••• ARCHIVES - AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 2003





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Table of Contents

LOCAL
Globalization’s Underside: Sex Trafficking in Brooklyn
by Claire Hoffman
The Truth in Greensboro Starts in Brooklyn
by Marjory Garrison
James Davis Remembered
by Howard Pitsch
Power (Plant) Politics
by Theodore Hamm
Showdown at Verizon
by Ryan Grim

EXPRESS
Dismissing Objectivity in the News
by Williams Cole
Letter from Palestine
by Rob Eshelman
Perspectives on Party Politics
by Pete Dolack, Ray Nedzel
Remembering Isaac Babel and Walter Benjamin
by Andy Merrifield
9/11: Surf’s Up
by Jeff Taylor

ART
Artseen:
Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism
The American Effect: Whitney Museum of American Art
Outpost
Kehinde Wiley: Faux Real
James Siena
Thomas Ruff — New Work
Geoff Davis: "1973-2003" 30 Years of Painting
No, Trespassing
Focus Group
Gandalf Gavan and Susanna Heller
Future Species
An exhibition of Five Contemporary Thai Artists
Letter from London
by ArtStaff
Tribute to Fred Sandback
by Robert C. Morgan
in conversation: Tehching Hsieh
with Delia Bajo and Brainard Carey
José Antonio Hernández-Diez at New Museum
by Daniel Baird

BOOKS
in conversation: Paul Auster
with John Reed
profile: Richard Cummings
by Alan Lockwood
The Postmodern Condition
by Jim Feast
Darkness at the Edge of Town
by Reed Jackson
Eres un Perdador?
by Thea Goodman
Out of the Picture
by Tomassio Longhi

MUSIC
Nels Cline
by Bethany Ryker
reviews: Glenn Branca and Todd Snider
by Jason Gross
Chris Whitley
by KK Kozik

FILM
Teen Power: From American Brands to Foreign Brandos
by Galen Williams
From Dogme 95 to Dogville
by Jocelyn Glei
Capturing the Friedmans and American Splendor
by Lisa Rosman


THEATER
Brooklyn in the Fringe
by Brook Stowe
in dialogue: Lisa D’Amour
with C. Denby Swanson
A Prediction: The Rural Theater Movement
by Gary Winter
Menopause, The Dream
by Coleman Hough

PHOTO ESSAY
hospital
by Steven Day

DANCE
DanceBrazil’s Camará
by Shanti Crawford
The Lithuanians of Fresh Death
by Laura Barcella
A Choreographer is Search of a Style
by Vanessa Manko

STREETS
Brooklyn’s King of Suds
by Evan Brown

DINING CAR
Comidas Mexicanas en Brooklyn
by Adriana Velez

FICTION
part 3 of 3 in a series: Beyond Hope
by Elizabeth Reddin
State of the Nation
by Douglas Glover
Outside
by Johannah Rodgers
in conversation: Rikki Ducornet
with Ellen Pearlman
Soon
by Alex Orlovsky

LIGHTS
Houseguestiquette
by Lisa Rosman

LAST WORDS
Amazon Steam Engine
by V.S. Pearl

POETRY
Jeremy Sigler
To Micah Ballard in San Francisco
by Geoffrey Young
In Memory of My Feelings—Frank O’Hara
by Mary Jo Bang
Table Turning
by Mary Jo Bang
Bunting in Isla Vista
by Geoffrey Young
Confession
by Geoffrey Young
Cursive Landscape
by Mary Jo Bang
Five Queasy Pieces
by Clayton Eshleman
The First World, Song
by Clayton Eshleman

Errata
In the previous two issues Raphael Rubinstein’s poem "Accordion Chamber Music (four short movements after Max Beckmann’s The Argonauts)" was misprinted. The line breaks were inadvertently compressed. The poem’s visual presentation is an essential part of the piece, so you probably missed a lot if by reading it in its improper format. Please visit our website to read the poem again. Our sincere apologies to Raphael Rubinstein. Con la cola entre las patas, MT.

An interview with Mark Morris (June/July 2003) misstated that, along with Morris, choreographer Twyla Tharp was also working in Fort Greene. The Twyla Tharp Dance Company remains in Manhattan.

In Nick Stillman’s article "Harmonic Convergence" (June/July 2003) La Monte Young’s name was misspelled.

Finally, in the June/July 2003 issue, we failed to include the credit for J. Penry’s art in Last Words.


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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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