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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOMB 108/Summer 2009

CARRIE MAE WEEMS by Dawoud Bey

Carrie Mae Weems has a muse, an avatar, an alter-ego. Photographer Dawoud Bey and Weems discuss how her guide—this stand-in for history—bears witness to race, class, and migration.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, ART...
Joe Bradley. Abelmuth, 2008, grease pencil on canvas, 40 x 60". All Bradley art images courtesy of CANADA, New York and Peres Projects, Los Angeles, Berlin.

DIKE BLAIR AND JOE BRADLEY

Artists Dike Blair and Joe Bradley set the record straight on irony and sincerity, kitsch and the sublime, anarchy and aestheticism. Bradley curated a Group Shoe at Gavin Brown, on view through July 30.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, ART...

HARRY DODGE & STANYA KAHN by Michael Smith

Dodge and Kahn’s comedy takes the form of high art in lowbrow drag with mythic accoutrements, fringe weirdos, and activist slants. They talked (off- camera) with fellow performer Michael Smith about charged fragility and being abducted by the moment.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, ART...

JACQUES ROUBAUD by Marcella Durand

In The Loop, his most recent novel in English, Roubaud probes the precision of his memories with mathematical zeal. He generously reminisces here—on his involvement with Oulipo, and much more.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, LITERATURE...

NAM LE by Charles D'Ambrosio

D’Ambrosio wrote of Nam Le’s prize-winning story collection, The Boat, “This book journeys across time and space, history and continents.” The authors roam across the literary terrain of Hemingway, Greene, and an asymptotic ocean.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, LITERATURE...
Isabella Rossellini in My Dad Is 100 Years Old. Photo by Jody Shapiro. All images courtesy of Guy Maddin.

GUY MADDIN AND ISABELLA ROSSELLINI

Guy Maddin, consummate Winnipegian experimentalist, and Isabella Rossellini, his Scanditalian muse, on what else but their dream-life, mothers and fathers, classical drama, and, yes, melodrama!

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, FILM...

BILL CALLAHAN by Jon Raymond

Novelist Jon Raymond calls Callahan’s early music as Smog, “gorgeous, literate, and bleak-hearted.” Raymond taps into Callahan’s passion for boxing and influences like DC hardcore and the Meat Puppets.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, MUSIC...

NATURE THEATER OF OKLAHOMA by Young Jean Lee

Young Jean Lee interviews Kelly Copper and Pavol Liška, founders and directors of the Nature Theater of Oklahoma. Their production of Romeo & Juliet runs through 1/17 at The Kitchen.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, THEATER...

DAN WOLGERS by George Negroponte

Dan Wolgers is in his third decade of delivering snapshots of the improbable.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, ARTISTS ON ARTISTS...

MICHAEL COMBS by Rob Fischer

Michael Combs’s sculptures mix the Waspiness of traditional animal mounts with the taboo fetish sexuality of carved wooden birds wearing leather masks, emerging from leather strap-ons, and draped—flaccid—over Winchester gun stocks.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, ARTISTS ON ARTISTS...

XAVIERA SIMMONS by Adam Pendleton

Simmons’ show Wilderness is up at Nicole Klagsbrun through May 28th. Fellow artist Adam Pendleton discusses her composed and staged, yet disquieting, images.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, ARTISTS ON ARTISTS...

OULIPO READING by Jacques Roubaud

WEB EXTRA Hear a recording of Jacques Roubaud reading at the French Embassy in New York on April 4, 2009, as part of the Oulipo in New York festival.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, WEB EXTRAS...

SEND ME TO THE 'LECTRIC CHAIR, 2009 by Guy Maddin & Isabella Rossellini

WEB EXTRA Guy Maddin and Isabella Rossellini’s most recent film collaboration, Send Me to the ‘Lectric Chair, available here only . . .

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, VIDEO...

BLAST FROM THE PAST: DAN GRAHAM: WINTER 1994 by Mike Metz

An advertisement for BOMB’s online archive of interviews featuring an image of the spread for an interview with artist Dan Graham.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, Print Only...

FIRST PROOF: LOU REED by Lou Reed

This First Proof contains four images by Lou Reed. For copyright reasons, this content is available in print only.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, Print Only...

FIVE POEMS by Raphael Rubinstein

This First Proof contains five poems from Dead Troubadours. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

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SECONDS by Adam Simon and Matthew Sharpe

This First Proof captures the collaboration between Adam Simon and Matthew Sharpe with text and paintings respectively. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, Print Only...

SECRET IDENTITY: THE FETISH ART OF SUPERMAN'S CO-CREATOR JOE SHUSTER by Shoshana Shmuluvitz

Shoshana Shmuluvitz reviews Secret Identity: The Fetish Art of Superman’s Co-Creator Joe Shuster, by Craig Yoe.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, Print Only...

THE WICK by David Kramer

A set of 9 watercolors featuring shot glasses with written phrases by David Kramer. This article is not yet available online.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, Print Only...

THIS IS THE HOUSE THAT HORSE BUILT by Colum McCann

This First Proof contains the an excerpt from the novel This Is The House That Horse Built. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, Print Only...

TWO POEMS by Alan Gilbert

This First Proof contains two poems. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

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WANDERMOMENT by Hildebrand Pam Dick

This First Proof contains the poem “Wandermoment.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

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WAYWARD SLEEP by Tara Goedjen

This First Proof contains the short story “Wayward Sleep.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

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Frederic Tuten

THE BAR ON TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK by Frederic Tuten

Fiction for Driving Across America Listen to Frederic Tuten read his short story “The Bar On Tompkins Square Park,” originally published in BOMB 108, the fifth installment in BOMB’s literary podcast series.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, PODCASTS...

BOBBIE OLIVER by Mimi Thompson

Mimi Thompson reviews the painting style of Bobbie Oliver.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, EDITOR'S CHOICE...

SUN CITY GIRLS: SINGLES VOLUMES 1 & 2 by Corey D'Augustine

Corey D’Augustine reviews Sun City Girls’, Singles, Volumes 1 & 2.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, EDITOR'S CHOICE...

TREELESS MOUNTAIN by Montana Wojczuk

Montana Wojczuk reviews So Yong Kim’s film, Treeless Mountain.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, EDITOR'S CHOICE...

TWO BOOKS ON GRAFFITI by Matthew Aaron Goodman

Matthew Aaron Goodman reviews two books on Graffiti: Jack Stewart’s Graffiti Kings: New York City Mass Transit Art of the 1970s, and Subway Art: 25th Anniversary Edition, by Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, EDITOR'S CHOICE...

UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE by Alan Gilbert

Alan Gilbert writes about the 21st-century bohemians of Ugly Duckling Presse.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, EDITOR'S CHOICE...

VERSION FEST by Melissa Potter

Melissa Potter writes about Chicago’s Version Fest.

(BOMB 108/Summer 2009, EDITOR'S CHOICE...