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Phoned-In #15: Dan Boehl

June 7, 2011 – 1:09 pm

By BOMB

In this new installment of Phoned-In, Dan Boehl reads from his new book Kings of the F**king Sea and talks to Luke Degnan about his collaboration with Jonathan Marshall, censorship, and Spiderman 3.

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BOMB All-Stars Literary Reading at Greenlight Books

October 20, 2010 – 3:53 pm

By BOMB


On Wednesday, October 6, 2010 at 7:30pm BOMB contributors Barbara Browning, Christian Hawkey, and Kim Rosenfield convened at Greenlight Books, our friendly neighborhood indy bookstore, right around the corner from BOMB’s HQ, for an series of readings. Pictures and audio for those who missed, or those who wish to re-live, are posted here.

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in the days ahead

October 18, 2010 – 12:05 pm

By Katy Gray

This week brings a reading by Michael Cunnigham, mega-exhibitions opening at the New Museum (Free) and the Met (just a little survey of John Baldessari), IFOA Toronto, homesickess, poetry, and more.

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Liz Cohen: Trabantimino

October 15, 2010 – 11:57 am

By Liza Bear


Trabantimino, eight years in the making and completed just one hour before its October 7th opening at Salon 94, displays bravura mechanics, a whiff of nostalgia and a sense of humor. Liz Cohen took to task three aspects of car culture: ownership, fabrication and marketing.

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5 Metros de Poemas / 5 Meters of Poems by Carlos Oquendo de Amat

October 13, 2010 – 2:25 pm

By Urayoán Noel

Carlos Oquendo de Amat’s cult object-book 5 metros de poemas is a surrealist counter-point to the Latin American poets of his time. Urayoán Noel reflects on the new edition from Ugly Duckling Presse.

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Joe Meno’s “An Apple Could Make You Laugh”

October 12, 2010 – 3:24 pm

By B.C. Edwards

BOMBlog’s B.C. Edwards reviews a single story from Joe Meno’s collection Demons in Spring.

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Roses on the Disco Floor: Peter Gordon

October 12, 2010 – 12:46 pm

By Nick Hallett

Peter Gordon & The Love of Life Orchestra’s dense, experimental and deeply funky music has just been reissued, re-alerting listeners to the composer’s unique, genre-crossing sounds. Gordon spoke with BOMBlog’s Nick Hallett about collaborating with artists like Arthur Russell as well as the ways in which his work continues to exert an influence on the dance floor in addition to the concert hall.

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LISTEN UP

October 12, 2010 – 12:45 pm

By Cary Potter

It’s BOMB Alert time again! This week’s calender is full of readings, with poets and novelists like Dennis Cooper, John Giorno and Lynne Tillman taking to the stage. Click through for more!

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Gary Shteyngart at BookCourt

October 8, 2010 – 4:54 pm

By BOMB

Better late than never! Listen to Gary Shteyngart read from his new novel, Super Sad True Love Story, at BookCourt this past July. A short Q & A follows the (hilarious) reading. Shteyngart’s novels include The Russian Debutante’s Handbook (2003),and Absurdistan (2006),. His other writing has appeared in The New Yorker, Slate, Granta, Travel and Leisure, [...]

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Heather Christle

October 8, 2010 – 3:16 pm

By Luke Degnan


In episode #014 of Phoned-In, Heather Christle reads from her book The Difficult Farm and from her chapbook The Seaside! Click through for the reading and a Q&A with Luke Degnan where they discuss the forest, a generation’s obsession with animals, and authenticity.

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