The 8th issue of Sensitive Skin, a journal of post-beat,
pre-apocalyptic art, writing, music and whatnot, features a rare
interview with WilliamS. Burroughs, by Allen Ginsberg, from the
early 90s, with previously unpublished photographs of Burroughs by
Ruby Ray, as well as her photos from the original SF punk scene,
including shots of X, The Dead Kennedys, and Sid Vicious. We're
also proud to present writing by: Mike Hudson, founder and lead
singer of seminal seventies punk rock band The Pagans;. James
Greer, author of the novels Artificial Light, The Failure and the
non-fiction book Guided By Voices: A Brief History, a biography of
a band for which he played bassguitar; Thaddeus Rutkowski, the
author of the innovative novels Haywire, Tetched and Roughhouse;
Karen Lillis (aka Karen the Small Press Librarian), author of Watch
the Doors as They Close; Chavisa Woods, whose debut collection of
short stories, Love Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind was a Lambda
Literary Award finalist; Jim Feast, a founding member of the
Unbearables writers group; Rob Hardin, author of Distorture, winner
of the Firecracker Award; and Mark McCawley, editor of the Canadian
litzine Urban Graffiti. Todd Colby, who has published four books of
poetry: Ripsnort, Cush, Riot in the Charm Factory: New and Selected
Writings, and Tremble & Shine, all by Soft Skull Press. Colby
has been broadcast nationally on PBS, MTV and NPR for Garrison
Keillor's Writer's Almanac. Plus music from: contemporary jazz
combo The New Monsters, featuring Steve Horowitz, Dan Plonsey,
Scott Looney, Steve Adams and Jim Bove. And artwork from: Tom
McGlynn, whose work is represented the Whitney Museum and the
Museum of Modern Art. Justine Frischmann, former front woman and
guitarist for iconic '90s brit-pop band Elastica James Romberger,
artist for the critically acclaimed Seven Miles A Second, in
collaboration with David Wojnarowicz. Plus more fiction, poetry,
photographs and illustrations from Ray Jicha, Su Byron, Jennifer
Adams, David West, Les Bridges, Chris Bava, Jeff Spirer, Charlie
Homo, Cedric Monot, Kym Ghee, Ted Barron and Marcin Owczarek.
Sensitive Skin magazine began as a print venture from New York's
Lower East Side in the 1990s, and published such literary
luminaries as Richard Hell, Jack Micheline, Penny Arcade, Eileen
Myles, Lynne Tillman, Patrick McGrath, Bob Holman, Maggie Estep,
Emily XYZ, Herbert Huncke and Joel Rose, with art by Andres
Serrano, Ari Marcopolis, Andrew Castrucci and James Romberger, to
namebutafew.... Sensitive Skin was reborn in the summer of 2010,
and has already presented work by such esteemed artists as Justine
Frischmann (Elastica), Craig Clevenger (The Contortionist's
Handbook), Darius James (Negrophobia), Stewart Home (Pure Mania),
Michael A. Gonzales (Vibe magazine regular), Drew Hubner (American
By Blood), Jonathan Shaw (Narcissa), Melissa Febos (Whip Smart),
Max Blagg (Bald Ego), Patricia Eakins (The Hungry Girls), Dire
McCain (publisher, Paraphilia Magazine), Rob Roberge (Working
Backwards from the Worst Moment of My Life), Kurt Wolf (Pussy
Galore), Erika Schickel (You're Not the Boss of Me: Adventures of a
Modern Mom), John S. Hall (King Missile), Kevin Rafferty (Atomic
Cafe), and downtown NYC avant-garde music legend Elliott Sharp.
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