Name: BOMB’s Summer 2026 Issue Party
Start: 2026-06-23T19:30:00
End: 2026-06-24T00:00:00
Location: Francis Kite Club

Join us for a celebration of our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2026/06/01/bomb-176-summer-2026-announcement/">Summer 2026 issue</a> on Tuesday, June 23 at the Francis Kite Club. Welcome the beginning of summer by enjoying readings by BOMB contributors <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2026/03/17/from-paradiso-17-hannah-lillith-assadi/">Hannah Lillith Assadi</a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bombmagazine.org/articles/2026/06/02/alex-difrancesco-by-jennifer-wortman/">Alex DiFrancesco</a>, and Kelsey Day, whose poetry from our summer issue will be available to BOMB Members on June 15. Enjoy complimentary beverages while they last and a party with the BOMB community.&nbsp;BOMB Members enjoy free entry to the party. Tickets are $20 for nonmembers and come with a complimentary copy of our Summer 2026 issue and drinks.Beer, wine, cocktails, and NA beverages will be available. Space is limited. This is a 21+ event.Not a member? <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://bombmagazine.org/membership/?utm_source=francis-kite-club&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;utm_campaign=join-today#entry:961747@1:url">SIGN UP HERE</a> and receive free entry to the party and a subscription to BOMB Magazine.About BOMB's Summer 2026 issue:The authors, artists, and performers featured in BOMB’s summer issue model what making art can be in 2026. Their practices offer new methods to sustain creativity and support healing, engage language as a means of salvation, and mine personal and national histories with empathy and wit. The poetry and prose in our summer issue consider a range of subjects, from mysterious ailments to locker room conflicts to the last gringo president of the US.INTERVIEWSDave Eggers by Jim JamesJun Kaneko by Mark MackLotus L. Kang by Lara Mimosa MontesReverend Joyce McDonald by Katherine CheairsRodney McMillian by Dave McKenzieRuth Ozeki by Hannah TintiSamora Pinderhughes by Jason MoranDebra Priestly by Nancy GrossmanElaine Reichek by Sabrina Gschwandtner