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2010 Stories by Keith Bowers

• Graphic Confessions

  published September 22, 2010

  “We’ve all done some fucked-up shit,” says Dixie De La Tour, like going home with the wrong person, getting in over our heads in a... More >>

• Go East for Art

  published September 22, 2010

  Say what you will about Emeryville – that the city has sold its soul to the likes of Ikea, the Home Depot, and the developers that back them... More >>

• A Heavy Subject

  published September 15, 2010

  Artists will literally take their process to the street by using a three-ton steamroller to make prints. The Roadworks Steamroller Prints... More >>

• Liquid History

  published September 15, 2010

  That drink in your hand — a lemon drop, a blue blazer, maybe a slippery nipple — where do you think it came from? Chances are, it was... More >>

• Everyone's a Target

  published September 15, 2010

  Q: How many radical feminists does it take to change a lightbulb? A: THAT’S NOT FUNNY! Tasteless or not, the riddle illustrates one way to... More >>

• Let It Shine

  published September 15, 2010

  Mike Shine has a way of turning the strange into the familiar. He mixes carnivals, Nordic mythology, and surf-and-skate culture — and by the... More >>

• Role Survivor

  published September 15, 2010

  You’d think a couple named Sam and Pat would feel entitled to some gender ambiguity. But in Sharon Mathis’ new play, Pat gets clobbered... More >>

• Multiple Exposure

  published September 15, 2010

  What can be turned into a camera? A cracker tin? Check. A suitcase? Check. A Volkswagen microbus? Check. Considering that Jo Babcock has used all... More >>

• An Immigrant's Point of View

  published September 15, 2010

  Yiyun Li is a Chinese immigrant who has won national recognition for her writing. Li was raised in Beijing and landed in the United States in... More >>

• Meet the Guerrilla Artists

  published September 15, 2010

  In Exit Through the Gift Shop, filmmaker Terry Guetta aimed to capture the secret world of “street art” – a form of graffiti... More >>

• A Real Doll

  published September 8, 2010

  Barbie is an ideal specimen of American pop culture. She’s ubiquitous, she’s artificial, she’s obsessed with image, and she and her... More >>

• So Funny It’s Criminal

  published September 8, 2010

  Crime investigation and absurd humor go hand-in-rubber-glove, stretching from Inspector Jacques Clouseau of Pink Panther fame past Lt.... More >>

• Tough Love Revisited

  published September 8, 2010

  For better or worse — and we’d say worse — the art world is often driven by things safe and familiar. Think about it: The paintings... More >>

• Esprit de Corpse

  published September 1, 2010

  During the New England summers of her childhood, author Elizabeth Strout fell in love with the physical world: the seaweed-covered rocks along the... More >>

• You Can’t Hide — But You Can Make Art

  published September 1, 2010

  Advertising: There’s no escape. If you spend any time using a computer or smartphone, the spam robots eventually find you. And they’re... More >>