City to Immigrants: English Only!
By Williams ColeYou just decided to read this article. If youve gotten this far without too much trouble, then you probably have a proficiency in the English language.
Viva Rudy?
By Theodore HammI arrived in Mexico City on the night before May Day. This was my third visit there, but my first since the downfall of the PRI. More important, this was my first trip in the Giuliani era.
Art In Conversation
The Seeing Word: An Interview with Robert Whitman
By Erik La PradeRobert Whitman was born in New York City in 1935. He studied literature at Rutgers University from 1953 to 1957 and art history at Columbia University in 1958.
Art In Conversation
BRUCE PEARSON with Chris Martin
The Brooklyn Rail visited Bruce Pearson at his Williamsburg, Brooklyn studio on a rainy evening in early May. The studio is compact and efficient.
A Tribute to Rudolph Burckhardt
By Phong Bui and Vincent Katz"One morning, a black kitten wandered in from next door, and turned out to belong to Bill de Kooning. Bill played Stravinskys Symphony of Psalms, Flamenco music, and Louis Armstrong very loud on his phonograph and talked about Picasso.
Comic Art
By James KalmDuring a recent jaunt uptown I dropped in at the Adam Baumgold Gallery to see The Ganzfeld (unbound). This was a celebration of the publication of The Ganzfeld, a book of pictures and prose that features the comical work of over forty artists, including local favorites like Red Grooms and Fred Tomaselli.
Radiohead: Hail to the Thief
By Sam CarterAbout a month ago, in intervals roughly corresponding to time zones, Radiohead fans across the world shrieked with delight.
The Master Builder
By Albert MobilioI was alone and sad because of a recent break-up. And, I suppose, I was more than a little desperate. The woman in the apartment next door let a pretty friend from Texas stay in her apartment while she went on a weekend tripwe were introduced in the hallway at our adjacent doors.
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Comic Art
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Exit Biennial: The Reconstruction
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William Pope.L
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Greg Stone
– By Rachel Youens -
James Little
– By Benjamin La Rocco -
Water, Water
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Grounds
– By William Powhida -
Andy Yoder
– By Benjamin La Rocco -
Jonas Mekas and Rosa Valado: A to C Jumpin Over B
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Bill Jensen
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John Walker
– By Rachel Youens -
Wolf Kahn
– By Tomassio Longhi
Table of Contents
Local
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City to Immigrants: English Only!
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CHARLES BARRON with Theodore Hamm
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Latinos Transform the Hamptons
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We Just Call Him Marty
– By Kevin Plumberg -
Manhattan's Loss Is Our Gain
– By Adriana Velez -
A Festival Grows in Brooklyn: Celebrate Brooklyn Turns 25
– By Shanti Crawford
Express
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The Right to Party
– By Neal Pollack -
Viva Rudy?
– By Theodore Hamm -
Stop ThemBefore Its Too Late
– By Shelley Pasnik -
BikeSummer is Near...
– By Matt Chastain -
The Plunder of Iraq: John Malcolm Russell with Jim Long
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Exiquette: Your Own Private Ex-Men
– By Lisa Rosman
Art
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Photography in Brooklyn: The Williamsburg Workshop
– By Paula Trotto -
Architectures of Gender: Contemporary Womens Art in Poland
– By Megan Heuer -
The Madness of Ordinary Material
– By Daniel Baird -
BRUCE PEARSON with Chris Martin
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A Tribute to Rudolph Burckhardt
– By Phong Bui and Vincent Katz -
The Seeing Word: An Interview with Robert Whitman
– By Erik La Prade -
Safe & Sexy
– By Sarah Hughes
ArtSeen
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Comic Art
– By James Kalm -
Exit Biennial: The Reconstruction
– By William Powhida -
William Pope.L
– By Nick Stillman -
Greg Stone
– By Rachel Youens -
James Little
– By Benjamin La Rocco -
Water, Water
– By John Hawke -
Grounds
– By William Powhida -
Andy Yoder
– By Benjamin La Rocco -
Jonas Mekas and Rosa Valado: A to C Jumpin Over B
– By Tomassio Longhi -
Bill Jensen
– By Michael Brennan -
John Walker
– By Rachel Youens -
Wolf Kahn
– By Tomassio Longhi
Books
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Soft Skulls New Faces
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JEDEDIAH PURDY with Charles Wilson
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Notes on Priapism
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Silky Fetishes
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Geisha, A Life
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Inspire Me, Baby
– By Vanessa Manko -
All Day Permanent Red
– By Bradley H. Kerr -
Regarding the Pain of Others
– By John Reed -
Under the Shade of a Myrtle Tree with Horace
– By Michelle Tsai
Music
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Radiohead: Hail to the Thief
– By Sam Carter -
Harmonic Convergence
– By Nick Stillman -
Evolution: The Streets and Nada Surf
– By Grant Moser -
Dimensions in Music
– By Alan Lockwood -
The Thipplewhite Diaries
– By Randolph Lewis -
The Astral Sounds of Greg Weeks
– By Fred Cisterna
Dance
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Monsters & Mirrors: Heavy at Play
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A Festival Grows in Brooklyn
– By Shanti Crawford -
MARK MORRIS with Vanessa Manko
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LIZ GERRING and RUTH BAGUSKAS
– By Alan Lockwood
Film
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Canadian Filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin
– By Randolph Lewis -
The Shape of Things, Indeed
– By Lisa Rosman -
Food For Sharks: A Personnel Tribute to Stan Brakhage
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Media That Matters Film Festival
– By Williams Cole
Theater
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A Playwriting Workshop with Mac Wellman, Errant Aphorist of the Avant-Garde
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Little Theater/Theatre
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A Short Essay on Memories I Have And Still Remember of My Time in the Big Theater/Theatre
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Yaggoo
– By Young Jean Lee
Fiction
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Beyond Hope: part 2 and 3
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John Yau with Donald Breckenridge
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Summer (Been)
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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
Poetry
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Hay Beach Poems: Two Excerpts
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for Stan Brakhage
– By Steve Dalachinsky -
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
LastWords
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The Rape of the Cock
– By Rosalind Cary