BOMB 118/Winter 2012
Famed Abstract-Expressionist Joan Mitchell evades questions and ties the interview format into a knot, all the while offering hints at the unapologetic brilliance behind her craft.
Two acrylic and watercolor paintings, Ming and Rosebud, by Mary Heilmann.
British novelist and short story writer Angela Carter talks to Rosemary Carroll about The Company of Wolves, Neil Jordan’s film adaptation of her short story.
Dmitrii Volchek interviews Rodion Zaveriyayev on the contributions of Russian conscience and culture on anti-theater. Translation by L. Terlitsky.
Notorious for his intensely personal monologues, much of Spalding Gray’s material was drawn directly from his personal life. He discusses how being “tattle-tale Gray” affected his career as he eats smoked scallops on the beach with Karry Kammer.
A short story, titled “A History of the World,” in three parts: “I. Fata Morgana,” “II. Crazy Masters,” “III. Exquisite Corpse.” This article is only available in print.
Oil painting on board, titled Falling Moon, by Stephanie Sanchez. This article is only available in print.
A fantasy of affection trailed in the short story “Idée Fixe,” from the novel Burma, by Gary Indiana. This article is only available in print.
A selection of poetry and art gathered by Jacki Ochs and Lyn Hejinian from their return trip to the Soviet Union. This article is only available in print.
A short story, titled “Living (1983–85),” by Lyn Hejinian. This article is only available in print.
An untitled raw pigment and oil painting on paper by Michael Zwack. This article is only available in print.
A black and white photograph, On the Twentyfirst Century, by Todd Watts. This article is only available in print.
Alison Armstrong contemplates human nature in “Ostranenia.” This article is only available in print.
Two sand and acrylic paintings, titled Paradise, by Michael Young. This article is only available in print.
Three photographs from the Leningrad portfolio, titled Beach, Soviet Artists, and Kitchen Cabinets in a Communal Apartment by Jacki Ochs. This article is only available in print.
Three black and white photographs by Boris Smelov from the Leningrad portfolio. This article is only available in print.
Five poems, part of the Leningrad portfolio, from Poems on Maps by Viktor Krivulin . translated by Michael Molner. This article is only available in print.
Three poems, titled “But Not an Elegy,” “March Elegy,” and “Elegy to a Dream On the 5th of February,” by Arkadii Dragomoshchenko, translated by Lyn Hejinian and Elena Balashova. This article is only available in print.
Two untitled gouache paintings with graphite on paper by Terry Winters. This article is only available in print.
Two works—Untitled, pencil on paper, 1983 and Black Top, oil on canvas, 1986. This article is only available in print.
Two oil and acrylic paintings on linen, titled Unmoved Mover and Flenshing, by Cora Cohen. This article is only available in print.
Two untitled watercolors by Bill Komoski. This article is only available in print.
Two mixed media paintings on canvas and burlap by Carl Palazzolo—Robinhood Water (#20), August 1986, Robinhood, Maine; and Viewed by night, viewed by day, 1986. This article is only available in print.
Two oil on canvas paintings, titled Writers and C.B., by Donald McLaughlin. This article is only available in print.
Two paintings, artists uncited, from the Leningrad portfolio. This content is only available in print.
Two acrylic paintings on canvas, titled Rushing up Portofino and St. George Lyabettus, by Stephen Mueller. This article is only available in print.
Two untitled charcoal on paper works by Louise Fishman. This article is only available in print.
Two monochromatic color photographs by Barbara Ess—from the Food for the Moon series, 1986; and Untitled, 1984–85. This article is only available in print.
Two poems, titled “Love for Captain B.,” and “Untitled,” by Dmitri Volchek. Translations by Elena Balashova and Lyn Hejinian. This article is only available in print.
“Animal-Flower,” and “Voyage,” by Elena Shvarts from the Leningrad portfolio. Translation by Michael Molner. This article is only available in print.
