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"... all of that landscape became a presence as alive to me while writing the novel as the human characters." —Idra Nove...
03/18/2023
BOMB Magazine | Idra Novey Interviewed

"... all of that landscape became a presence as alive to me while writing the novel as the human characters." —Idra Novey

The author of TAKE WHAT YOU NEED discusses the power of setting with Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi.

The novelist on writing across a rural landscape and bearing witness through art.

"’m interested in how the history of painting relates to that space beyond language, maybe trying, as well as it can, to...
03/18/2023
BOMB Magazine | Olivia van Kuiken

"’m interested in how the history of painting relates to that space beyond language, maybe trying, as well as it can, to fill that gap." —Olivia van Kuiken

'Olivia van Kuiken: Make me Mulch!' is on view at Chapter NY in New York City until March 25.

Paintings that work between the personal and the universal.

“I think a lot about the intersections of Black women at church on a Sunday, drag queens, magical girl anime, and epic f...
03/17/2023
BOMB Magazine | Devan Shimoyama

“I think a lot about the intersections of Black women at church on a Sunday, drag queens, magical girl anime, and epic fantasy—and where all that collides.” —Devan Shimoyama

Theartist applies tarot, Black diasporic religions, drag, epicfantasy world-building, and magical girl transformationsto his practice.

BOMB biannual fiction contest is currently accepting submissions! Send us your work by April 16 for a chance to win $1,0...
03/17/2023
BOMB Magazine | Submit to BOMB's 2023 Fiction Contest

BOMB biannual fiction contest is currently accepting submissions! Send us your work by April 16 for a chance to win $1,000 and publication in the quarterly magazine.

Jonathan Lethem will judge our biennial fiction contest! The winner will receive $1,000 and publication in BOMB Magazine.

From the : Nanfu Wang by Hao Wu.For our Sumer 2019 issue, the artists sat down in New York City to record a conversation...
03/17/2023

From the : Nanfu Wang by Hao Wu.

For our Sumer 2019 issue, the artists sat down in New York City to record a conversation upon the release of Wang's third film, ONE CHILD NATION, in which she returns to China and her past.

https://bombmagazine.org/articles/nanfu-wang/

"What I discovered was that through the fairy tale, I was able to tell stories I had been too shy, or afraid, to tell be...
03/17/2023
BOMB Magazine | Sabrina Orah Mark Interviewed

"What I discovered was that through the fairy tale, I was able to tell stories I had been too shy, or afraid, to tell before." —Sabrina Orah Mark

The essayist behind HAPPILY chats with Katya Buresh on re-writing fairy tales to process motherhood.

The essayist on re-writing fairy tales to process motherhood.

"I’m the kind of writer who has always needed some type of guardrails. Without them I just explode like a firework."Samu...
03/16/2023
BOMB Magazine | Samuel D. Hunter Interviewed

"I’m the kind of writer who has always needed some type of guardrails. Without them I just explode like a firework."

Samuel D. Hunter, playwright of THE WHALE, speaks with his partner on how their relationship has transformed their artistic practices.

A lauded playwright and a dramaturg, partners in life and work, reflect at their dining table after an award-winning year.

"I insist on a beta version of everything. If you are almost there, you might as well be there. You don’t always have to...
03/16/2023
BOMB Magazine | An Oral History with eliza myrie

"I insist on a beta version of everything. If you are almost there, you might as well be there. You don’t always have to concretize it, to harden it." —eliza myrie

The sculptor and printmaker shares her artistic philosophy for BOMB's Oral History Project.

BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

"I’m a person who's been living in transit between languages and genres for a long time. This novel emerged out of an id...
03/16/2023
BOMB Magazine | Idra Novey Interviewed

"I’m a person who's been living in transit between languages and genres for a long time. This novel emerged out of an idea already in motion in another genre." —Idra Novey

The author of TAKE WHAT YOU NEED speaks on character creation and the power of setting with Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi.

The novelist on writing across a rural landscape and bearing witness through art.

THE EXHIBIT, a reality television series produced by the Smithsonian, placed seven artists in competition and raised que...
03/15/2023
BOMB Magazine | Clare Kambhu Interviewed

THE EXHIBIT, a reality television series produced by the Smithsonian, placed seven artists in competition and raised questions about the evaluation of art. Clare Kambhu, a painter, shares her experience competing on the show with Zach Davidson.

Participating in an artist-oriented reality television show.

“I’m trying to make my work beautiful and so representative of me even at my ugliest.”In a preview of our spring cover s...
03/15/2023
BOMB Magazine | Devan Shimoyama

“I’m trying to make my work beautiful and so representative of me even at my ugliest.”

In a preview of our spring cover story, Devan Shimoyama speaks with Jeffrey Gibson on creating characters, exploring archetypes, and rejecting beauty standards.

Theartist applies tarot, Black diasporic religions, drag, epicfantasy world-building, and magical girl transformationsto his practice.

"Some experiences are beyond language." —Olivia van KuikenIn a conversation with Rachel Rosin, the visual artist speaks ...
03/15/2023
BOMB Magazine | Olivia van Kuiken

"Some experiences are beyond language." —Olivia van Kuiken

In a conversation with Rachel Rosin, the visual artist speaks on painting between the personal and the universal.

Paintings that work between the personal and the universal.

Tom Comitta's THE NATURE BOOK is out today from Coffee House Press. In a preview from the Spring Issue, Comitta speaks w...
03/14/2023
BOMB Magazine | Tom Comitta

Tom Comitta's THE NATURE BOOK is out today from Coffee House Press. In a preview from the Spring Issue, Comitta speaks with Crow Jonah Norlander on writing a narrative that moves from “joyous observation to hopeless desolation and back again.”

Comitta’s The Nature Book is a literary supercut thatcollages together nature descriptions from hundreds ofnovels, creating an immersive narrative that moves from“joyous observation to hopeless desolation...

BOMB biannual fiction contest is accepting submissions until April 16! Guest judge Jonathan Lethem will select one winne...
03/14/2023
BOMB Magazine | Submit to BOMB's 2023 Fiction Contest

BOMB biannual fiction contest is accepting submissions until April 16! Guest judge Jonathan Lethem will select one winner to receive $1,000 and publication in the quarterly magazine.

Jonathan Lethem will judge our biennial fiction contest! The winner will receive $1,000 and publication in BOMB Magazine.

"Universal truth exists within specificity. For me, at least, big ideas thrive in small containers." —Samuel D. HunterPl...
03/14/2023
BOMB Magazine | Samuel D. Hunter Interviewed

"Universal truth exists within specificity. For me, at least, big ideas thrive in small containers." —Samuel D. Hunter

Playwright Samuel D. Hunter and dramaturg John Baker—and partners in life and work—reflect at their dining table after an award-winning year.

A lauded playwright and dramaturg, partners in life and work, reflect at their dining table after an award-winning year.

From the : Jeanne Silverthorne by Saul Ostrow. In her interview in our Summer 1990 Issue, Silverthorne speaks on reattac...
03/13/2023

From the : Jeanne Silverthorne by Saul Ostrow.

In her interview in our Summer 1990 Issue, Silverthorne speaks on reattaching the female identity to her sculptures through the symbolic order of images, abstraction and language.

https://bombmagazine.org/articles/jeanne-silverthorne/

"Sculpture has the ability to affect how you operate in space. And, to me, the stakes are more exciting." —eliza myrieIn...
03/13/2023
BOMB Magazine | An Oral History with eliza myrie

"Sculpture has the ability to affect how you operate in space. And, to me, the stakes are more exciting." —eliza myrie

In her Oral History with Krista Franklin, the visual artist explores the myriad ways her practice has evolved with her politics.

BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

"The balance between making the analysis of art accessible and flattening it entirely is a very hard one to strike." —Cl...
03/13/2023
BOMB Magazine | Clare Kambhu Interviewed

"The balance between making the analysis of art accessible and flattening it entirely is a very hard one to strike." —Clare Kambhu

The painter and teacher discusses competing on THE EXHIBIT, an art-making reality TV show.

Participating in an artist-oriented reality television show.

'Fragments,' a posthumous publication of Barbara Ess's diaries and writings, allows the reader into the mind of the No W...
03/12/2023
BOMB Magazine | Excerpt from Fragments

'Fragments,' a posthumous publication of Barbara Ess's diaries and writings, allows the reader into the mind of the No Wave musician and photographer.

Barbara Ess: Fragments is a posthumous publication of the No Wave musician and photographer's diaries and writing. The following is a selection of the fragments from this chapbook, released from F Magazine in March 2023.

From the : Mickalene Thomas by Sean Landers.In her interview from our Summer 2011 Issue, Thomas speaks on her practice o...
03/12/2023

From the : Mickalene Thomas by Sean Landers.

In her interview from our Summer 2011 Issue, Thomas speaks on her practice of looking in the mirror as a way to locate herself in her art. In Lander's words, Thomas's pieces "inject black women into the art historical canon."

https://bombmagazine.org/articles/mickalene-thomas-1/

"... [I]n our work as poets, we face an inoculation against the disease of transactional language." —Valerie Hsiung The ...
03/11/2023
BOMB Magazine | Valerie Hsiung Interviewed

"... [I]n our work as poets, we face an inoculation against the disease of transactional language." —Valerie Hsiung

The writer discusses her new book-length poem with Angie Sijun Lou.

The poet and language worker on negative disorientation and (de)composition.

"I think every single one of us, who is lucky enough to still have everything, have everybody around, is processing." —e...
03/11/2023
BOMB Magazine | An Oral History with eliza myrie

"I think every single one of us, who is lucky enough to still have everything, have everybody around, is processing." —eliza myrie

In an extensive conversation for BOMB's Oral History Project, eliza myrie and Krista Franklin discuss the pandemic, pedagogy, and Black healing.

BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

“The art wasn’t something that was separate from the activism […] for us to not just survive but to thrive as artists.” ...
03/10/2023
BOMB Magazine | Magos Herrera and Paola Prestini in Conversation

“The art wasn’t something that was separate from the activism […] for us to not just survive but to thrive as artists.” —Paola Prestini

Magos Herrera and Paola Prestini share the origin story of Con Alma during the last few years in the pandemic.

In celebration of International Women’s Day, two music artists discuss process and performing at the United Nations.

“I often think of THE NATURE BOOK as a Rorschach or a window, where you look out into the landscape while also seeing a ...
03/10/2023
BOMB Magazine | Tom Comitta

“I often think of THE NATURE BOOK as a Rorschach or a window, where you look out into the landscape while also seeing a reflection of yourself.”

The artist speaks with Crow Jonah Norlander about their immersive narrative collaged from found nature descriptions.

Comitta’s The Nature Book is a literary supercut thatcollages together nature descriptions from hundreds ofnovels, creating an immersive narrative that moves from“joyous observation to hopeless desolation...

"Even the word 'there' is so loaded because it implies an act of othering which has been the basis of imperialism." —Pio...
03/09/2023
BOMB Magazine | Pio Abad Interviewed

"Even the word 'there' is so loaded because it implies an act of othering which has been the basis of imperialism." —Pio Abad

The artist speaks with Maddie Klett on investigating US colonialist relations with the Philippines.

Investigating US colonialist relations with the Philippines.

“Philbrick takes the failure to cohere as a marker for the dissonant ensembles that our moment requires and that we can ...
03/09/2023
BOMB Magazine | Ethan Philbrick's Group Works: Art, Politics, and…

“Philbrick takes the failure to cohere as a marker for the dissonant ensembles that our moment requires and that we can find in odd groupings of dancers, dreamers, slackers, and reluctant revolutionaries.” —Jack Halberstam

Jack Halberstam reviews Ethan Philbrick's debut book, which meditates on q***r and feminist experiments of assembly.

Focusing on q***r and feminist experiments of assembly, Ethan Philbrick's debut book considers both the fantasy and destruction of collectives.

"If my writing has been composed of dislocations, it’s because the material conditions of my life have been composed of ...
03/09/2023
BOMB Magazine | Valerie Hsiung Interviewed

"If my writing has been composed of dislocations, it’s because the material conditions of my life have been composed of dislocations." —Valerie Hsiung

The poet and language worker chats with Angie Sijun Lou on negative disorientation and (de)composition.

The poet and language worker on negative disorientation and (de)composition.

"Sculpture has the ability to affect how you operate in space. And, to me, the stakes are more exciting." —eliza myrieIn...
03/08/2023
BOMB Magazine | An Oral History with eliza myrie by Krista Franklin

"Sculpture has the ability to affect how you operate in space. And, to me, the stakes are more exciting." —eliza myrie

In her Oral History, eliza myrie and Krista Franklin delve into the limitations and potential of materiality.

BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

"I don’t know what death is, but I want to connect it to life." —Chiharu Shiota'Chiharu Shiota: Signs of Life' is on vie...
03/08/2023
BOMB Magazine | Chiharu Shiota Interviewed

"I don’t know what death is, but I want to connect it to life." —Chiharu Shiota

'Chiharu Shiota: Signs of Life' is on view at Templon in New York City until March 9.

Meditations on life, death, psyche, and space.

Tom Comitta composed THE NATURE BOOK entirely out of excerpts from classic novels. In this preview from our Spring 2023 ...
03/08/2023
BOMB Magazine | Tom Comitta

Tom Comitta composed THE NATURE BOOK entirely out of excerpts from classic novels. In this preview from our Spring 2023 issue, Crow Jonah Norlander took a page out of Comitta’s book for their interview.

Comitta’s The Nature Book is a literary supercut thatcollages together nature descriptions from hundreds ofnovels, creating an immersive narrative that moves from“joyous observation to hopeless desolation and back again.”

"This piece has an activist streak and a deep community impact. It all comes from the art." —Paola PrestiniMagos Herrera...
03/08/2023
BOMB Magazine | Magos Herrera and Paola Prestini in Conversation

"This piece has an activist streak and a deep community impact. It all comes from the art." —Paola Prestini

Magos Herrera and Paola Prestini discuss their new collaborative digital album, CON ALMA.

In celebration of International Women’s Day, two music artists discuss process and performing at the United Nations.

"I find rage to be a useful tool for writing, building, and organizing [...] But rage loses its usefulness if it’s the e...
03/07/2023
BOMB Magazine | Lamya H. Interviewed

"I find rage to be a useful tool for writing, building, and organizing [...] But rage loses its usefulness if it’s the endpoint." —Lamya H.

The memoirist speaks with Bazeed on q***r identity, constructive outsiderness, and having faith in justice.

The memoirist on q***r identity, constructive outsiderness, and having faith in justice.

From the : Jimmy Santiago Baca by Adam Fuss. In his interview in our Summer 2003 Issue, Santiago Baca speaks on his infl...
03/07/2023

From the : Jimmy Santiago Baca by Adam Fuss.

In his interview in our Summer 2003 Issue, Santiago Baca speaks on his influence on New Mexican poetry and the cinematic composition of his poems. As Fuss puts it, Santiago Baca "is like a great wing for young poets in the barrios of northern New Mexico."
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/sylvia-heisel/

"Tracing through words is, in my mind, an act of holding people to account in a formal, sculptural way." —Pio AbadMaddie...
03/07/2023
BOMB Magazine | Pio Abad Interviewed

"Tracing through words is, in my mind, an act of holding people to account in a formal, sculptural way." —Pio Abad

Maddie Klett interviews Pio Abad on his engraving of political quotes and American intervention on the Philippines.

Investigating US colonialist relations with the Philippines.

From the : Blue Man Group by Stanley Moss.In their interview in our Summer 1990 Issue, the Blue Man Group speaks on how ...
03/06/2023

From the : Blue Man Group by Stanley Moss.

In their interview in our Summer 1990 Issue, the Blue Man Group speaks on how their performances tackle on the discussion around technology versus humanism.

https://bombmagazine.org/articles/blue-man-group/

"What is most spectacular is Lacey’s sleight of hand, inviting us to become engrossed in the unknowability of others, wh...
03/06/2023
BOMB Magazine | Alice Diop's Saint Omer

"What is most spectacular is Lacey’s sleight of hand, inviting us to become engrossed in the unknowability of others, while gently reminding us that we too are unknowable—even and especially to ourselves.” —Ayden LeRoux on BIOGRAPHY OF X.

“Saint Omer’s courtroom stages an ethnographic drama that…plumbs the female psyche with precision and poetic insight.”

"Discovery feels so much sweeter when you’re not jaded." —eliza myrieFor our newest Oral History, sculptor and printmake...
03/06/2023
BOMB Magazine | An Oral History with eliza myrie by Krista Franklin

"Discovery feels so much sweeter when you’re not jaded." —eliza myrie

For our newest Oral History, sculptor and printmaker eliza myrie revisits her artistic journey from New York to Chicago with Krista Franklin.

BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

"My work is actually more about presence, about now. It’s complicated, because I don’t know what death is, but I want to...
03/06/2023
BOMB Magazine | Chiharu Shiota Interviewed

"My work is actually more about presence, about now. It’s complicated, because I don’t know what death is, but I want to connect it to life." —Chiharu Shiota

The artist speaks with Laura Bannister on life, death, psyche, and space.

Meditations on life, death, psyche, and space.

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From Aidan Koch's essay on environmental comics and the medium's potential to enact change.
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Across the Table was presented in partnership by BOMB and The Kitchen.
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In an illustrated essay for BOMB's spring issue, traces the recent publication history of environmental comics and the medium's potential to enact change. Follow the link in our bio to read the full piece and view more of the artist's work.

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