This is the last issue of Sound American and it embraces the spirit of the journal’s entire run. In it, artists talk to SA’s editor, Nate Wooley about how they work: the joy of it, the grind of it, the moments of insecurity and triumph. Featuring iconoclastic musicians Nico Muhly Ellen Fullman and Brandon Lopez alongside titanic figures in other areas of the arts like Eileen Myles, Albert Oehlen, Natasha Pickowicz and Patricia Nicholson Parker, this issue draws subtle comparisons between creative lives, illustrating some broad insights into how these amazing artists handle the world economically, artistically and emotionally. Lesley Mok contributes the final, standalone, exquisite corpse composition.

Sound American Publications, 2023

6” x 8.75”

96 pages