BOMB 108/Summer 2009
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOMB 103/Spring 2008

JOSEPH BARTSCHERER by James Welling

Photographer Joseph Bartscherer with James Welling on the order of Things—from construction to agriculture to front-page obituaries. WEB EXTRA: View a slideshow of images from Bartscherer’s Forest.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, ART)  ...

STEVE DIBENEDETTO by David Humphrey

Painters Steve DiBenedetto and David Humphrey on what mind-altering drugs have in common with Venturi, Cezanne, Catholicism, and heavy metal.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, ART)  ...

FOREST by Joseph Bartscherer

WEB EXTRA! View an exclusive slideshow of images from Joseph Bartscherer’s Forest grid and read his conversation with photographer James Welling.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, ART)  ...

RAJA ALEM by Tom McDonough

Arabia’s Nabokov emails with her friend and translator on Bedouin spells, the divine in fly fishing, and their newest project, My Thousand and One Nights.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, LITERATURE)  ...

INDRAN AMIRTHANAYAGAM AND ADAM ZAMEENZAD

Amirthanayagam, born in Sri Lanka and currently an American diplomat, with England-based Zameenzad, on fundamentalism in the West and the Middle East, friendship, and the multilingual imagination.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, LITERATURE)  ...

ZACHARY LAZAR by Christopher Sorrentino

Lazar’s second novel, Sway, interlaces fictional accounts of ‘60s headliners including Anita Pallenberg, Keith Richards, Charles Manson, and Kenneth Anger.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, LITERATURE)  ...

JONATHAN LETHEM AND LYDIA MILLET

An email conversation as unpredictable as some of their characters—Edison, a devoted IRS employee, talking animals, a paranoid critic, and a ghostwriter working for injured athletes among them.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, LITERATURE)  ...

HARMONY KORINE by Richard Bishop

Filmmaker Harmony Korine (Gummo) returns after an eight-year hiatus with Mister Lonely, a hilarious film involving skydiving nuns, celebrity impersonators, and Werner Herzog.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, FILM)  ...

TAV FALCO by Erik Morse

The blues-rock provocateur on his historico-musico revue. A protegé of Eggleston, Falco also photographed and filmed ‘60s and ‘70s Memphis blues. WEB EXTRA: Listen to a song by Tav Falco’s Panther Burns!

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, MUSIC)  ...

PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN by June Stein

The Select Equity Group Series on Theater. The Academy Award winner on how acting has helped him perfect his other love— directing for the theater. Just opening: Little Flower of East Orange at LAByrinth Theater Company.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, THEATER)  ...

CHRIS MARTIN by James Siena

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PAULINA OłOWSKA by Elka Krajewska

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RACHEL FOULLON by Betsy Sussler

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AND IT'S HARD FOR HER TO IMAGINE IT NOW by Hannah Pittard

This First Proof contains the story And It’s Hard for Her to Imagine It Now. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, FIRST PROOF)  ...

TWO STORIES by Paul Maliszewski

This First Proof contains the storys Prayer for Some of What Was Lost and Prayer for What Will be Revealed. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, FIRST PROOF)  ...

TWO POEMS by Bradford Gray Telford

This First Proof contains the poems “Kate Moss Queries Her Counselor on the Nature of Love” and “To the Blue Group Marc Jacobs Explains His Haunting.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, FIRST PROOF)  ...

HERB AND ROSALIE SWANSON AT THE COCOANUT GROVE by Peter Orner

This First Proof contains the story Herb and Rosalie Swanson at the Cocoanut Grove. For copyright reasons this content is only available in print or as Fiction for Driving audio.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, FIRST PROOF)  ...

YES (FOR LIZ) by Linda Bamber

This First Proof contains the story Yes (For Liz). For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, FIRST PROOF)  ...

TRAUMA by Patrick McGrath

This First Proof contains an excerpt from Trauma. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, FIRST PROOF)  ...

AFTERWORD TO THE PLAY ALICE INVENTS A LITTLE GAME AND ALICE ALWAYS WINS by Nick Flynn

This First Proof contains the afterword to the play From Alice Invents a Little Game and Alice Always Wins. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, FIRST PROOF)  ...

TWO POEMS by Elena Georgiou

This First Proof contains the poems “Immigrant # 8: Under a Public Skin” and “Immigrant #9: Incantation by Phone.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, FIRST PROOF)  ...

HERB AND ROSALIE SWANSON AT THE COCOANUT GROVE by Peter Orner

The first installment of BOMB’s Fiction for Driving Across America series. Listen to audio of Peter Orner!

(BOMB 103/Spring 2008, FICTION FOR DRIVING)  ...