Harmony Holiday is a writer, dancer, and sound artist. Her debut collection of poems Negro League Baseball was published by Fence Books last year. Brian W. Rogers is an artist, writer, and musician whose work most recently appeared in the London group show “A Sunken Trembling Recalled Dimly.” Together they have teamed up to form État de Siege (ÉSP) [...]
Category Archives: Art
Hard Core Books
January 11, 2012 – 11:12 am
My new favorite blog is Bookshelf Porn, created by Anthony Dever. It makes me feel better that I had over 40+ boxes of books when I recently moved and makes me think that daydreaming about what my next bookshelves will look like (I haven’t unpacked yet) or hoping someone will buy me a Sapien bookcase [...]
A Book by its Cover
April 11, 2011 – 7:22 am
Here is a nice and slightly creepy series of Polish book covers from the 1970s and 80s to provide you with some visual inspiration today, courtesy of But Does It Float. Seeing images like this and reading websites like The Book Cover Archive make me realize the beauty and importance of the physical book. Cover [...]
European Summer
April 4, 2011 – 7:31 am
Sommer in Europa Bären schleichen über gefrorenen Boden und kratzen an deiner Tür. Ihnen ist kalt und sie hören die Grille, die du um den Hals trägst. Gefangen in einem ausgehöhlten Kürbis. Immer auf deiner Haut. Warm und sicher. Ihr Zirpen erinnert dich an den Sommer. Die Enge und die Dunkelheit sind nur temporär, nur [...]
Borderlines
April 1, 2011 – 9:20 am
Hypergraph Fortress A concrete giant tied down on top of a blanketed cabinet of has-been and lest-we-remember. Deliberately blinded. Senses heightened through loss of others. Located far from eye, far from heart. Invisible through the trees, exposed to icy winds, bitten by frost. Mutilated and crippled, limbs removed. The limits of reduction pushed to extremes. [...]
Roses are Red
March 9, 2011 – 10:18 am
Just as the weather starts to warm up a little, I am reminded of all of the things I love about Spring. New York City in the springtime is truly an amazing place, as everybody crawls out from their respective rocks they have been hiding under the whole winter and greets the world with happy [...]
Let Me Entertain You
February 15, 2011 – 10:00 am
The very famous, very cute porn star Sasha Grey, who has worked with mainstream director Steven Soderbergh and appeared on Entourage, is publishing a book of her personal photographs called Neu Sex. Grey is well known for giving frank interviews answering all sorts of crazy questions, so a book of behind-the-scenes images seems natural. At [...]
