Sommer
@sommerb.bsky.social
Poet who/which/that writes about art. All opinions expressed are your own.
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@sommerb.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Artifice is Revolting: What I Wanted to Read About "The Substance" but Nobody Wrote
An essay. A powerpoint.
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I did an experiment. I wrote a new essay called, Artifice is Revolting: What I Wanted to Read About "The Substance" but Nobody Wrote. And I made it into a PowerPoint. Check it out here: vimeo.com/1029444263?s...
If you know, you know. And we all know.
April 14, 2025 at 11:20 PM
If you know, you know. And we all know.
Precious Rubbish is Kayla E’s new intense, stark graphic novel about a harrowing childhood boldly illustrated in a kind of 50s era Aw Shucks style. I wrote about her & her book talk tomorrow at VCU. www.styleweekly.com/panelling-pa...
Panelling Pain
Kayla E. comes to VCU with her new graphic novel featuring an unflinching narrative about a young girl's abusive childhood.
www.styleweekly.com
April 6, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Precious Rubbish is Kayla E’s new intense, stark graphic novel about a harrowing childhood boldly illustrated in a kind of 50s era Aw Shucks style. I wrote about her & her book talk tomorrow at VCU. www.styleweekly.com/panelling-pa...
"As someone who works with the body, there’s this clear awareness that bodies are not just neutral instruments that we use to [move].” I had great conversation w Alicia Díaz, a dancer & professor here in Richmond. Dancers know things in deep, earthly ways. I hope everyone has dancers in their life.
Ways of Listening
Alicia Díaz on dance, the body’s knowledge, and co-creating change with “Arts for Climate Justice for Puerto Rico.”
www.styleweekly.com
March 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
"As someone who works with the body, there’s this clear awareness that bodies are not just neutral instruments that we use to [move].” I had great conversation w Alicia Díaz, a dancer & professor here in Richmond. Dancers know things in deep, earthly ways. I hope everyone has dancers in their life.
My record player begins to skip about 13 minutes in but it doesn’t matter when you listen to Steve Reich.
March 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
My record player begins to skip about 13 minutes in but it doesn’t matter when you listen to Steve Reich.
Reposted by Sommer
@sommerb.bsky.social interviewed the authors of American Weather, Mary Margaret Alvarado and @coriejcole.bsky.social for the Brooklyn Rail. It's a very sad and hopeful book. I am happy to have helped with it.
brooklynrail.org/2025/03/art_...
#letterpress #bookarts #booksky #printmaking
brooklynrail.org/2025/03/art_...
#letterpress #bookarts #booksky #printmaking
MARY MARGARET ALVARADO, CORIE J. COLE, & AARON COHICK with Sommer Browning | The Brooklyn Rail
Poet, artist, and publisher discuss the making of the collaborative artist book American Weather. Originally published as an essay in 2016, the artist book is about gun violence in the USA, as well as...
brooklynrail.org
March 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
@sommerb.bsky.social interviewed the authors of American Weather, Mary Margaret Alvarado and @coriejcole.bsky.social for the Brooklyn Rail. It's a very sad and hopeful book. I am happy to have helped with it.
brooklynrail.org/2025/03/art_...
#letterpress #bookarts #booksky #printmaking
brooklynrail.org/2025/03/art_...
#letterpress #bookarts #booksky #printmaking
American Weather is a beautiful, hyper-local artist book about something very terrible, gun violence in the USA. I interviewed poet Mary Margaret Alvarado, publisher Aaron Cohick, and ceramicist Corie J. Cole about how they made it. It’s over at The Brooklyn Rail. @newlightspress.bsky.social
MARY MARGARET ALVARADO, CORIE J. COLE, & AARON COHICK with Sommer Browning | The Brooklyn Rail
Poet, artist, and publisher discuss the making of the collaborative artist book American Weather. Originally published as an essay in 2016, the artist book is about gun violence in the USA, as well as...
brooklynrail.org
March 12, 2025 at 11:49 AM
American Weather is a beautiful, hyper-local artist book about something very terrible, gun violence in the USA. I interviewed poet Mary Margaret Alvarado, publisher Aaron Cohick, and ceramicist Corie J. Cole about how they made it. It’s over at The Brooklyn Rail. @newlightspress.bsky.social
Goldfish is a great comic by Rae Whitlock. I got to talk with her and write about her work. www.styleweekly.com/exploring-co...
Exploring Connections
Rae Whitlock on making comics and grasping ideas from the ether.
www.styleweekly.com
February 28, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Goldfish is a great comic by Rae Whitlock. I got to talk with her and write about her work. www.styleweekly.com/exploring-co...
I'll have what she's having but she's having trouble listening to your excuses.
February 25, 2025 at 1:10 AM
I'll have what she's having but she's having trouble listening to your excuses.
I'll have what she's having but she's having a nightmare with that flailing bald guy again.
February 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I'll have what she's having but she's having a nightmare with that flailing bald guy again.
I'll have what she's having but she's having sextuplets and just got furloughed.
February 25, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I'll have what she's having but she's having sextuplets and just got furloughed.
I'll have what she's having but she's having a warrant served on your mom.
February 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I'll have what she's having but she's having a warrant served on your mom.
I'll have what she's having but she's having a grand mal seizure.
February 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
I'll have what she's having but she's having a grand mal seizure.
I'll have what she's having but she's having a moons over my hammy.
February 25, 2025 at 1:02 AM
I'll have what she's having but she's having a moons over my hammy.
I am have-to-do-math-in-my-head years old.
February 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
I am have-to-do-math-in-my-head years old.
When people say someone is their rock I only picture a pee rock that you put in a litter box so your rat will pee in the right place.
February 23, 2025 at 12:04 AM
When people say someone is their rock I only picture a pee rock that you put in a litter box so your rat will pee in the right place.
If you are a glass half empty person you are being mean to air. Also if you are a glass half full person.
February 22, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If you are a glass half empty person you are being mean to air. Also if you are a glass half full person.
A lot of people on teevee have veins popping out of their heads when they smile or are being dramatic or are just looking off into the distance and I think it's because they are unhealthy, maybe malnourished.
February 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
A lot of people on teevee have veins popping out of their heads when they smile or are being dramatic or are just looking off into the distance and I think it's because they are unhealthy, maybe malnourished.
I am developmentally editing a novel right now, and have recently written wall text for a painter’s new show & edited a YA novel in verse. I love doing this work. Let me know if you need any help.
If you need any writing work done, novel editing, poetry manuscript consultations, artist statement tweaking, grant reviewing, general feedback on a speech, I am your human! Moderate fees!
February 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I am developmentally editing a novel right now, and have recently written wall text for a painter’s new show & edited a YA novel in verse. I love doing this work. Let me know if you need any help.
Each spam number I block leads me one step closer to my life goal of blocking every possible phone number in the universe.
February 12, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Each spam number I block leads me one step closer to my life goal of blocking every possible phone number in the universe.
What a wonderful thing it was to talk with IBé Bulinda Crawley about her incredible artist books (each one a kind of compassionate & fierce time machine) and her process of hand crafting them. Thank you, @burnaway.org. burnaway.org/magazine/a-r...
The Artist Books of IBé Bulinda Crawley
Sommer Browning interviews IBé Bulinda Crawley on her artist books and her founding of the IBé Arts Institute in Hopewell, Virginia.
burnaway.org
February 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
What a wonderful thing it was to talk with IBé Bulinda Crawley about her incredible artist books (each one a kind of compassionate & fierce time machine) and her process of hand crafting them. Thank you, @burnaway.org. burnaway.org/magazine/a-r...
I forgot I stopped eating wheat and bought 300 pierogis at Costco.
February 10, 2025 at 12:26 AM
I forgot I stopped eating wheat and bought 300 pierogis at Costco.
Sometimes I just randomly say BuxTONNN like how PeeWee did.
February 9, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Sometimes I just randomly say BuxTONNN like how PeeWee did.
Saw the Glenn Ligon backwards through the windows of the VMFA late last night and shit that was intense.
February 9, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Saw the Glenn Ligon backwards through the windows of the VMFA late last night and shit that was intense.
I feel better in public.
February 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I feel better in public.