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Author Kayla Rae Whitaker discusses her recent novel “Returns and Exchanges" (@penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, 2026) in which the American Dream is sold as-is, damage included with writer @gregmania.bsky.social.
Olayami Dabls, artist and creator of the Dabls MBAD African Bead Museum in Detroit, MI, speaks with writer and curator Katy Kim about his life and work. “Olayami Dabls: Detroit Cosmologies” is on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Detroit, Michigan, until July 12.
Chariot Wish, self described transsexual anarchist, discusses their new book of poetry “P.E.A.C.E.” (Changes Press, 2026) with the writer Ben Fama.
Kim Dacres discusses her freestanding and relief tire sculptures that celebrate Black history and culture with artist Melissa Joseph. “Kim Dacres: Lost on a Two Way Street” is on view at Charles Moffett in New York City until June 20.
Artist Sophie Friedman-Pappas discusses making the mock-death of kilns into sculpture with writer and filmmaker Eliza Callahan. Friedman-Pappas’s work can currently be seen in Greater New York 2026 at MoMA PS1 in New York City until August 17.
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For the poet and novelist @eoghanwalls.bsky.social, a story begins with mulling—an obsession over an often surreal scene. Musician and novelist @themountaingoats.bsky.social, known for his role in the indie folk band The Mountain Goats, interviews Walls about his writing process.
The comic from our Spring 2026 issue, “Brief Encounter” by María Medem, follows a woman as she attempts to commune with the natural world. The Spanish illustrator is the author of “Land of Mirrors” (@dandq.bsky.social, 2025).
for @bombmag.bsky.social, i talked to the magnificent kayla rae whitaker about her sophomore novel, which i have exhausted every method to manifest, ever since her debut grabbed me and refused to let go. and wow, oh, wow, was the wait worth it 🤌
For @bombmag.bsky.social, I had a conversation with Eoghan Walls, a storyteller of real power and unusual range of tone and cadence. It was a really fun back-and-forth, check it out!
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An artist and a bead museum in Detroit transmit African culture.
"The Grief Shop is nothing less than a triumph over the worst in and of us", says @wrefinnej.bsky.social in their new interview with @alessandrostardust.bsky.social for @bombmag.bsky.social bombmagazine.org/articles/202...
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In this wordless graphic narrative from the Spanish illustrator of Land of Mirrors , a woman attempts to commune with the natural world.
