“All is illusion” is a mantra Roger Orr picks up on a spiritual pilgrimage to India but the meaning of the phrase gains resonance far beyond the metaphysical realm—nothing and no one in Orr’s world is what or who they appear to be. They are ever mutable and evolving as is the person at the center of this story.
Karina Longworth learns what, exactly, happened to the Kim’s Video archive that was sent to Italy a few years ago. Bruce Wagner is interviewed at Full Stop. Sadly, Hydra Head Records is calling it a day. Sam Gold on the new Clarice Lispector translations. Susan Kirschbaum on her experience with self-publishing. Follow Vol. 1 Brooklyn on Twitter, Facebook, Google + and our Tumblr.