary supplement First Proof is now a pocket-sized pull-out, featuring multi-panel, fold-out covers exclusively designed by groundbreaking artists for BOMB readers.

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!

 

New Series: Fiction for Driving Across America

 

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!.

 

Featured First Proof cover artists include:

 

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

 

Collect them all by ordering Back Issues today!