I find the idea that we write alone laughable, even egotistical. Poetry is a palimpsest that has been endlessly rewritten—it’s a social space we share with others.
—
Jen Bervin
A.D. by Alan Scarritt
- Three Poems by Mary Anne Cartelli
- Loudon Raceway by Tama Janowitz
- A Ghost Eye View of an American Myth: John Huston by Tina L'Hotsky
- A Handful of Anomalies by Coleman Dowell
- To The Blue Wall by David Rattray
- Epilogue (for David Salle) by Dennis Cooper
- Five Poems by George Gott
- Rooms by Jane Warrick
- On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine by Mark Magill & Jill Godmilow
First Proof
- In Memory of Coleman Dowell, 1925–1985
- St. Cloud by Eugène Atget
- An American Landscape by Moira Dryer
- Finder by Pam Glick
- Two Works by Stephen Kramer
- Untitled Photograph by Dawoud Bey
- Could Hardly by Doreen McCarthy
- Two Photographs by Jan Groover
- Two Drawings by John Newman
- A.D. by Alan Scarritt
- Freedom of Speech by Katie Martin
- John and Anna, Essay: Marathon Hotel, July 1982 by Alexandra Avakian
- Two Sculptures by Mel Kendrick
- Four Paintings by Alfred Leslie
- Four Works by Andrew Lord
- Two Paintings by Michael Robbins
- Morning Painting Exercises by Michael Tetherow
- Two Paintings by Carroll Dunham
- Acedia by Michele Zalopany
More
Alan Scarritt, A.D., 1985, fingerpaint, spray paint, enamel, magnetic tape on rag paper, 39 × 48 inches. Courtesy Exit Art.
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Originally published in
BOMB 13,
Fall 1985
David Salle, John Huston, Richard Chaves & Vincent Caristi, art by Carroll Dunham, Moira Dryer, and more.
