Artists on Art: Okkyung Lee on Francis Bacon’s Portrait of George Dyer
Robert Kloss10.05.17
Okkyung Lee shares inspiratorial vibes gleaned from an encounter with a Francis Bacon portrait of George Dyer at the Tate Modern.
“I believe in nature” / “‘Kim People R Dying’ – Kourtney Kardashian season 6 episode 11 of _KUWKT”
Precious Okoyomon10.04.17
“Beauty is a reminder of organizational death” New poetry by Precious Okoyomon.
The Toxic and the Lyric III: On Hearing; Sound and Damage; Suzan-Lori Parks and Douglas Kearney; A Cicatrice; Billie Holiday; Strange Fruit and Damaged Plants
Joyelle McSweeney10.03.17
Our third installment of Joyelle McSweeney’s The Toxic and The Lyric studies “the ‘exact’ relationship of sound and damage,” by way of Roberto Bolaño, Stagger Lee, and Billie Holliday.
A Way Now: Kevin Killian’s Tony Greene Era
Dylan Byron10.02.17
The latest from Kevin Killian is “Tony Greene Era, a book that’s as essential as Grindr and should be used no less frequently.” Dylan Byron reviews.
Unpublishable: Censored Emails From Noam Chomsky
Sarah Rose Etter09.28.17
Unpublishable is a new series that seeks to publish writing & art that’s been rejected. In the first installment, emails from Noam Chomsky are blotted out in the days following the Trump election.
King of the World
Mark Budman09.27.17
“Every word in the world is a corruption of another word.” New fiction by Mark Budman.
Notes for the Future of Unworkable Work in Two Parts – Part 2
Gary J. Shipley09.26.17
“You will not recognize the new art, if it ever arrives, beyond your own ignorance of it.” The conclusion to Gary J. Shipley’s manifesto on the multitude of possibilities in the impossible.
Notes for the Future of Unworkable Work in Two Parts – Part 1
Gary J. Shipley09.25.17
“The only thing to be made clearer is your own perplexity.” In part 1 of 2, Gary Shipley provides a shifting, mutative rulesheet for how we might get somewhere else from inside our perception of the known.
Blood and Breath in High Fidelity: A Review of Hanif Willis-Abdurraquib’s The Crown Ain’t Worth Much
Candace Williams09.21.17
Hanif Willis-Abdurraqib’s debut collection, The Crown Ain’t Worth Much, is an urgent, blood-soaked wake up call, rife with black culture, art, and erasure. Candace Williams reviews.
Connected at the Skull
Matthew Dexter09.20.17
“Licking Lilliputian lips, Larry rides me, whips my armpit hair with the inertial majesty of Ron Turcotte on Secretariat in the final stretch at Belmont Park finish line coming into blurred vision, Camel smoke sifting from furry nostrils, field thirty-one lengths behind.” New fiction from Matthew Dexter.
