Posts Tagged ‘ New York ’

Alex Dimitrov – BOMB Magazine

The two writers stroll the streets of Manhattan to talk about Dimitrov’s new poetry collection, Love and Other Poems, which traces his affection for the city.

At the end of the day, when I’m writing something, I just care about it being aesthetically pleasing to me, and then I’m hoping that it’s aesthetically pleasing to someone else. I want art to give people pleasure. To return people to themselves, the inner self. Something that is well made is important. It can get you up in the morning. – Alex Dimitrov

Source: Alex Dimitrov – BOMB Magazine

Cynthia Nixon Wants to Legalize It – The New York Times

“Not only are African-Americans the bedrock of the Democratic Party, but if you want progressive change, it means you want an increase in opportunity for everybody, and inequality affects communities of color first, and it affects them hardest. Wouldn’t that be the place where you start?” – Cynthia Nixon

Peter Hujar’s Elegy for New York City in the 1980s

Peter Hujar, “Gay Liberation Front Poster Image” (1969), gelatin silver print, 18 1/2 x 12 1/2 inches (image), The Morgan Library & Museum, © Peter Hujar Archive, LLC

Hujar’s photographs document the effervescent creative spirit that pulsed through the East Village as the AIDS crisis unfolded.

Source: Peter Hujar’s Elegy for New York City in the 1980s

Jaimie Branch

 

 

New York’s New Institution Devoted to Arab and Islamic Art Seeks a Sense of Place

An installation view of Exhibition 1 at the Institute of Arab and Islamic Art (all photos © Charles Benton unless otherwise noted)

Zarina Hashmi’s work that imagines “home” as an idea we carry with us sets the tone for the Institute of Arab and Islamic Art’s first exhibition in New York.

Source: New York’s New Institution Devoted to Arab and Islamic Art Seeks a Sense of Place

The Luck of Geography by Don Yorty

©2010 Don Yorty. All rights reserved.

The Luck of Geography.

Mobility Issues: On John Ashbery’s Recent Poetry by Barry Schwabsky / Hyperallergic

Ashbery-Cover

On John Ashbery’s Recent Poetry by Barry Schwabsky / From the Cloud Motet.

En attendant… / Nomadics

Nomadics

For Many Immigrants, [Gay] Marriage Vote Resonates / NY Times

Ana Maria Archila, an immigrants’ advocate who is gay, said immigrants and gays understood oppression in ways others may not. (Michael Kamber for The New York Times)

Immigration and Gay Marriage

Japan Society, New York – Earthquake Relief Fund

 

 

Japan Society, New York – Earthquake.