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
Untitled by George Burchett
- Abel Ferrara by Liza Béar
- Mac Wellman by Linda Yablonsky
- Kelly Reichardt by Todd Haynes
- Wayne Wang by bell hooks
- Catherine Murphy by Francine Prose
- Jo Baer by Linda Boersma
- June Jordan by Josh Kuhn
- Lucie Brock-Broido by Carole Maso
- Roy Hargrove by Zoë Anglesey
Interviews
- Over and Out by Alan Scarritt
- Use Me by Elissa Schappell
- Thirty-Two Short Films about Glenn Gould by Don McKellar & François Girard
- Untitled by George Burchett
- Two Poems by James Ragan
- Two Photographs by Jeannette Montgomery Barron
- Raised by Wolves: Photographs and Documents of Runaways by Jim Goldberg
- The Affliction by Joyce Carol Oates
- Judy Linn by Hilton Als
- Walking on Air by R.S. Jones
- Overheard in the Love Hotel by Robert Polito
- Document from Bigot Hall by Steve Aylett
First Proof
- Elliott Green by Saul Ostrow
- Ena Swansea
Artists on Artists
Discover MFA Programs in Art and Writing
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My favorites are the ones you see, but I have a lot you don’t see unless I’m naked. And I’m not going to get naked now. I’m too embarrassed with you.
Painted on Yupo paper with water-soluble crayon, watercolor pencil, water brush, paper towel, and Q-tip.
The filmmaker and photographer discusses the return to her work on Russia’s inmates.
Originally published in
BOMB 53,
Fall 1995
Featuring interviews with Jo Baer, June Jordan, Kelly Reichardt, Abel Ferrara, Catherine Murphy, Mac Wellman, Lucie Brock-Broido, Wayne Wang, and Roy Hargrove.
