Cover of the book under review. Courtesy of New Directions Publishing.
Sunday, December 18th, 2016

“Romantic and adventurous language”: Robert Walser’s Critical Essays

A new anthology of translated essays by the critic Robert Walser — with needed insights for the contemporary era.

Rob Pruitt's eBay Flea Market: Year 1, published by bruno, 2015.
Friday, September 9th, 2016

Art Sales 2.0 IRL: A Book of Rob Pruitt’s eBay Flea Market

Is he a trickster, or a Warholian innovator? What’s the difference?

Friday, June 17th, 2016

Failure Virtue and Risky Poetry: Kyle Schlesinger with Paul Maziar

The two poets talk publishing and the arts, and the economics of success.

Saturday, June 4th, 2016

Ad Absurdum: A Collection of Poems by Marcel Broodthaers

I new translation collects two poems and a suite of appropriated images in one volume.

Monday, April 25th, 2016

SkyDancers and Concrete Poetry: Scott Zieher at Ampersand

The collagist and gallerist presents “Totems & Cantos” in Portland, OR.

Thursday, March 31st, 2016

“No doubt she’s in control”: A New Niki de Saint Phalle Monograph

An oft-overlooked and misunderstood painter and sculptor gets a close look by the Guggenheim Bilbao

Wednesday, January 27th, 2016

Politics on the Canvas, Online, Now: A Studio Visit with Jeremy Okai Davis

A visit with a painter thinking through jazz, politics, history, and the craft of painting in the contemporary era.

Saturday, November 14th, 2015

Working Together: A New Book on Words and Art

An anthology of essays on poet-artist collaborations, recently published by Cuneiform Press.

Saturday, September 19th, 2015

A Complete Eye of Water: A Summer Show at Ampersand Gallery

Sea, sky, air, and space meet in the respectively trippy, geometric, and photorealist images of three artists.

Saturday, August 29th, 2015

Northwest Notes: Dispatch from the Pacific

An absolutely, totally huge tour of art offerings throughout the Pacific Northwest, even going to Canada!