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
Portfolio by Laura Bruce
- Milford Graves by Aakash Mittal
- Celeste Dupuy-Spencer by Katherine Cooper
- Meredith Monk and Jim Hodges
- Lucy Dodd by Rashid Johnson
- Branden Jacobs-Jenkins by Hilton Als
- Jlin by Jibade-Khalil Huffman
- Cate Giordano by Amy Ruhl
- Don Mee Choi and Christian Hawkey
- Friederike Mayröcker by Jonathan Larson
Interviews
- Tuli Kupferberg’s YEAH by Michael Blair
- Peter Funch’s 42nd and Vanderbilt by Gideon Jacobs
- Roland Kayn’s A Little Electronic Milky Way of Sound by Keith Fullerton Whitman
- Kate Briggs’s This Little Art by Carlos Fonseca
- Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme’s And Yet My Mask Is Powerful by Lynn Maliszewski
- Myriam Gurba’s Mean by Lauren LeBlanc
Editor’s Choice
Beam, 2017, graphite on paper, 40 × 27.5 inches. Images courtesy of the artist.
Twig, Leaf, Petal, 2015, graphite on paper, 61 × 44.5 inches.
After, 2017, graphite on paper, 40 × 27.5 inches.
Follow the Train Tracks, 2015, graphite on paper, 61 × 44.5 inches.
Lisa, 2017, graphite on paper, 40 × 27.5 inches.
Moth, 2016, graphite on paper, 61 × 44.5 inches.
Artist Laura Bruce was born in New Jersey and has lived in Berlin since 1990. Most recently, her work has been included in Passion: Fan Behavior and Art at the Ludwig Museum, Budapest, and small things:good things at Alexander Ochs Private, Berlin.
Related
Two drawings, Working Drawing and Jug and Dish, and two earthenware jug and dish sets by Andrew Lord.
An embarrassing incident at the Kremlin (from 2015? was it 2016?): in which women invited to an International Woman’s Day photo with Mr. Vladimir Putin arrive in high heels, much to the fear of Mr. Putin’s staff who are there to witness several tall women towering over the Russian Federation president.
Originally published in
BOMB 142,
Winter 2018
Featuring interviews with Milford Graves, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Meredith Monk, Jim Hodges, Lucy Dodd, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Jlin, Cate Giordano, Don Mee Choi, Christian Hawkey, and Friederike Mayröcker.
