BOMB 118/Winter 2012
David Bowes’ paintings of deities cross cultural boundaries and toy with archetypes. Anney Bonney attempts to pin meaning onto them in this whimsical discussion of his work.
Quotation, appropriation, pastiche: painters Fiona Rae and Shirley Kaneda discuss the terms of painting and its ability to redefine those terms alchemically with each act.
Legendary artists Kiki Smith and Chuck Close finally “nail down” their ongoing conversation for BOMB, one that veers between physicality and spirituality, much like Smith’s work.
A.M. Homes explores the many elements of Jayne Anne Phillips’s novel, Shelter in this 1994 interview. Her novel, Lark and Termite has been nominated for the 2009 National Book Award for fiction.
A conversation between Caryl Phillips and prolific author, past MacArthur Fellow and PEN Faulkner Award-winner John Edgar Wideman, recorded for a live audience at Woottons Bookshop in Amherst, Massachusetts on March 29, 1994.
Tom Noonan plays both sides: he appeared in the mega-expensive Last Action Hero, yet made his feature film What Happened Was, with his own money. Here he discusses the freedom granted by restraints.
Diamanda Galás and John Paul Jones discuss collaborating on The Sporting Life, why the voice is still the best instrument, and the “worthless enterprise” of rock n’ roll.
The indie rock god talks art and album covers circa the release of the acclaimed Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.
A historical interview with the late, legendary and beloved playwright, who wrote to “arrive at the ultimate emotion beyond which is only darkness.”
Award winning playwright Frank Pugliese talks about growing up Italian-American in Brooklyn, and why and how he directs his own plays.
Two part poem mourning two parents’ broken relationship, “Breaking Karma #5” by Sapphire. This article is only available in print.
A woman’s long walk with her father after their car breaks down gives her time to ponder her misfit life, an excerpt from the novel Defiance by Carole Maso. This article is only available in print.
A man goes mountain climbing in Andalusia, “In the hand of the wind” by David Rattray. This article is only available in print.
Three poems, “Dog Days,” “Meanings” and “my daughter flew home today” by Jenna Heller. This article is only available in print.
Large plaster sculpture of waterfall-like formations, Lake Falls by Bryan Hunt. This article is only available in print.
Two abstract pieces utilizing pastel, ink, acrylic and velium, Marsyas and Apollo A. 2/6/94 and April 18, 1994 by Lynn Umlauf. This article is only available in print.
Two chaotic pencil drawings of mystic human figures reading minds, Mind Reader by Philip Smith. This article is only available in print.
Screenplay adopted from a real-life correspondence between two poets, “Neighbor” by Jacki Ochs. This article is only available in print.
Four poems, “Matsuzo Yokoo,” “Threads that Run Crosswise,” “Love Song for Amaterasu” and “December 7, 1941” by Robert Kuwada. This article is only available in print.
A drunken, reckless father is a bad influence on his son, “The Bad Father” by Todd Grimson. This article is only available in print.
Acrylic, ink and watercolor piece depicting a bird hanging from an odd branch, 21st Century Problem by Ed Baynard. This article is only available in print.
Collage of silhouettes of various human heads, Untitled by Elliott Puckette. This article is only available in print.
Abstract acrylic painting. Untitled for Bomb by Lynn McCarty. This article is only available in print.
