BOMB 123/Spring 2013
Word Choice features original works of fiction and poetry. Read a poem by Ben Mirov with art by Bruce Mackay, selected by Daniel Moysaenko.
Elaine Lustig Cohen on the late Alvin Lustig and the art, and archiving, of the book jacket.
Two warm remembrances of the poet David Rattray, who passed away in 1993, and a video of the poet reading his piece “Mr. Peacock.”
Marissa Perel talks about her recent performance Night Ballast which explores the power that can come from vulnerability.
Eric Dean Wilson on the rushing river of language in Dara Wier’s You Good Thing.
Andrea Quaid on love poetry’s lineage in Julian Talamantez Brolaski’s Advice for Lovers.
Word Choice features original works of fiction and poetry. Read two poems by Jenny Zhang with art by Austin Power, selected by Jozeph Herceg.
Eduardo C. Corral on the soundtrack to his poetry and his book, Slow Lightning.
Nick Thurston on how Kim Rosenfield’s Lividity and Steven Zultanski’s Agony both convert the long form poem into an act of hyper-objectification, and how both do so to brutally contemporary effect.
Word Choice features original works of fiction and poetry. Read two poems by Evie Shockley with art by Paul Roden and Valerie Lueth, selected by Daniel Moysaenko.
Luke Wiget on the commanding sounds and biographical narrative in Li-Young Lee’s re-released The Winged Seed.
Raymond McDaniel on the mythology of comic books and the super-hero narrative in his book of poetry Special Powers and Abilities.
Word Choice features original works of fiction and poetry. Read three poems by Margarita Delcheva, with art by Maximilian Pramatarov, selected by Jozeph Herceg.
The revolutionary strategies of It’s No Good by poet Kirill Medvedev and the 2012 documentary Winter, Go Away!
Word Choice features original works of fiction and poetry. Read four poems by Travis Nichols with art by Bob Stang, selected by Daniel Moysaenko.
Amy Lawless on the conceptual collaborative nature of Ben Fama’s Mall Witch.
Tanya Larkin on myth, Emily Dickinson, and being “a latecomer to clarity and plain speaking.”
Word Choice features original works of fiction and poetry. Read four poems by Bianca Stone with art by the author, selected by Daniel Moysaenko.
Paper Clip is a weekly compilation of online articles, artifacts and other—old, new, and sometimes BOMB-related.
Laura Walker re-arranges the OED’s furniture in her book of poems Follow-Haswed.
Rebecca Lindenberg on her relationship to form, the “virtuosity of attention,” and her book Love, An Index.
Word Choice features original works of fiction and poetry. Read five poems by Ronnie Yates, with art by Sarah Muehlbauer, selected by Jozeph Herceg.
Hoa Nguyen on remaining inside mysteries and the alien alphabets of dreams.
Architect Carlos Brillembourg’s poetic meditation on Keith Sonnier’s sculptures at Mary Boone Gallery.
Word Choice features original works of fiction and poetry. Read five poems by Joseph Ceravolo with art by Harutaka Matsumoto, selected by Daniel Moysaenko.
Lisa Radon on her recent PICA residency, the white magic of books, and transforming radical skepticism into Radical Openness.
After stumbling across the work of an anonymous, unknown poet, D. Foy became so enthralled and confused that he couldn’t keep himself from further investigation.
Word Choice features original works of fiction and poetry. Read an erasure poem by Heather Christle, selected by Daniel Moysaenko.
Donald Dunbar on the power of language, circumventing systems, and his new book Eyelid Lick.
Matthew Daddona on the catharsis and circumvention in Leah Umansky’s Domestic Uncertainties.
