# Bomb (magazine)

Bomb (stylized in all caps as BOMB) is an American arts magazine edited by artists and writers, published quarterly in print and daily online. It is composed primarily of interviews between creative people working in a variety of disciplines—visual art, literature, film, music, theater, architecture, and dance. In addition to interviews, Bomb publishes reviews of literature, film, and music, as well as new poetry and fiction. Bomb is published by New Art Publications, Inc., a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

## History

Bomb was launched in 1981 by a group of New York City-based artists, including Betsy Sussler, Sarah Charlesworth, Glenn O'Brien, Michael McClard, and Liza Béar, who sought to record and promote public conversations between artists without mediation by critics or journalists.
The name Bomb is a reference to both Wyndham Lewis' Blast and the fact that the magazine's original editors expected the publication to "bomb" after one or two issues. Shortly after its founding, Bomb formed a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, New Art Publications, Inc., which publishes the journal.
In 2005, the Bomb offices moved from the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, New York, to Fort Greene, Brooklyn. By December 2019, Bomb had published one hundred fifty issues.

## Notable contributors

* Chris Abani
* Kathy Acker
* Stan Allen
* Martin Amis
* John Ashbery
* Matthew Barney
* Roberto Bolaño
* Giannina Braschi
* Carlos Brillembourg
* S. D. Chrostowska
* Joshua Cohen
* Edwidge Danticat
* Arthur C. Danto
* Lydia Davis
* Willem Dafoe
* Junot Díaz
* Geoff Dyer
* Nicole Eisenman
* Jeffrey Eugenides
* Jonathan Franzen
* Sean Gill
* Robert Gober
* Francisco Goldman
* Felix Gonzalez-Torres
* Mary Heilmann
* Philip Seymour Hoffman
* A. M. Homes
* Gary Indiana
* Jim Jarmusch
* Barbara Kruger
* Rachel Kushner
* Olivia Laing
* Ben Lerner
* Roy Lichtenstein
* Sam Lipsyte
* Dimitris Lyacos
* Robert Mapplethorpe
* Ben Marcus
* Kerry James Marshall
* Allan McCollum
* Eileen Myles
* Al Pacino
* Adam Phillips
* Richard Prince
* Francine Prose
* Claudia Rankine
* Mika Rottenburg
* Salman Rushdie
* David Salle
* Richard Serra
* Cindy Sherman
* Anna Deavere Smith
* Patti Smith
* Quentin Tarantino
* Mickalene Thomas
* Colm Tóibín
* Ryan Trecartin
* Luc Tuymans
* Edmund White
* Caterina Verde

## Archive at Columbia University

In 2004, Columbia University's Rare Book and Manuscript Library acquired Bomb's archives, including twenty-four years' worth of audio recordings, raw and edited interview transcripts, manuscripts, galleys, and assorted ephemera.

## Oral History Project

Since 2014, Bomb's Oral History Project has staged one-on-one interviews with New York City-based visual artists of the African descent, conducted by curators, scholars, and cultural producers.
The Oral History Project is dedicated to collecting, developing, and preserving the stories of distinguished visual artists of the African Diaspora. The Oral History Project has organized interviews including: Wangechi Mutu by Deborah Willis, Kara Walker & Larry Walker, Edward Clark by Jack Whitten, Adger Cowans by Carrie Mae Weems, Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe by Kalia Brooks, Melvin Edwards by Michael Brenson, Terry Adkins by Calvin Reid, Stanley Whitney by Alteronce Gumby, Gerald Jackson by Stanley Whitney, Eldzier Cortor by Terry Carbone, Peter Bradley by Steve Cannon, Quincy Troupe & Cannon Hersey, James Little by LeRonn P. Brooks, William T. Williams by Mona Hadler, Maren Hassinger by Lowery Stokes Sims, Linda Goode Bryant by Rujeko Hockley, Janet Olivia Henry and Sana Musasama by Stephanie E. Goodalle.