Dissonant, Experimental, Feminist, Intense, Perceptual, Perverse

Abstract, Absurd, Conceptual, Eclectic, Futurist photography, Joyful, Minimalist art, Open-ended, Perceptual, Portrait, Psychoanalysis, Psychological, Smart, Surreal, Surrealist photography

Sharon Olds grew up in a Calvinist home in Berkeley, CA. She received a BA from Stanford University in 1964 and an English PhD from Columbia University in 1972. Olds is known for candidly exploring the ordinary and unpleasant--from toilets to take-out. Olds did not publish her first poetry collect

Domestic, Perceptual, Playful

Benjamin Kunkel, novelist and founding editor at n+1, grew up in Colorado. He attended California's rural, all-male Deep Springs College, before finishing his undergraduate degree at Harvard University. He later received an MFA from Columbia University. Kunkel, who has contributed essays and artic

Neurotic, Perceptual, Political