BOMB THE ROOT: The June Jordan Interview

January 07, 2010

In this 1995 interview culled from BOMB Magazine's digital archives, poet June Jordan talks about race in Los Angeles, crime television and how she ended up making an opera.

BOMB THE ROOT: The Evelyne Trouillot Interview

In this 2004 interview culled from BOMB Magazine’s Digital Archives, Haitian writer Evelyne Trouillot talks to Edwidge Danticat about Haiti’s complex history of violent political unrest.

BOMB THE ROOT: The Keith Antar Mason Interview

In this 1994 interview culled from BOMB Magazine’s Digital Archives, performance artist and playwright Keith Antar Mason talks about black anger, pushing the envelope and why he’s not the Ice Cube of performance art.

BOMB THE ROOT: The Lorenzo Pace Interview

In this 2005 video interview culled from BOMB magazine’s digital archives, sculptor and children’s book author Lorenzo Pace talks about his great-grandfather's journey through slavery in the early 19th century

BOMB THE ROOT: The Carrie Mae Weems Interview

Photographer Carrie Mae Weems talks about living and working in Rome, power and its consequences and why, even after Barack Obama's election, black folks continue to lead invisible lives.

BOMB THE ROOT: The Camille Billops Interview

Controversial documentarian Camille Billops talks about making art, internalized racism in the black community and why she isn't sorry that she gave up her daughter for adoption.

BOMB THE ROOT: The Yinka Shonibare Interview

In this 2005 interview from the BOMB Digital Archive, British-Nigerian multimedia artist Yinka Shonibare MBE talks Trojan horses, bringing high culture to the street and wreaking havoc in the art world. PLUS: Yinka Shonibare MBE’s career retrospective at the Smithsonian.

BOMB THE ROOT: The Kara Walker Interview

Kara Walker talks about pickaninnies, Topsy, shame and how she’s dealt with the backlash from the black community.

BOMB THE ROOT: The Kerry James Marshall Interview

Kerry James Marshall talks about growing up in Birmingham and the black arts community that nurtured him.

BOMB THE ROOT: The bell hooks Interview

bell hooks talks her own violent impulses and why she’d gladly face humiliation on the Ricki Lake show.