No. 21 in B-flat, D. 960

Outcast: A History of Leprosy, Humanity and the Modern World is published today. It tells the 4000 year history of the disease and its stigma, and the remarkable lives of those affected past and present. I am very proud of it, and beyond thankful to those who told their story.

Very happy to share the cover of Outcast: A History of Leprosy, Humanity and the Modern World. It tells the 4000 year history of the disease and its stigma, and the remarkable stories of those affected past and present. Three months to go, but you can preorder (in bio) now!

I profiled Somaya Critchlow, who is, I think, one of the UK’s most ambitious and thoughtful young artists, for the @FTMag. It’s a piece about art and power, and art and politics (a slightly loaded topic in the Twitter/clickbait discourse this week)

I wrote about Rachel Cusk, for Sidecar: https://t.co/IInvzuPsAG

"TBT" reading: Hal Foster and Ben Lerner in 2016 on the critical dimension of contempt, hatred as a reading/compositional strategy, perceived betrayal by art, and Trump as a post-semantic linguist (poet?!). https://t.co/Wc7GNJ9t8b

A very abbreviated interview with Gary and some memories of him

Arshile Gorky’s “Untitled (Nighttime, Enigma, and Nostalgia: Encorché) c. 1932 & “Untitled (Sunset in Central Park)” 1931 @HauserWirth

⁦@KimletGordon⁩ at Koko last night.

“I know a road” — from Alice Oswald’s first collection ⁦@FaberBooks⁩, The Thing in the Gap-Stone Stile (1996)

New from Sally Rooney: "Our Government can bask in the moral glow of condemning the bombers, while preserving a cosy relationship with those supplying the bombs." https://t.co/F1M1BJPb4X

“Part of an extremely interesting generation of artists which includes Cindy Sherman and Sally Mann...” Francesca Woodman’s posthumous path to A-lister https://t.co/TW2FZK8HgQ

‘Exteriors: Annie Ernaux and Photography’ by writer and curator Lou Stoppard 💫 Order your copy via https://t.co/VYegd5pJV7 📸 Dolorès Marat, Janine Niepce, Clarisse Hahn, Mika Ninagawa and Daido Moriyama

Fantastic opportunity for "planetarity"-minded essay writers.

We are looking to hire a Publishing Assistant to join our growing team in Deptford, south-east London. Deadline: 4 March. More details in @thebookseller: https://t.co/FPVtAe6qPu

And lo, it was launched.

London! Unfortunately this launch event tomorrow at @HauserWirth is at capacity, but please consider buying our beautiful book at the gallery or at the @Tate bookstore. Also, you can order it from @PRINTED_MATTER ( https://t.co/PNxW2SlvL8) & Karma ( https://t.co/cb9RUuIoay). 🖌️🖍️🖊️

NYC! Please join three writers of Five Stories for Philip Guston—Audrey Wollen, @thessaly, and Christopher Alessandrini—tomorrow for a launch event at Karma's bookstore, 136 East 3rd Street. There will be drinks, and there will be (short) readings. 6-8PM. https://t.co/NJO8y4l3L4

In this short story collection, five writers working today have created fictions in conversation with Guston and his painting. So many years after his death in 1980, it is clear why his influence remains stronger than ever.

Guston was an avid reader of novels, short stories, and philosophy, so it is not surprising that he painted books. What is surprising is how the book paintings made him think anew about narrative, and specifically the potential to tell stories again with his art.

Exceptionally pleased to launch Five Stories for Philip Guston into the world. Published by Printed Matter, Inc. Designed by Karma Edited by yrs. truly & Mark Godfrey Paintings by Philip Guston Stories by Christopher Alessandrini, @Thessaly, Ben Okri, @LouStoppard, Audrey Wollen