Benjamin Samuel

I recommended FLOWER, Ed Atkins's "anti-memoir" for @bombmag.bsky.social's staff picks!

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The Vaster Wilds AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA’S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2023 NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR, TIME, ESQUIRE, VOGUE, LA TIMES, SLATE, HARPER’S BAZAAR and others Part his...

“For even a good man was more deadly than the worst of bears”

— from The Vaster Wilds, by Lauren Groff

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Man making trillions off his fraud and theft and lying machine warns of people using his fraud and theft and lying machine to commit fraud

I can't wait for you all read Matt's story in BOMB's fall issue!

And a special thank you to all who submitted. We had more entries this year than ever before, and the quality of work was remarkable.

With endless gratitude to our guest judge
@kellylink.bsky.social and to all of our readers. 🙏 🙏 🙏

BOMB Magazine | Matt Weinstock Wins BOMB’s 2025 Fiction Contest Weinstock's debut short story was selected by guest judge Kelly Link and will appear in BOMB’s fall issue.

👏 👏 Many congratulations to @mattweinstock.com, the winner of @bombmag.bsky.social's 2025 Fiction Contest, and of our extraordinary finalists! 👏 👏

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I can't wait for you all read Matt's story in BOMB's fall issue!

And a special thank you to all who submitted. We had more entries this year than ever before, and the quality of work was remarkable.

With endless gratitude to our guest judge @kellylink.bsky.social and to all of our readers. 🙏 🙏 🙏

For millennials, nothing says "I love you" quite like 143.

One of the most embarrassing things about parenting is when you’re asked to sing the ABCs for the 10th time in a row, and you decide to jazz it up a bit.

The real kicker is that all this stuff will ruin lives and kill people, but the billionaires it's enriching won't even have a discernable quality of life difference because they already have infinity money.

I’m in a doctor’s office waiting room where they’re playing a jazzy piano rendition of “Stairway to Heaven” and I think it qualifies as malpractice.

Brass swam sink tap that looks like it's throwing up water.

Because who doesn't want to wash their hands in swan vomit...

Three nuns in blue and white habits with a hand visible under one nun’s chair.

A red circle drawn over a photo of three seated nuns. In the middle of a circle is a hand underneath one nun’s chair.

Nuns are pretty creepy to begin with, but this scared the bejesus out of me!

Cover of the Raffi song book

He’s a style icon too.

"Men were created in order to destroy everything, and women were created so there would be one thing they couldn’t destroy." — @catherinelacey.bsky.social‬'s The Möbius Book

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BOMB Magazine | Gabriela Carrillo by Fernanda Canales Grounded in collaboration and emotion, the architect’s projects have transformed public spaces across Mexico and how her field responds to communities in…

"Optimism is an important accomplice."

— architect Gabriela Carrillo in BOMB's summer issue

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BOMB Magazine | Hiroshi Sugimoto by James Beacham Known for his experiments in photography, sculpture, and architecture, the artist shares with the physicist what led him to find inspiration in ancient…

“A well-controlled, nature-like garden is filled with human sin.”

—Hiroshi Sugimoto in @bombmag.bsky.social's summer issue.

Here is an excellent, incredibly touching reminder of how important -- life-saving -- LGBTQIA+ books can be for readers. Everyone deserves access to them. #PrideInOurBooks

Red and yellow invite to BOMB Magazine's summer issue party.

Come celebrate with us!

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Truth or Dare should replace Q&As at book launches and readings.

"I’m a Bronx girl. Trump should know that we can eat Queens boys for breakfast. Respectfully." — @aoc.bsky.social

BOMB Magazine | Sebastian Castillo’s Fresh, Green Life In Castillo’s latest novel, a reclusive, self-improvement obsessed professor hopes a reunion with an old flame will help him rewrite the past into…

Happy pub day to Sebastian Castillo's FRESH, GREEN LIFE! Read Crow Jonah Norlander's review in BOMB's summer Editor's Choice section and then get your copy.

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THE CITY Election Coverage 2025 All the Election Info You Need to Cast Your Ballot in NYC

It's Election Day, NYC! Be sure to use out election hub, where you can find all our explainers and tools so you're all set to cast your ballot.

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BOMB Magazine | Jennifer Kabat by Laura Marris The essayist examines the roots of American socialism and the environmental history of man-made climate change in rural New York.

"The world is a shit show, but the rabbits are still rabbiting about outside." — @jenkabat.bsky.social in her interview with Laura Marris in @Bombmag.bsky.social's summer issue.

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Dropdown menu for a US passport application that allows people to claim they are ten feet tall.

Americans are always overcompensating: We have the biggest trucks, the highest debt, and our passport applications allow you to claim that you're TEN FEET TALL.

I've never met the owner of this car, and yet I'm certain that we're soulmates.

BOMB Magazine | Ocean Vuong by Björk The iconic musician Björk “cosplays” as a journalist to interview her friend Ocean Vuong about his new novel,  The Emperor of Gladness , which she calls a…

"I believe that there are parts of us that are secret even to ourselves, and art can be a vehicle to bring those parts out and into the world."

— Ocean Vuong in his interview with Björk in @Bombmag.bsky.social's summer issue.

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