BOMB Issue 175 / Spring 2026

Look Inside BOMB’s Spring 2026 Issue
Our new issue hits newsstands on March 16. Here, a peek at the interviews, literature, and art inside.

The artists and writers in this issue have reworked the definition of the autobiographical. Through deep explorations of identity and memory, our spring contributors reframe the expected, engage in innovative forms of storytelling, and offer compelling visions of hope and expansion.

INTERVIEWS
Janiva Ellis by Carolyn Lazard
Lauren Groff by Rumaan Alam
Kaizō Hayashi by Steve Macfarlane
Bret Anthony Johnston by Laura van den Berg
Naeem Mohaiemen by Adam Szymczyk
Deborah Roberts by Melissa Joseph
Jeff Tweedy by Tom Comitta
Shawn Walker by Charles Daniel Dawson

FICTION
Emma Cairns Watson, Rachel Khong, Dylan Landis

ESSAY
Lynne Tillman

POETRY
Milo De Angelis, Morgan Parker

PORTFOLIO
Lower East Side Yearbook

COMIC
María Medem

EDITOR’S CHOICE
Reflections on new works from Constance Debré, Alexandre Koberidze, Ben Lerner, Lisa Robertson, and Sophy Romvari