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Issue 103 Spring 2008
THE BOMB BLAST
Filmmaker and installation artist Catherine Sullivan and choreographer Meg Stuart speak of mining the history of the avant-garde tradition, crossovers, contamination, and emotional overflow in ensemble-based work. A web exclusive SNEAK PREVIEW of the full-length conversation to appear in BOMB 104, Summer 2008.
Through the protagonist of his long-awaited first novel, the 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, Díaz weaves an epic tale of Trujillo’s Dominican Republic and its diaspora, complete with sci-fi metaphors. Originally appeared in BOMB 101, Fall 2007.
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. Originally appeared in BOMB 99, Spring 2007.
Olafur Eliasson has evolved a body of “objectless” work ranging from discrete installations to museum-wide environments. Take your time: Olafur Eliasson, his first comprehensive U.S. survey, is on view at MoMA through June 30th. Originally appeared in BOMB 88, Summer 2004.
Lush Life is Richard Price’s eighth novel, now in print and receiving rave reviews. In this 1990 interview, Amos Poe talks the writer Price about his status as the “best screenwriter in the country” and his “cop phase.” Originally appeared in BOMB 30, Winter 1990.
Listen to audio clips from BOMB’s All-Stars Reading, featuring a literary line-up of contributors to our Spring 2006 “Living Legends” 25th Anniversary issue: Paula Fox, Amy Hempel, Patricia Spears Jones, Lynne Tillman, and Frederic Tuten!
BOMB’s Spring 2008 print issue celebrates its premier First Proof literary pull-out, as well as the start of a new series, Fiction for Driving Across America. Peter Orner’s story is the first installment in this series. Listen to audio of Peter Orner!
View an exclusive slideshow of images from Joseph Bartscherer’s Forest grid and read his conversation with photographer James Welling in the Spring 2008 print issue.
Read fresh outtakes from your favorite BOMB interviews, including excerpts and continuations that didn’t make it into the print edition but were too good to keep hidden!
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