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
Light Journey, Dusk by Emery Clark
- Ian McEwan by Patrick McGrath
- Vikram Seth by Ameena Meer
- Dr. John by Stanley Moss
- Victoria Williams by Lynn Geller
- Dorothea Phillips by Mary Agnes Smith
- Bella Freud by Elizabeth Cannon
- Dorothea Tanning by Carlo McCormick
- Al Pacino by Bette Gordon & Betsy Sussler
- Campbell Scott by Stuart Spencer
- Harvey Keitel by Ethan Silverman
- Jo Shane by Craig Gholson
- Thulani Davis by Stephanie Fleischmann
Interviews
- Two Poems by Indran Amirthanayagam
- Delayed-Reaction Colonization In Absentia of a Forgotten Island by Jacques Servin
- Spider by Patrick McGrath
- Two Poems by Patrick Worth Gray
- An Ending by Thomas McGonigle
- Two Poems by Susan Sonde
- Adults Alone by A.M. Homes
- 1954 by Arturo Arias
First Proof
- Derelict, Tracts: An Observatory by Michelle Stuart
- Two Drawings by Michele Zalopany
- Untitled by Sue Williams
- Light Journey, Dusk by Emery Clark
- Carson McCullers by Stuart Sherman
- One Minute by Felix Huber
- In Memorium: Carl Apfelschnitt and Jimmy DeSana
- Two Photographs by Jeannette Montgomery Barron
- Cymbals by Linda Roush
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Emery Clark, Light Journey, Dusk, 1990, india ink and silver print, 19 × 13¾ inches. Courtesy of the artist.
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Untitled monochrome color photograph by Barbara Ess.
Originally published in
BOMB 33,
Fall 1990
Featuring interviews with Al Pacino, Ian McEwan, Dr. John, Harvey Keitel, Vikram Seth, Dorothea Phillips, Thulani Davis, Victoria Williams, Bella Freud, Jo Shane, Campbell Scott, and Dorothea Tanning.
