••• ARCHIVES - JUNE-JULY 2003





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Table of Contents

LOCAL
City To Immigrants: English Only!
by Williams Cole
We Just Call Him Marty
by Kevin Plumberg
in conversation:
Charles Barron Takes on His Critics
with Theodore Hamm
Latinos Transform the Hamptons
by Carissa Katz

EXPRESS
The Right to Party
by Neal Pollack
Viva Rudy?
by Theodore Hamm
Stop Them— Before It’s Too Late
by Shelley Pasnik
BikeSummer is Near…
by Matt Chastain
in conversation:
The Plunder of Iraq with John Malcolm Russell
with Jim Long

ART

ArtBeat: Photography in Brooklyn: The Williamsburg Workshop
by Paula Trotto

Artseen:
Comic Art
by James Kahn
Exit Biennial
by William Powhida
William Pope.L
by Nick Stillman
Greg Stone
by Rachel Youens
James Little
by Benjamin J. La Rocco
Water, Water
by John Hawke
Grounds
by William Powhida
Andy Yoder
by Benjamin J. La Rocco
Jonas Mekas and Rosa Valado
by Tommasio Longhi
Bill Jensen
by Michael Brennan
John Walker
by Rachel Youens
Wolf Kahn
by Tommasio Longhi

Architect of Gender: Contemporary Women’s Art in Poland
by Megan Heuer
The Madness of Ordinary Material
by Daniel Baird
A Tribute to Rudolph Burckhardt
in conversation: Bruce Pearson
with Chris Martin
in conversation: Robert Whitman
with Erik La Prade

BOOKS
Soft Skull’s New Faces
by Madeleine Baran
Regarding the Pain of Others
by John Reed
in conversation: Jedediah Purdy
with Charles Wilson
Inspire Me, Baby
by Vanessa Manko
Silky Fetishes
by Anne McPeak
Under the Shade of a Myrtle Tree with Horace
by Michelle Tsai
All Day Permanent Red
by Bradley H. Kerr
Geisha, A Life
by Ellen Pearlman
Notes on Priapism
by KP Greenberg

MUSIC
Evolution: The Streets and Nada Surf
by Grant Moser
Radiohead: Hail to the Thief
by Sam Carter
Harmonic Convergence: Dream House
by Nick Stillman
Petr Kotik & The SEM Ensemble
by Alan Lockwood

DANCE
in conversation: Mark Morris
with Vanessa Manko
A Festival Grows in Brooklyn
by Shanti Crawford
Monsters & Mirrors: Heavy at Play
by John Merchant
Last Years Faves Dance This Year’s Shows
by Alan Lockwood

THEATER
Break Down and Boogie: Mac Wellman
by Madeleine George
in dialogue: Little Theater/Theatre
by Ann Marie Healy
A Short Essay on Memories... in the Big Theater/Theatre
by Pinky Harris
Yaggoo
by Young Jean Lee

FILM
Food for Sharks: A Personnel Tribute to Stan Brakhage
by Peter Acheson
The Shape of Things, Indeed
by Lisa Rosman
in conversation: Canadian Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin
by Randolph Lewis
Media That Matters Film Festival
by Williams Cole

LIGHTS
The Thipplewhite Diaries: A Rail Exclusive
by Randy Bob Lewis
Exiquette: Your Own Private Ex-Men
by Lisa Rosman

PHOTO ESSAY
Safe & Sexy
by Sarah Hughes

DINING CAR
Manhattan’s Loss Is Our Gain
by Adriana Velez

FICTION
Beyond Hope: part 2 of 3
by Elizabeth Reddin
in conversation: John Yau
with Donald Breckenridge
Summer (Been)
by Jean Frémon
Celebrity Wettings, The Slider, and Scenes in the Dark
by Garrett Caples
Fortification Resort
by Lynn Crawford
excerpt: Complete Fiction
by Serge Fauchereau
The Master Builder
by Albert Mobilio

LAST WORDS
The Rape of the Cock
by Rosalind Cary

POETRY
Face Remnant
by Jeremy Sigler
Eventual Darling (), and The Missionary’s Pupil
by Susan Briante
Accordion Chamber Music
by Raphael Rubinstein
The Hotel This Weekend
by Amy King
Hay Beach Poems: Two Excerpts
by Lila Zemborain
for Stan Brakhage
by Steve Dalachinsky


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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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