Bruce Hainley is an American critic, writer and poet. He is the professor of Criticism and Theory at the MFA program at the

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. In 2021, he was made Chair of the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts at

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. Hainley's 2006 book of poetry, ''Foul Mouth'', was a finalist in the National Poetry Series.

Bibliography

Books * ''Vile Days: The Village Voice Art Columns, 1985-1988''. By Gary Indiana. Edited by Bruce Hainley. Semiotext(e)/MIT Press. 2018. * ''Under the Sign of ic'. Sturtevant’s Volte-Face. Semiotext(e). 2013. * ''Foul Mouth''. Los Angeles: 2nd Cannons Publications. 2006. * ''Art – A Sex Book.''

, Bruce Hainley. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2003. * ''Pep Talk Reader''. (Edition of 100)]. Bruce Hainley.Bruce Hainley: Pep Talk 5.
New York Observer/Culture. Review. 2011. Essays * ''Tomma Abts''. Essays by Jan Verwoert, Bruce Hainley, Laura Hoptman. New York: Phaidon, 2008. * ''Matthew Ronay: Goin' Down, Down, Down''. Essays by Michael Glover and Bruce Hainley. Edited by Ziba de Weck Ardalan. Zurich: JRP, Ringier, 2006. * ''Urs Fischer: Kir Royal''. Essays by Jörg Heiser, Urs Fischer, and Bruce Hainley. Zurich: JRP, Ringier, 2005. * ''Tom Friedman (Contemporary Artists).'' Essays by Bruce Hainley, Dennis Cooper, and Adrian Searle. New York: Phaidon, 2001.

References

External links

“To Whom it May Concern.”
Red Hook Journal, CSS Bard. August 30, 2011.
Bruce Hainley, Lisa Lapinski, and Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer discuss Sturtevant at 356 S. Mission Rd.
December 7, 2013. (Youtube). {{DEFAULTSORT:Hainley, Bruce American male poets Living people American art critics Art Center College of Design faculty Writers from Los Angeles Poets from California University of Southern California faculty American male non-fiction writers Year of birth missing (living people)