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An exhibition that investigates the magic of looking is at Menil Collection. Owen Duffy interviews the artist.

“I think in remaking I reiterate something for us to consider more deeply.” —Francesca Fuchs

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BOMB Magazine | Chet'la Sebree by Annie Liontas Poems on origins, illness, and the dream of motherhood.

Origin is the thread that connects the poems in Chet'la Sebree’s BLUE OPENING @tinhouse.bsky.social. Annie Liontas interviews her.

“... I am always trying to get back to the beginning of the self, of language, of illness.” —Chet’la Sebree

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Writer Jessica Lanay interviews artist Nicholas Galanin.

“We are literally holding, nurturing, feeding, and caring for culture and continuum while we’re here for our lifetime.”— Nicholas Galanin

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BOMB Magazine BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

A new podcast shines a spotlight on three activist theater groups who perform against oppression.

“...These stories are proof that coming together, storytelling, and processing our reality through these art forms is essential.” —Meropi Peponides

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BOMB Magazine | Elena Sheppard by Charlee Dyroff On Cuban exile, inherited nostalgia, and stories that fragment across generations.

Author Elena Sheppard’s memoir touches on Cuban exile and inherited nostalgia. Author Charlee Dyroff interviewed her. @stmartinspress.bsky.social

“Whatever your preoccupation is, as a writer, that is what you need to write.” —Elena Sheppard

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BOMB Magazine BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

In this interview with author, Karla Kelsey, artist Richard Move discusses reinterpreting and reembodying the legendary dancer Martha Graham.

“The poetry of her language is also unapologetic. There was an extremity of her presentation, a kind of grand diva.”

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BOMB Magazine | Kay Gabriel by Shiv Kotecha An anti-epic poem examines how desire shapes relationships and politics.

Writer Shiv Kotecha interviewed author Kay Gabriel, anti-epic poem PERVERTS examines how desire shapes relationships and politics.

“What is perversion‘s relationship to poetry? Potentially everything.” —Kay Gabriel

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Writer Blake Oetting interviewed artist Eloise Hess whose work translates photography through painting and image through touch.

“The opacity is not meant to hold at bay, but to make this opening, where even I can see again in a new way.” — Eloise Hess

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BOMB Magazine | Tiona Nekkia McClodden by Michael Londres Sculpture that goes further than human.

Artist Tiona Nekkia McClodden creates sculptures that go further than human. Writer Michael Londres interviewed her.

“The consent points, the bargains, the contracts. [BDSM] is an oral tradition, a practice.” —Tiona Nekkia McClodden

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BOMB Magazine | Tiona Nekkia McClodden by Michael Londres Sculpture that goes further than human. 

Artist Tiona Nekkia McClodden creates sculptures that go further than human. Writer Michael Londres interviewed her.

“The consent points, the bargains, the contracts. [BDSM] is an oral tradition, a practice.” —Tiona Nekkia McClodden

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BOMB Magazine | Esther Kondo Heller by Jessica Lynne A sonic and poetic exploration on grief, language, and the search for ritual after a mother's death.

AR:RANGE:MENTS explores grief through language and sound. Writer Jessica Lynne interviewed author Esther Kondo Heller. @fonografeditions.bsky.social

“That’s what makes an utterance an utterance. The person that I’m talking about is not here to respond.” —Esther Kondo Heller

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Artist David Muenzer interviewed artist Kahlil Robert Irving. The two discussed Irving’s process and making ceramics as records of time and place.

“We’re one-to-one. I am clay. I’ll always be able to be broken down as a flesh body.” —Kahlil Robert Irving

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From BOMB’s Fall 2025 Issue, @donikakelly.bsky.social’s poems from THE NATURAL ORDER OF THINGS (graywolfpress.bsky.social) evoke a visceral sense of the intimate. Read an excerpt.

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BOMB Magazine | Grace Byron by Leah Abrams A debut horror novel where friendship offers survival against literal and metaphorical demons.

HERCULINE, @emotrophywife.bsky.social’s debut horror novel is the subject of the author’s interview with writer Leah Abrams.

“So much of the book is about writing what love isn’t, in order to think about what love might be.”— Grace Byron

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BOMB Magazine | Cameron Martin by Marcus Civin Not entirely unfamiliar and not entirely nameable.

Writer Marcus Civin interviewed painter Cameron Martin. The two discussed Martin’s body of work and the stakes of representation and interpretation.

“I very much think about the construction of the picture in terms of layers.”
— Cameron Martin

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BOMB Magazine | Samantha Mann by Elizabeth Teets An essay collection on body politics, motherhood, and feminine sexuality.

Writer Elizabeth Teets interviewed author Samantha Mann whose collection DYKE DELUSIONS tackles body politics, motherhood, and feminine sexuality.

“To realize that you’re not the delusional one turns the whole world on its head…” —Samantha Mann

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Celebrity nail artist Bernadette Thompson recounts her highlights in her interview with Phillip HoSang.

“It was flashy, yes, but it was also a kind of protest, a statement that said: We belong in these spaces; we deserve to shine.” —Bernadette Thompson

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BOMB Magazine | Chloe Wise by Tess Pollok Painting ecstasy in its various forms.

Chloe Wise’s paintings are concerned with life’s most inexplicable phenomena. Writer Tess Pollok interviewed the artist.

“I’m interested in the act of looking before looking becomes seeing.”
— Chloe Wise

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BOMB Magazine | Lily Stockman by Annabel Keenan Abstract paintings as field notes.

Time is the theme of writer Annabel Keenan’s interview with artist @lilystockman.bsky.social.

“To inhabit the painting world is to allow yourself to be haunted in a way.”
— Lily Stockman

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BOMB Magazine | Taylor Byas by Rosa Castellano On ekphrasis, persona, and second poetry collections.

Poet Rosa Castellano interviewed poet @taylorbyas.bsky.social whose second collection RESTING BITCH FACE is out now.

“I had to make myself vulnerable in a way first before asking my reader to make themselves vulnerable in a similar way.” —Taylor Byas

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BOMB Magazine | Richard “Dickie” Landry by Clifford Allen The legendary artist and consummate saxophonist has made jazz, swamp pop, and avant-garde theater; created abstract paintings and experimental videos; and…

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BOMB Magazine | Ciara Phillips by Caitlin Merrett King Revealing the process of making.

Writer Caitlin Merrett King interviewed artist Ciara Phillips about the guiding principles in her approach to her work.

“It’s about trying to undo something, but also I think a lot of what’s happening now is that we are being undone.” —Ciara Phillips

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BOMB Magazine BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

Writer Caitlin Merrett King interviewed artist Ciara Phillips about the guiding principles in her approach to her work.

“It’s about trying to undo something, but also I think a lot of what’s happening now is that we are being undone.” —Ciara Phillips

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BOMB Magazine | Janis Rafa by Nicolas Vamvouklis A future space beyond the human.

Artist Janis Rafa and writer Nicolas Vamvouklis examine human-animal power dynamics in her work.

“What interests me is how the animal body might speak independently and how it could shift our perception, guiding us toward nonhuman ways of understanding.” —Janis Rafa

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BOMB Magazine BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

Artist Janis Rafa and writer Nicolas Vamvouklis examine human-animal power dynamics in her work.

“What interests me is how the animal body might speak independently and how it could shift our perception, guiding us toward nonhuman ways of understanding.” —Janis Rafa

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BOMB Magazine | Melissa Lozada-Oliva by Ariél M. Martinez Women navigate fear and control in these stories that blur the boundaries between reality and nightmare.

Writer Ariél M. Martinez interviewed author Melissa Lozada-Oliva. The two discussed her new short story collection, nighttime logic, and fear.

“The world is really porous, and I’m really interested in what those holes are, what’s shining through?” —Melissa Lozada-Oliva

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BOMB Magazine BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

Writer Ariél M. Martinez interviewed author Melissa Lozada-Oliva. The two discussed her new short story collection, nighttime logic, and fear.

“The world is really porous, and I’m really interested in what those holes are, what’s shining through?” —Melissa Lozada-Oliva

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BOMB Magazine | Zadik Zadikian by Rob Goyanes Sculpting with gold.

Sculpture artist Zadik Zadikian discusses craft, gold and the harrowing story of his escape from Armenia in an interview with writer Rob Goyanes.

“The Greeks checked the perfection of their forms in the moonlight, but that’s not what I do.”— Zadik Zadikian

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BOMB Magazine BOMB Magazine has been publishing conversations between artists of all disciplines since 1981.

Writer Cassie Packard interviewed installation artist Azza El Siddique about her approach to bringing ancient Egyptian and Nubian mortuary cultures to life.

“In general, mortality is always so present, guiding us as we move through life.” —Azza El Siddique

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BOMB Magazine | Victoria Lomasko by Tom Tomorrow Soviet sketches from a journalist in European exile.

Author Tom Tomorrow asked Victoria Lomasko to reflect on writing THE LAST SOVIET ARTIST.

“Everywhere, I met people who had a strong desire to finally talk about how their lives were organized during the Soviet Union and their attitude to its collapse.” —Victoria Lomasko

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