Five Poems
by Raphael Rubinstein


Poet and art critic Raphael Rubinstein is a senior editor at Art in America. Forthcoming books include a collection of poems, The Afterglow of Minor Pop Masterpieces (Make Now Press), and an anthology he has edited, Critical Mess: Art Critics on the State of Their Practice (Hard Press Editions). The poems published here are from a work in progress titled “Dead Troubadours.”
About the Author
Raphael Rubinstein is a writer and art critic whose books include The Basement of the Cafe Rilke (Hard Press, 1997) and Postcards from Alphaville (Hard Press, 2000). Among his forthcoming publications are Polychrome Profusion: Selected Art Criticism 1990-2002 (Hard Press) and In Search of the Miraculous: 50 Episodes (Granary Books).




