The Prison & The Idiot: Arnaud Théval Photographs France’s Abandoned Jails
Sarah Rose Etter01.08.18
Arnaud Théval photographs French prisons after they’ve been emptied of inmates — and Sarah Rose Etter interviews him about the project, what he’s uncovered, and explores the prison industrial complex alongside an examination of his book.
The Empty Sarcophagus: ANDREW WESSELS IN CONVERSATION WITH VI KHI NAO
Vi Khi Nao01.04.18
Vi Khi Nao speaks with Andrew Wessels while in Istanbul about his new collection, A Turkish Dictionary.
Unpublishable: Writing the Void in 25 Simple Steps
Jeff Jackson12.21.17
In this installment of Unpublishable, Jeff Jackson shares 25 writing tips that will bring you closer to the void.
THE TOXIC AND THE LYRIC IV: On Anaïs Duplan: Radical Intimacy as New History Poem; As Wound and As Co-Body; the Shaking Apart of Robert Lowell; Strange Fruit as IED
Joyelle McSweeney12.19.17
The fourth and final installment in Joyelle McSweeney’s column, calling on Suzan-Lori Parks, Anaïs Duplan, Robert Lowell, and more, begins with a question: “Could the Present itself be a Mouth of Hell–a site, a stoma, a membrane where absence and presence of the Past is painfully mediated?”
Sense Violence: An Interview with Helena Boberg
Paul Cunningham12.18.17
Helena Boberg talks with Paul Cunningham about time, influence, the necessity of poetry in sick times, and the new English translation from the Swedish of her Sense Violence (Sinnesvåld).
Opposites contain their opposites: An Interview with Joseph Scapellato
Jason Teal12.05.17
Joseph Scapellato speaks with Jason Teal about westerns and the New West in relation to Scapellato’s debut work of fiction, Big Lonesome.
Unpublishable: A Year of Emails With Padgett Powell
Jane Dykema11.30.17
Jane Dykema shares a year of intimate emails with Padgett Powell, exploring politics, parenthood, and the personal.
Black Fog: An Interview with Jon Padgett
David Peak11.29.17
Jon Padgett spoke with David Peak about Padgett’s debut collection, The Secret of Ventriloquism, a “relentlessly creepy, exploring themes of altered realities, human simulacra, and occult conspiracy.”
Positive Space: an Essay in Simultaneity
Katie Jean Shinkle11.27.17
Katie Jean Shinkle on the intersection between art and absence, consent and longing, through the frame of Joan Mitchell’s painting, “Dune.”
the world is falling apart but at least you look cute
Erica Lewis11.21.17
The first installment of “Wind In Your Fox Fur,” a new fashion column by Erica Lewis, kicking off with a look at work by David Smith, Miss Coco, Joe Fletcher, and much more.
