BOMB Magazine

Musician @donnaleebop interviewed composer and Harvard professor @JessieCoxMusic on sound, silence, and Black lives. “Erasure is claimed by anti-Blackness to be before, and this is how I started seeing the notion of how existence is taught.” —Jessie Cox tinyurl.com/vx73tzae

“The act of writing is not a release, but it is thought. It’s consideration. It’s a way of understanding and moving through the world.” —Issa Quincy Writer Hannah Bonner interviewed debut novelist Issa Quincy about ABSENCE (@TwoDollarRadio.) tinyurl.com/494xp4fc

“It’s important to listen to materials that you connect to as an artist, even if you don’t fully understand why.” —Jesse Krimes Artist Melissa Joseph interviewed artist @jesse_krimes who advocates for artists within the carceral system. tinyurl.com/5n7a9hy5

“My artistic work and interests inform my curatorial vision and bring a personal perspective to the shows I create.” —Jorge Rojas Artist @Suzannesbarge interviewed visual and performance artist Jorge Rojas whose work concerns traversing borders. tinyurl.com/4c8ykmrd

“When thinking is freed from its attachment to either intention or objects, it runs like a river.” —Iva Gueorguieva Painter Dona Nelson interviewed visual artist Iva Gueorguieva. The two discuss the role of movement in Gueorguieva’s creative process. tinyurl.com/56ad7ak9

“Language breaks down into rhythm, and meaning recirculates throughout the universe… darío remains with us, surely, in these cycles and patterns of life.” —Emerson Goo Writer Emerson Goo reviewed the late poet bruno darío’s LANTANA (@uglyducklingprs) tinyurl.com/43dwwd7m

“Artists can best contribute to society by reflecting on what most concerns them and what they enjoy giving to the public.” —Nanette Carter Writer Matthew Deleget interviewed artist Nanette Carter about her retrospective at @MAMmontclair. tinyurl.com/5dxjchuf

“That’s what I’m most interested in: this sense of being trapped in a loop, unable to truly exist outside it.” Writer Qianfan Gu interviewed visual artist @HuidiX whose work concerns the relationship between labor and play. tinyurl.com/484zy8cz

“I do think to myself: What can only I make that nobody else can make?” —Amanda Williams Visual artist and architect Amanda Williams discussed creating space with artist @summaeverythang as part of our Oral History Project. tinyurl.com/bdh26md5

“Edie can’t stop herself now from the desire to try to tell Marie everything she knows about faith.” —Catherine Lacey A young woman recalls a spiritual encounter and questions her belief in @_catherinelacey’s THE MÖBIUS BOOK (@fsgbooks). tinyurl.com/3fzerra2

“I play with great seriousness and seek absolute feeling, and every situation I form can generate a wide range of emotions.” —Lucio Pozzi Artist Stephen Westfall interviewed artist-philosopher Lucio Pozzi on the trajectory of his work. tinyurl.com/47wv5taj

“With my music, I’ve always wanted it to be like me, to sound how I think, and to reflect the conversation.” —McKinley Dixon Friends and fellow musicians @lucydacus and @McKinleyDixon reflect on art school, self-expression and the heart of their music. tinyurl.com/bdezy897

Friends and fellow artists @maggie_ogden and @StrotherDevin discuss the humor and imagery in Strother’s recent work. “I want to overload the viewer because that is what I want from shows—an abundance of stuff.” —Devin Troy Strother tinyurl.com/bdcsrfex

“He was on fire, writing like his death depended on it.” —Tom Comitta The devil works hard in this excerpt from @TomComitta’s satirical novel, PEOPLE’S CHOICE LITERATURE (@ColumbiaUP) tinyurl.com/35m958kk

Writer CQ Quintana interviews MEET ME AT THE CROSSROADS (@AmistadBooks) author @megiddings about writing speculative fiction. “What if I’m direct about how inexplicable the world is?” —Megan Giddings tinyurl.com/4ws8ayj2

“I sort of enjoy bathing in the weirdness of the idea that objects have power.” —William Corwin In an interview with curator and critic @SaulOstrow, sculptor @WilliamCorwin considers idols and religious belief. tinyurl.com/vb982z6y

Writer Miranda Mellis interviews ABOUT ED (@nybooks) author Robert Glück about the memoirist’s endeavor toward the impossible. “It seems that a project does not compel me till I make it impossible to achieve.” —Robert Glück tinyurl.com/47b6rhuz

Curator Michelle Millar Fisher interviews furniture artist Robell Awake on Black craftmaking. “Anything that can symbolize the right to rest and not hustle culture is good. The chair is a great emblem for that.” —Robell Awake tinyurl.com/v7pnuxs4