The Last Days of Brooklyn
By Samantha BerkleyRight around the time my Grandma Nettie began to lose her memories, I became a scavenger, unearthing the mysteries of my neighborhood’s lost past.
Subprime Crimes From Wall Street to Brooklyn and Beyond
By Nicholas JahrIt starts with someone like Milagros Munoz. She has lived in East New York for nearly all of her 46 years.
Stan Brakhage with Pip Chodorov
In February 2003, I had the opportunity to transcribe the audio recordings that Pip Chodorov had taped for his film, A Visit to Stan Brakhage, a brief, 15-minute portrait film of the great American avant-garde filmmaker, commissioned for French television. The interview was to be Brakhage’s last.
Art In Conversation
Daniel Joseph Martinez with Phong Bui
On the occasion of the artist’s inclusion in the Whitney Biennial, which will be on view from March 6 to June 1, 2008, Daniel Joseph Martinez spoke with Rail publisher Phong Bui about his life and work.
Art In Conversation
Michal Rovner with Phong Bui
Right after the completion of the artist’s latest large-scale structure, Makom II, which will be on view at PaceWildenstein’s 22 Street location until March 15th, 2008, Michal Rovner welcomed Rail Publisher Phong Bui to her downtown loft/studio to discuss her life and work.
Bass Rules: Israel “Cachao” Lopez and Andy Gonzalez: From Mambo to Salsa: Part Seven
By Alan LockwoodThe loft that propels Afro-Cuban music—a loping vibe buoying the percussive components, facetted choruses, and elegant ferocity of piano and horns that front an ensemble—derives from the bass lines.
Film In Conversation
Gauze, Manga and Delinquency, Tadanobu Asano with David Wilentz
No discussion of contemporary Japanese cinema is complete without the mention of maverick movie star Tadanobu Asano. From his work with cyber-punk innovators Sogo Ishi (Burst City) and Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo) to the meditative master behind Sailor Suit and Machine Gun, Shinji Somai, Mr. Asano is a lens through which to view the bolder side of contemporary Asian cinema.
Editor's Message
The End of City Politics?
By Theodore HammFor the better part of a year now, the primary focus of city politics has been on whether the mayor would run for president.
ArtSeen
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Tracking Loren MacIver
– By Sharon L. Butler -
Web exclusive - Martin Wilner
– By Josh Morgenthau -
Klara Liden Elda för kråkorna
– By Becky Brown -
Howard Smith Stroke and Structure
– By Joan Waltemath -
John Zinsser Recent Work
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
Enriqué Chagoya Borderlandia
– By Tessa DeCarlo -
Thoth Herma: The Life and Land of Nular-In
– By Warren Fry -
Do-Ho Suh Reflection
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle -
Brooklyn Dispatches
– By James Kalm -
Agnes Martin
– By Ben La Rocco -
Francis Alÿs Fabiola
– By David Markus -
Sterling Ruby Chron
– By Shane McAdams -
Monumental Squalor
– By Thomas Micchelli -
WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution
– By Thomas Micchelli -
David Geiser
– By Robert C. Morgan -
The Destiny of Larry Poons: Larry Poons Paintings 1971 - 1980
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Close Encounters: Irving Penn Portraits of Artists and Writers
– By Valery Oisteanu -
Freeze Frame
– By Craig Olson -
Agnes Martin's Homework
– By Jeremy Sigler -
Anika Wilson A Question of Beauty
– By Jillian Steinhauer -
Bill Jensen Notes from the Loggia
– By John Yau -
Rodrigo Moynihan
– By John Yau -
Harriet Korman Recent Paintings and Drawings
– By John Yau -
Thomas Nozkowski Paintings
– By John Yau
Table of Contents
Editor's Message
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The End of City Politics?
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
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The Last Days of Brooklyn
– By Samantha Berkley -
Middle School Initiative Challenges Education as Usual
– By Eleanor J. Bader -
The Easter Maybe Crowd
– By Rev. Dr. Donna Schaper -
Blessed And Holy Confusion
– By Nathan Schneider -
1000 Manhattan Avenue
– By Sabine Heinlein
Express
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Subprime Crimes From Wall Street to Brooklyn and Beyond
– By Nicholas Jahr -
The Slave Auctions and the End of the Kung-Fu Judge
– By Christopher Ketcham -
DeKalb Makes the News
– By Lydia Stryk -
Campaign Notebook
– By Theodore Hamm -
War Made Easy Deferring to Media Criticism
– By Williams Cole -
Internet Conspirancy Films and the Spirit of the Times
– By Owen Roberts -
Listening to History, Ned Sublette's New Orleans
– By Alan Lockwood -
A Blueprint for Democratic Revivalism
– By Vincent Rossmeier -
Inside the GOP Playbook
– By James Arnett -
Exposing the Slums
– By Gavin Browning -
Stan Brakhage with Pip Chodorov
Art
ArtSeen
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Tracking Loren MacIver
– By Sharon L. Butler -
Web exclusive - Martin Wilner
– By Josh Morgenthau -
Klara Liden Elda för kråkorna
– By Becky Brown -
Howard Smith Stroke and Structure
– By Joan Waltemath -
John Zinsser Recent Work
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
Enriqué Chagoya Borderlandia
– By Tessa DeCarlo -
Thoth Herma: The Life and Land of Nular-In
– By Warren Fry -
Do-Ho Suh Reflection
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle -
Brooklyn Dispatches
– By James Kalm -
Agnes Martin
– By Ben La Rocco -
Francis Alÿs Fabiola
– By David Markus -
Sterling Ruby Chron
– By Shane McAdams -
Monumental Squalor
– By Thomas Micchelli -
WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution
– By Thomas Micchelli -
David Geiser
– By Robert C. Morgan -
The Destiny of Larry Poons: Larry Poons Paintings 1971 - 1980
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Close Encounters: Irving Penn Portraits of Artists and Writers
– By Valery Oisteanu -
Freeze Frame
– By Craig Olson -
Agnes Martin's Homework
– By Jeremy Sigler -
Anika Wilson A Question of Beauty
– By Jillian Steinhauer -
Bill Jensen Notes from the Loggia
– By John Yau -
Rodrigo Moynihan
– By John Yau -
Harriet Korman Recent Paintings and Drawings
– By John Yau -
Thomas Nozkowski Paintings
– By John Yau
Books
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Graphic Novel: Hipster in a Hail of Bullets
– By Aaron Leichter -
Fiction: Reason to Prepare
– By Eryn Loeb -
Nonfiction: I Am Not My Mother
– By Rachel Balik -
Fiction: Spray-Painted Mysteries
– By Becky Ferreira -
Fiction: Dangerous, Lyrical Journeys
– By April Yvonne Garrett -
Nonfiction: Top Secret Insignia, Its Place in a Book
– By Erin Heath -
Poetry: A Life Sentence
– By Ben Tripp -
Poetry: Peculiar Antennae
– By David Varno -
Poetry Roundup March 08
– By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright -
Prose Roundup March 2008
– By Brooklyn Rail Staff
Music
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Total Theater of Harry Partch: Thoughts after a Revival of Delusion of the Fury
– By Sergei Tcherepnin -
Bass Rules: Israel “Cachao” Lopez and Andy Gonzalez: From Mambo to Salsa: Part Seven
– By Alan Lockwood -
Azúcar! Celia: The Life and Music of Celia Cruz at the New World Theater
– By Ellen Pearlman -
With New York at Her Feet: Bettye LaVette in the Allen Room, Lincoln Center
– By Sharon Mesmer -
Outtakes
– By Steve Dalachinsky -
Give the Guitarist Some
– By Todd Simmons
Dance
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The Lady and the Light: Chunky Move’s Glow at the Kitchen
– By April Greene -
Dance States of a Theatrical Mind: Diana Szeinblum’s Alaska
– By Ryan Tracy -
Who Plays? Pedestrian Movement, Neumann Style
– By M.J. Thompson
Film
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Sheep Head Noir From The Frozen North
– By David N. Meyer -
Gauze, Manga and Delinquency, Tadanobu Asano with David Wilentz
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Your Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles
– By Sophie Gilbert -
Yakuza Films at the Asia Society
– By David Wilentz -
Parables of Impossibility
– By Lu Chen -
Payday
– By Brother Cleve -
Moolaadé
– By Makenna Goodman
Theater
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WEB EXCLUSIVE: From Outrage to Stage: George Packer’s Betrayed
– By Justin Boyd -
Channeling Inge: Marcia Cebulska, Catherine Filloux, Caridad Svich, Lydia Stryk and Alice Tuan with Adam Kraar
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Hello Failure, Kristen Kosmas with Heidi Schreck
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Room for Cream? Always
– By Trish Harnetiaux -
Images of Emotion
– By John Beer -
The Evolution of a Theater Company
– By Alexis Clements
Fiction
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From Correction of Drift, a novel in stories
– By Pamela Ryder -
Dear Hunting
– By Barbara Henning -
The Western Cannon
– By Andrew Farkas -
Excerpts from "Willie Masters' Lonesome Wife"
– By William H. Gass
Poetry
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Typical Umbrella Fiasco
– By Miles Champion -
Caption
– By Linh Dinh -
How to Foster
– By Linh Dinh -
Not Quite Symmetry
– By Linh Dinh -
Big Box
– By Ange Mlinko -
Cuckoo Nun
– By Ange Mlinko -
aura
– By Arlo Quint
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