The black figure has always been a subject of entertainment in popular culture, as well as an image to sell things. In some ways, that’s how people relate to us—because they’ve seen us on television.
—
Derrick Adams
Adam and Eve in Therapy by Judith Shea
- Louis Kahn by Carlos Brillembourg
- Camille Billops by Ameena Meer
- Neal Jimenez by Eric Stoltz
- George Condo by Anney Bonney
- Joe Mantello by Nicole Burdette
- Reno by Linda Yablonsky
- Darius James by Christian Haye
- Derek Walcott by Caryl Phillips
- Michael Jenkins by Bill Arning
Interviews
- The Poet by Lakdasa Wikkramasinha
- The Four Horsemen of Avenue B by Ed Vega
- Sri Lankan Poetry by Indran Amirthanayagam
- Crocodile Tears by Liza Béar
- Three Poems by Sandra Cisneros
- I. by Sivaramani
- Benjamine by Angela Himsel
- Sweetness and Light by Clark Blaise
- Writing In the Air by R. Charan
- Two Poems by Guy Amirthanayagam
- Three Poems by Cory Brown
- To White Knight (MK11) by Reggie Siriwardena
- Animal Crackers by Richard de Zoysa
- Van by David Rattray
- Nallur by Jean Arasanayagam
First Proof
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Judith Shea, Adam and Eve in Therapy, 1992, gouache and ink on paper, 8 × 11 inches. Courtesy Max Protetch Gallery.
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MEGHAN, MARY, MILLICENT,
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Originally published in
BOMB 40,
Summer 1992
Featuring interviews with Reno, Derek Walcott, Neal Jimenez & Eric Stoltz, George Condo, Louis Kahn, Camille Billops, Darius James, Michael Jenkins, and Joe Mantello.
