First Proof Breaks Out!

 

BOMB’s literary supplement, First Proof, is packed with the best in contemporary fiction, poetry, plays, and art with covers by groundbreaking artists!

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 art portfolio 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, Patrick Dacey and Jesmyn Ward in the magazine, then listen to them read here!.

 

Featured First Proof cover artists include:

 

Fall 2008: Paul Bloodgood

 

Front: Paul Bloodgood, Study for Invitation to Reclusion, 2008, paper collage, gouache, and watercolor with handprinted text, 31 1/2×9”. Courtesy of the artist.

 

 

Back: Paul Bloodgood, Study for Invitation to Reclusion, 2008, paper collage, gouache, and watercolor with handprinted text, 31 1/2×9”. Courtesy of the artist.

 

 

 

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”.

 

 

 

In the Fall 2008 First Proof:

Carmen Boullosa, Donald Breckenridge, Patricia Cronin, Ted Mathys, 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

 

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