The fall issue is here! In BOMB 161, artists from Ukraine discuss making art in the shadows of war, photographer Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa considers the “common fugivity” of photographs and shadows, and author Mohsin Hamid reflects on fiction’s “transgressive impulse.” Plus, @leonardcohen writes about music and childhood humiliations in a previously unpublished story, @allegrahyde conjures an all-powerful algorithm, and @SolmazSharif honors @justdontecollins, winner of our 2022 Poetry Contest. Follow the link in our bio to pre-order your copy! The issue also features interviews with @avikunthak, Farah Al Qasimi, Jess Barbagallo, Dana Kavelina and @olia_off, @mabreu91, and Yiyun Li; excerpts from the Oral History Project with @lawrence.claude and @nyeemamorgan; a story by @__giadina; nonfiction by @joenmeno; a comic by @reza.hasni; and poetry by @akasomeguy. On the cover: Olia Fedorova, Swimming in the Sea of Grass, from Studies of Nothing, a series of performative interventions in the Ukrainian landscape, 2020. Image courtesy of the artist.