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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BOMB 109/Fall 2009

ALLEN RUPPERSBERG by Cheryl Donegan

The peripatetic conceptualist (Where’s Al?) talks with artist Cheryl Donegan about Ginsberg’s Howl, the reanimated past, and the overlooked poetry of authorless signage.

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ALLORA & CALZADILLA by Carlos Motta

An unseen tap dancer whose reverberating steps haunt an empty gallery, Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy,” a whistleblower atop a hippo made of mud: Allora & Calzadilla on the politics of site and sound, plus a video.

(BOMB 109/Fall 2009, ART...
20 Elements, 2004–2005, wood and casein, 122 × 132 × 85 inches. Installation view at the Musèe d'Orsay, Paris. Photo by Sophie Boegly. Copyright Musèe d'Orsay. All images copyright Joel Shapiro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

JOEL SHAPIRO by Michèle Gerber Klein

Shapiro, known for his tilting, anthropomorphic sculptures and dense floor pieces, has new work at Craig F. Starr Gallery through March 23.

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LYDIA PEELLE by Gillian Welch

Lydia Peelle was just honored with the “5 Under 35” Award by the National Book Foundation. Read her interview, then listen to a recording of her reading from her collection Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing.

(BOMB 109/Fall 2009, LITERATURE...

REBECCA SOLNIT by Astra Taylor

Filmmaker Taylor delves into Solnit’s book, A Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster, where the preconceptions of human nature are exposed and the triumphs of civil society are extolled.

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Cherien Dabis directing Melkar Muallem (Fadi) on the set of Amreeka.

CHERIEN DABIS by June Stein

Dabis wrote her film Amreeka, in theaters now, in response to her family’s Arab-American experience. An immigrant’s tale, the search for a better future in the Promised Land is full of seismic changes.

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Itutu, 2009, performance photo of Armitage Gone! Dance with Burkina Electric's Maimounata Lingani. Photo by Giacomo Orlando.

KAROLE ARMITAGE by Lukas Ligeti

The iconic dancer and choreographer is collaborating with musician Lukas Ligeti on Itutu, blending African pop with Western symbolism. They dissect African polyrhythms and Armitage’s movement language of sinuous curves.

(BOMB 109/Fall 2009, THEATER...

THOMAS BRADSHAW by Margo Jefferson

Jefferson describes Bradshaw’s plays as treacherous territories peopled with high-achieving suburbanites and professors gripped by sexual and racial manias. Their most dangerous quality: they act on pure id.

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DAN SCHMIDT by James Siena

Dan Schmidt employs found objects and an arsenal of modest shapes to breach the boundary between the conscious and the accidental. James Siena explores the hidden world inside Schmidt’s paintings.

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MICACHU AND THE SHAPES by Anni Rossi

Violist Anni Rossi recounts her touring experience with outlandish trio Micachu and the Shapes, who are playing at Littlefield in Brooklyn this Friday, October 2nd.

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TALA MADANI by Diana Al-Hadid

In Tala Madani’s paintings, Diana Al-Hadid notices a peculiar relationship between manner and matter, directness and ambiguity, alienation and connection.

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FOUR DRAWINGS by George Herms

This First Proof contains four drawings by George Herms. For copyright reasons this content is only available in print.

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FOUR WORKS by Valérie Belin

This First Proof contains a portfolio of four works by Valérie Belin. For copyright reasons this content is only available in print.

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RETURNING A SOUND by Allora & Calzadilla

WATCH NOW! Watch Allora & Calzadilla’s Returning A Sound, the duo’s 2004 video made during their involvement with a civil disobedience campaign in Vieques, Puerto Rico against a US military testing and training site.

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FOUR POEMS by Nicole Steinberg

This First Proof contains four poems from the Getting Lucky series by Nicole Steinberg. For copyright reasons, this content is available in print only.

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HUMAN / NATURE by Stephen Ratcliffe

This First Proof contains four poems from Human / Nature. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

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MRS. DELLUMS SPEAKS by Solon Timothy Woodward

This First Proof contains the story “Mrs. Dellums Speaks.” For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.

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R.H. QUAYTMAN & GEOFF KAPLAN by R.H. Quaytman & Geoff Kaplan

This BOMB Specific contains artwork by R.H. Quaytman and Geoff Kaplan. This content is available in print only.

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THE WICK by Matt Madden

Cartoonist and author Matt Madden finds his characters escaping from their pages. This article is only available in print.

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TWO POEMS by Paul Guest

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

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VENTRILOQUY by Christopher Sorrentino

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

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YOU LOOK LIKE YOU DO by Victoria Redel

This First Proof contains the story “You Look Like You Do” by Victoria Redel. For copyright reasons, this content is available in print only.

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THIS IS NOT A LOVE STORY by Lydia Peelle

Fiction for Driving Across America Listen to Lydia Peelle reading “This Is Not a Love Story” in the sixth installment in BOMB’s literary podcast series. Read her interview with Gillian Welch in BOMB 107.

(BOMB 109/Fall 2009, PODCASTS...

A MEANINGFUL LIFE BY L.J. DAVIS by Mónica de la Torre

Mónica de la Torre reviews L.J. Davis’s novel, A Meaningful Life, warts and all.

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DEATH IN SPRING BY MERCè RODOREDA by Katherine Elaine Sanders

Katherine Elaine Sanders reviews Mercè Rodoreda’s posthumous masterpiece, Death in Spring.

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GLORY HOLE BY DAN HOY AND THE HOT TUB BY JON LEON by Rachel Kushner

Remember the old pulp novels—two-in-one, back-to-back and upside-down? When you finished one, you could flip the book over and read the other.

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LARS VON TRIER'S ANTICHRIST by Lena Valencia

Lena Valencia is haunted by Lars von Trier’s film, Antichrist, but lives to tell the tale.

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PARADISE BY MICHAEL ALMEREYDA by Lucy Raven

Forty vignettes shot in nearly as many locations internationally, Michael Almeyreda’s new film, Paradise, has no clear narrative or documentary premise.

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PAUL THEK: ARTIST’S ARTIST by Nick Stillman

Nick Stillman reviews Pauk Thek: Artist’s Artist, edited by Harold Falckenberg and Peter Weibel.

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PUSH COMES TO SHOVE by Patrica Spears Jones

Patrica Spears Jones reviews Wesley Brown’s novel, Push Comes to Shove.

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