Where on the spectrum of loyalty and betrayal does song begin? And where does it end? I think each writer has to decide this over and over.
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Sharon Olds
Blue Figure/Woman with Clothes Blowing in Wind by Gregory Botts
- Three Poems by Mutsuo Takahashi
- Five Poems by Ryûsei Hasegawa
- A Pathetic Waltz by Gary Indiana
- Two Poems by Gary Lisz
- Four Poems by Gozo Yoshimasu
- New Jersey Days, Nautical Nights by Joan Harvey
- Three Poems by John Giorno
- Naming Names by Klaus Kertess
- Four Poems by Kazuko Shiraishi
First Proof
- Two Photographs by Francesca Woodman
- Artemis II (detail) by Nancy Spero
- Blue Figure/Woman with Clothes Blowing in Wind by Gregory Botts
- Two Sculptures by Jeff Koons
- Two Photographs by Alan Belcher
- Two Works by John Baldessari
- The Land of Pele by Ana Barrado
- Two Photographs by John Coplans
- Three Photographs by Kenro Izu
- Two Prints by Andy Warhol
- From the 1986: Calendar on Travel and Tourism by Martha Hawley & Barbara Bloom
- Two Paintings by Lydia Dona
- Two Photographs by Beth Burstein
- Modus Vivendi by Marina Abramović & Ulay
- Two Photographs by Michael Clegg & Martin Guttman
- Maurice Maeterlinck by Mark Luyten
- Gabriela by Michael Spano
More
Gregory Botts, Blue Figure/Women with Clothes Blowing in Wind, acrylic, oil, and wax on canvas, 116 × 116 inches.
Related
Originally published in
BOMB 16,
Summer 1986
Linda Hunt, Alexander Liberman, art by Jeff Koons, John Baldessari, Barbara Bloom, and more. Cover art by James Nare.
