SPELLBOUND
By Mitch Horowitz VIEW ONLINE


Mitch Horowitz examines the American anomaly of the Ouija board, a unique mixture of occultist's tool and best-selling family pastime, assessing its impact on American life—and art.

Mitch Horowitz is Editor-in-Chief of publishing house Tarcher/Penguin. Based in New York City, he writes and lectures frequently on spiritual themes and is currently finishing a book on the history of the occult in America.








Esopus 7 (Fall 2006)

CONTENTS:
ARTIST'S PROJECT: GARETH JONES
"Ten Kitchens"

DOING BATTLE
Drawings by Alex Brown VIEW ONLINE

NEW VOICES: "METHODS OF REST"
Fiction by Vivien Shotwell

100 FRAMES: "TROPICAL MALADY"
Introduction by Dennis Lim

ARTIST'S PROJECT: KIRA LYNN HARRIS
"Eight Chance Variations Within a Fixed Structure"

MODERN ARTIFACTS #1: CHARTING MODERNISM
Introduction by Michelle Elligott

GUARDED OPINIONS #1
Commentary by Niko Fruechting

ARTISTS' PROJECT: ALEX KATZ & VINCENT KATZ
"Autographs"

TINY BOOK OF SMOKES
By David Greenberger

Angus Trumble's 1727 in Retrospect
One year. One page. (Seventh in a series)

ARTIST'S PROJECT: FRANK BENSON
"Flag 2006"

SPELLBOUND
By Mitch Horowitz VIEW ONLINE