BOMB 111/Spring 2010
ON NEWSSTANDS NOW
ON NEWSSTANDS NOW
Heir to the American visionary tradition, Bill Jensen’s art evolves through an intuitive process grounded in the act of painting. Poet John Yau tracks a lifetime.
Mnemonics are the underlying force in Robert Polidori’s sumptuous photographs. With writer Michèle Gerber Klein, on Versailles, abandoned farms in North Dakota, and more.
Cristina García, one of the most important Cuban American voices in literature, has a new novel, A Handbook to Luck. Chris Abani queries García on fate and free will.
Lore Segal’s Shakespeare’s Kitchen, explores personal and historical events with startling insight. Playwright and novelist Han Ong reminisces with the author, a 2008 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
Mary Jordan’s documentary on the legendary Jack Smith (Flaming Creatures) fueled the same debates Smith faced in his lifetime—on authenticity, ownership, and purity of vision. With artist Nayland Blake.
Best known in America for his controversial album with Lou Reed, Metal Machine Music, pianist, composer, and Zeitkratzer leader Reinhold Friedl speaks with collaborator Elliott Sharp.
Master actor John Turturro spoke with compatriot June Stein about the art of directing during previews of Yasmina Reza’s A Spanish Play.
Sarah Ruhl won a MacArthur for The Clean House, which just closed at Lincoln Center in New York. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel sets the stage.
An artists on artists text on Painter Camille Rose Garcia by Ryan Nole, accompanied by four paintings by Camille Rose Garcia, the first titled Antarctic Suburban Outpost. This article is only available in print.
An artists on artists text on Painter Doug Ashford by Steve Kurtz, accompanied by several paintings by Doug Ashford, the first titled War Is Over. This article is only available in print.
An artists on artists text on American Photographer Jessica Craig-Martin by Poet Bob Holman, accompanied by photographs by Jessica Craig-Martin. This article is only available in print.
Text on painter Joe Fyfe by American Poet Marjorie Welish, accompanied by three paintings of acrylic and gesso on terrycloth, canvas, and burlap, the first titled La Gloire by Joe Fyfe. This article is only available in print.
This First Proof contains the story A Certain Time. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the story Belisario, translated by Mark Schafer. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains a passage from L’Jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains an excerpt from Like Son. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the story Love (ii). For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains details of gelatin prints from the series Found. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the story The Great Lawn. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains The Portrait, an excerpt from The River Queen. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.
This First Proof contains the poems “Light, Tall, Very Upright,” “2.,” and “(untitled).” For copyright reasons this content is available only in print.
This First Proof contains the poems “Restoration of the Delphic Sibyl,” “Limbo for the Miscarry,” and “Beatitude 2” by 2006 Poetry Prize winner Amanda Auchter. For copyright reasons this content is available in print only.