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Table of Contents
WAR
Notes on the War
by Railstaff

LOCAL
William Thompson’s Challenges
by Theodore Hamm
United Puerto Ricans of Sunset Park (UPROSE)
by Jason Boehm
The New Skool Goes to Bed Stuy
edited by Knox Robinson and Meghan McDermott
Anomaly TV: Inside Bed-Stuy
by Williams Cole

EXPRESS
Europe: Here Is Not Everywhere
by Michelle Memran
Not Long Ago, Not Far Away: Argentina’s Crisis
by Alan Lockwood
The Hood: In Memory of Fred Rogers
by Valerie Jaffee and Ara Varatanian
A Brief History of The Masses
by Madeleine Baran
Hometown Feminists Find a New Home
by Michelle Tsai
in conversation: Indie Publishing with Johnny Temple
by Williams Cole and Theodore Hamm

ART

Artseen:

Leonardo Da Vinci
Harriet Shorr
The Park Avenue Cubists
The Royal Art Lodge
African American Printmaking
Global Priority
Peter Acheson and Mor Pipman
Nancy Drew
Dan Walsh
Thomas Nozkowski
Remains of the Day
Raw
Up In Arms
Dawn Clements
Letter from London
by ArtStaff

Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle
by Daniel Baird
Sigmar Polke at Dallas Museum of Art
by Paul Mattick
Everything is Finished Nothing is Dead: on Abstract Painting
by Chris Martin
in conversation: John Yau
by Joan Waltemath
For Ford: Another I Did Not Know
by Steve Dalachinsky
Critical Edge: The Citadel of Art
by Robert C. Morgan

BOOKS
The Anti-Matter of George Orwell
by John Reed
Women on War
by Daniel Skinner
Footage Fetish
by Paul Grimstad
Imaginary Crossings
by Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
The Crimes We Commit
by Annie McPeak
in conversation: John Strausbaugh
by Theodore Hamm

MUSIC
Nik Bärtsch’s Ritual Groove
by Ellen Pearlman
Oneida – Marwood: A Study in Opposites
by Grant Moser
Christina Marclay’s Video Quartet
by Nick Stillman
Devendra Banhart
by David Shirley

DANCE
Sound Itself Is No Sound: Meredith Monk at the Zendo
by Ellen Pearlman
in conversation: Meredith Monk
by Ellen Pearlman
Making a Splash: The Miami Project, David Neumann
by Vanessa Manko
Feast
by Vanessa Manko
Airborne in Brooklyn
by Shanti Crawford

THEATER
in dialogue: The Theater of War
by Emily DeVoti
Excerpt: Yo La Loca

FILM
Meta Meta Everywhere and Not a Drop to Drink
by Lisa Rosman
Outtakes: Notes From Paris
by Galen Williams
Requiem for Bill "The Butcher" Poole
by Carola Mandelbaum
The Art of Documentary
by Williams Cole

STREETS
Brooklyn Parks Monster Preview
by Emily Votruba
The De-Greening of Brownsville
by Stephanie Saulmon
Tree Street City
by Johannah Rodgers

LIGHTS
Techniquette: The Kids Are Not Alright
by Lisa Rosman
Ask Randy Bob
by R Lewis
Auto Erotic: Detroit’s auto shows
by K.P. Greenberg
How to Kill a Chicken
by Katerina Zachovalova

DINING CAR
Park Slope Rising: al di la and Cucina
by Adriana Velez

FICTION
Dear Ms. Munch
by Kurt Strahm
excerpt: The Retelling
by Tsipi Keller
In the Way of Love
by Linda Heiberg
Little Intimacies, Lucidity
by Annie McPeak
part one of three in a series: Beyond Hope
by Elizabeth Reddin
Passages
by Ann Quin
To the People of Intercourse
by Matthew Kirby

LAST WORDS
Privilege
by Black Alex
Searching for Maya
by Lauri Bortz

POETRY
Minor Treatise on A Warning from Robbe-Grillet;
On Peekaboo and the Pathetic Fallacy
by Frances Richard
Illusion is a Gangstergirl
by Raphael Rubinstein
The Origins of the English Novel
by Matthew Brogan
Accordion Chamber Music
by Raphael Rubinstein
Heavenly Accounting; The Bride 26, Is Keeping Her Name
by Matthew Brogan

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The Rail invites you to a reading with Jason
Flores-Williams and Brian Carreira, along with musical
guest Steve Strunsky of the Lonesome Prairie Dogs.

Thurs., Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m.
Vox Pop--Flatbush, Brooklyn
www.voxpop.net

OFF THE RAIL FALL 2005 at the Central Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library - Grand Army Plaza
(718) 230-2100 in the 2nd Floor Auditorium

Tuesday, Sept. 13 from 7 till 9
John Ashbery
Leslie Scalapino

Tuesday, Oct. 18 from 7 till 9
Kenneth Bernard
Lynda Schor

Tuesday, Nov. 15 from 7 till 9
Diane Williams
Christine Schutt

Curated and hosted by the Rail's Fiction Editor Donald Breckenridge

The Independent Press Association-NY recently honored The Brooklyn Rail with the following awards:

1st place: Best article about Immigrant Issues or Racial Justice--Gabriel Thompson, "One Immigrant's Journey" (September 2004).

1st place: Best article about the Arts*--Amy Zimmer, "The Brownsville Rec. Center" (April 04)

2nd place: Best article about the Arts--Brian Carreira, "Harlem Arts: A Faux Renaissance" (Dec 03/Jan 04).

2nd place: Best editorial or commentary--T. Hamm, "The Issue is Free Speech" (Dec 03/Jan 04).

3rd Place: Best Investigative News Story--Marjory Garrison, "Minimum Matter of Survival" (May 04)

Honorable mention: Best Investigative News Story--Williams Cole, "Housing vs. the RNC" (June 04).

Honorable mention: Best Original Feature--Yvette Walton, "My Life in the NYPD" (Dec 03/Jan 04).
Come to the Brooklyn Waterfront Festival.




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