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Weekend Reads       SUBSCRIBE & JOIN Cover Image: Deborah Roberts, I come as one but stand as ten-thousand, 2025, mixed media and collage on canvas, 72 × 48 inches. Photo by Paul Bardagjy. Courtesy of the artist. Copyright Deborah Roberts. FROM THE EDITOR Spring 2026 Issue Cover Reveal BOMB’s Spring 2026 issue is here and features a mixed media and collage work by Deborah Roberts on the cover. The artists and writers in this issue challenge the definition of the autobiographical. Through deep explorations of identity and memory, our spring contributors subvert the expected, engage in innovative forms of storytelling, and offer compelling visions of hope and expansion. Click below to read the full table of contents for the issue.  The cover was revealed to members yesterday in our member-exclusive newsletter, Sidebar—join and subscribe for an advanced look at our forthcoming issues.  The spring issue will be available to BOMB members online and in print starting March 16. READ MORE FROM THE EDITOR 2026 Poetry Contest Now Open Our 2026 Poetry Contest is open for submissions! We’re honored to have 2025 National Book Award finalist Richard Siken joining us as this year’s guest judge. The winner and ten finalists will be announced in July. Current BOMB members submit for ONLY $5. Access the member’s Submittable link through your My Benefits page. Non-members can submit for $25, which includes online-only access to our next four issues.  SUBSCRIBE & JOIN INTERVIEWS VISUAL ART Vijay Masharani by Liza St. James Making systems of power physical. Vijay Masharani: Sequin, Shadow is on view at Clima in Milan, Italy, until March 14. WRITING Melissa Faliveno by Greg Mania On writing a novel about queer bodies, haunted places, and the thing that won't let you go. WRITING Tanya Bush by Rosa Shipley A memoir that tracks a year of recipes, risk, and the hunger for discovery. INTERVIEWS WRITING WRITING Karan Mahajan and Matene Toure An exclusive look at the opening chapter of National Book Award finalist Karan Mahajan’s newest novel about a powerful Delhi family unraveling in the shadow of a nation’s transformation. The Complex (Viking, 2026) is forthcoming from on March 10.    Matene Toure reflects on Akinola Davies Jr.’s film, My Father’s Shadow (2025), about a father and his young sons confronting their relationship during a significant day in Nigerian history. WRITING FROM THE ARCHIVE [Unknown artist.] “No Order.” Ca. 1980s. Originally spray-painted stencil on computer paper. All Images Courtesy of Boo-Hooray. ARCHIVE Johan Kugelberg by Abeline Cohen Punk rock’s abiding legacy in art and activism across geography and eras. Curator Johan Kugelberg talked to Abeline Cohen on the occasion of the opening of the 2011 show he curated, In All Our Decadence People Die, at Boo-Hooray.  “I think what we do every day truly matters. How we treat the guy who sells us coffee, the UPS man, someone who needs help getting their stroller up the stairs in the subway, remembering to call your mom, giving money to Doctors Without Borders, buying lunch from a small business instead of a chain, getting locally produced groceries (if you can), being nice!” —Johan Kugelberg READ MORE BOMB Magazine is a nonprofit, independent publishing house. Since 1981, we have been spotlighting artists in conversation and offering unique insight into the creative process.  We rely on the generosity of readers like you to continue our mission to deliver the artist’s voice. Support BOMB with a tax-deductible donation today. SUPPORT SUBSCRIBE TO BOMB BOMB MAGAZINE 80 Hanson Place, Suite 703 Brooklyn, NY 11217