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Nabil Nahas is Painting With Starfish
Ranging widely from densely textured works on canvas formed with layers of an acrylic and pumice mixture on top of silicon molds to abstract representations of the native olive and cedar trees of Lebanon, Nahas’s work consistently oscillates between many…
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BOMBlog Interview with poet Dean Young
Described as covering “freely floating topics,” the BOMBlog interview with Dean Young disproves discontinuity within its first few moments: “Now is always unprecedented and sudden.” Young talks about his writing process in phrasing that’s as poetic and philosophical as the poems themselves. He also discusses…
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Seeming versus Being
“Ultimately, A Working Theory of Love examines, quite successfully, our semi-delusional approach to interpersonal relationships and contemplates whether the world comes down on the side of seem or be—or if it remains negotiated in the space in between.” BOMBLOG takes a…
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Self Evident Truths
Bomblog interviews photographer iO Tillett Wright about her Self Evident Truths endeavor, which gathers individual portraits to document the LGBTQ spectrum across America. “When the message is finally understood that its not about being gay but about being anything other than…
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Process Talk
At Bomblog, writer Melissa Febos and musician Kathleen Hanna discuss the creative process, collaboration versus doing it alone, writing about sex work, nasty online commenters, and more. “Even while I was doing things I knew were provocative, and were meant…
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Twitter Chatter with @TheNewAnnHirsch
BOMB Magazine’s Legacy Russell interviews performance artist Ann Hirsch about being scandalous, what it means to be a “camwhore,” the construction of girlhood, and feeling ashamed. The entire conversation was conducted over Twitter (#LRAH). “My ‘activist’ goal is simply to…
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Sacrifice and Selfishness
“How much sacrifice is required of a parent? When is it admissible to love yourself more than your child, or in another way, to fear your own death more than the death of your child? Bell doesn’t propose answers, but…
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Eileen Myles on Inferno
CA Conrad and Eileen Myles have an extensive conversation over at BOMBLog. Topics include Myles’ new “poet’s novel” Inferno, how memory’s role differs in composing poetry versus fiction, and writing as a woman or queer. Plus much more. “…When you…
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Going Under the Surface
BOMBlog interviews Julia Solis. The artist opens up about her explorations of underground spaces and urban decay. “…I’ve never been fearless. Being fearless just means you have no imagination. It’s always about taking a step into the darkness and not…
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Emma Straub on Shutting The Door
“One of the things I like about short stories is that you can place such huge importance on tiny objects and moments. If they’re there, taking up space in a genre where space is precious, they have to mean more…
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For the Late Bloomers
Bomblog’s Friday “Page Break” series “embraces long-form writing on the web by showcasing original works of fiction by emerging literary talents.” Today they feature Rumpus columnist Alina Simone’s “Late Bloomers,” which is excerpted from her novel-in-progress, Titillation Plus.
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Michael Alan’s Realism
“I’m more of a realistic artist than anything else because life always changes on us. I’m trying to embrace that rather than trying to reject it. It’s something that’s definite and we have to accept it. Change is definite, but…