MAR 2010

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The Fixers’ Collective; Repairing the World, One Lamp at a Time
By Eleanor J. Bader
Seeing the Navy Yard
By Theodore Hamm
Waiting for Tables
By Nancy Agabian

Express

A MODEST IMPERIALIST: William T. Vollmann
By Steven Ross
OUTPERFORMING CAPITALISM
By R. H. Lossin
The Cost of Capitalism
By Christopher Michel
Reading to Live
By Jenny Hendrix
Calling Poker’s Bluff
By Alex Gallo-Brown
Turn That Frown Upside Down
By Katie Rolnick
Quiet Riot
By Margaret Eby
The Olympics Parade of Nation-y Peoples
By Jill Magi

Art

The Wells Street Gallery
By Jason Andrew
LEONARD LOPATE with Phong Bui
ARNOLD MESCHES and JILL CIMENT with Robert Storr and Phong Bui
DAN WALSH with John Yau
DAVID REED with John Yau

ArtSeen

A Statement from the ARTSEEN Editors
By ARTSEEN Staff
TINO SEHGAL
By Claudia La Rocco
ROBERT RYMAN Large-small, thick-thin, light reflecting, light absorbing
By John Yau
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE Five Themes
By Thomas Micchelli
FREDERICK SOMMER’S PARADIGM OF ART AND REALITY
By Robert C. Morgan
WHIRLED PEAS AND LYING BY DEGREES
By Shane McAdams
VIRGIL MARTI
By Kara L. Rooney
THE GRAPHIC UNCONSCIOUS
By Emily Warner
SFMOMA: 75 YEARS OF LOOKING FORWARD
By Tessa DeCarlo
STUART SHILS Selected Paintings
By Greg Lindquist
ARTS OF ANCIENT VIET NAM: FROM RIVER PLAIN TO OPEN SEA
By David St.-Lascaux
EMIL ALZAMORA Random Mutations That Work
By Lyle Rexer
TWILIGHT VISIONS: SURREALISM, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND PARIS
By Valery Oisteanu
LOUISE BELCOURT
By Sharon L. Butler

Books

TATTERS OF SONG
By Barry Schwabsky
ROBERT LOWELL AND JORGE LUIS BORGES: TWO KINGS, ONE PAIR OF TROUSERS
By Jesse Tangen-Mills
“DEFUSING THE THREAT”: AMIS AND BALLARD, AESTHETICS AND BIOGRAPHY
By Brendan Byrne
ALL STORIES END IN DEATH
By Justin Mitchell
A GARDENER OF THIS AND THAT
By Christopher Vola
RAPID TRANSIT
By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Music

PLEASE RESPECT HER DECADENCE: ALGEBRA SUICIDE: SUMMER VIRUS NIGHT (DOM ELCHKLANG)
By José Padua
JEREMY OWEN TURNER
By Ellen Pearlman
ROCK ’N’ ROLL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
By Dave Mandl
THE ACADEMY IN PERIL: AN EVENING WITH JOHN CALE AT MOMA
By Jamian Juliano-Villani
ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE: THE BESNARD LAKES
By Katy Henriksen
KOSTI’S APHORISMS ON MUSIC
By Richard Kostelanetz
Outtakes: One Day In The Life Of A Recording Session
By Steve Dalachinsky

Dance

INCITING EXPERIENCE
By Dalia Ratnikas
WORLD REMAKING IN KATHY WESTWATER’S PARK
By Thom Donovan
DANCING ON SCREEN, BIG AND SMALL
By Michelle Vellucci, L.J. Sunshine, and Evan Namerow
A NEW THEATER AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES AT BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER
By Evan Namerow
TRADITION AND POP COLLIDE: KEIGWIN + COMPANY AT THE JOYCE THEATER
By Trina Mannino
HYPOTHETICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR TWO
By Christine Hou
ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS WONDERMENT JUDITH SÁNCHEZ RUIZ AND SOULEYMANE BADOLO AT DANSPACE PROJECT
By David St.-Lascaux
EMERGENT CHOREOGRAPHERS IMPRESS AT FRESH TRACKS 2010
By Mary Love Hodges

Film

SPARTACUS Is there No purpose beyond the blood?
By Sarahjane Blum
HELL UP NORTH
By Bruce Bennett

Theater

The Diary Of A Teenage Girl
By Trish Harnetiaux
An excerpt from The Diary of a Teenage Girl
By Marielle Heller
Object Collection’s Cabinet of Wonders
By Miriam Felton-Dansky
IN DIALOGUE: Kia Corthron’s Cool Dip
Waxing Ten: WaxFactory’s Delirium 27
By Alan Lockwood
When It Comes to Tennessee, Target Margin Doesn’t Blanche
By Mallery Avidon

Fiction

An Excerpt From Passes Through
By Rob Stephenson
Tragic Strip
By T. Motley

Poetry

BAD WORDS TO THE RADIO
By Kyle Schlesinger
Two
By Mariana Ruiz Firmat
My Twin
By Jordan Davis

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BAD WORDS TO THE RADIO

MAR 2010

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Kyle Schlesinger

Kyle Schlesinger is a poet living in Austin. Some recent and forthcoming poetry books include: Sydney Omarr’s Wild Children, with the artist Flynn Maria Bergann; Far & Away; and Life, with poet Ted Greenwald.

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MAR 2010

Find the RAIL in print

Subscribe now

Local

The Fixers’ Collective; Repairing the World, One Lamp at a Time
By Eleanor J. Bader
Seeing the Navy Yard
By Theodore Hamm
Waiting for Tables
By Nancy Agabian

Express

A MODEST IMPERIALIST: William T. Vollmann
By Steven Ross
OUTPERFORMING CAPITALISM
By R. H. Lossin
The Cost of Capitalism
By Christopher Michel
Reading to Live
By Jenny Hendrix
Calling Poker’s Bluff
By Alex Gallo-Brown
Turn That Frown Upside Down
By Katie Rolnick
Quiet Riot
By Margaret Eby
The Olympics Parade of Nation-y Peoples
By Jill Magi

Art

The Wells Street Gallery
By Jason Andrew
LEONARD LOPATE with Phong Bui
ARNOLD MESCHES and JILL CIMENT with Robert Storr and Phong Bui
DAN WALSH with John Yau
DAVID REED with John Yau

ArtSeen

A Statement from the ARTSEEN Editors
By ARTSEEN Staff
TINO SEHGAL
By Claudia La Rocco
ROBERT RYMAN Large-small, thick-thin, light reflecting, light absorbing
By John Yau
WILLIAM KENTRIDGE Five Themes
By Thomas Micchelli
FREDERICK SOMMER’S PARADIGM OF ART AND REALITY
By Robert C. Morgan
WHIRLED PEAS AND LYING BY DEGREES
By Shane McAdams
VIRGIL MARTI
By Kara L. Rooney
THE GRAPHIC UNCONSCIOUS
By Emily Warner
SFMOMA: 75 YEARS OF LOOKING FORWARD
By Tessa DeCarlo
STUART SHILS Selected Paintings
By Greg Lindquist
ARTS OF ANCIENT VIET NAM: FROM RIVER PLAIN TO OPEN SEA
By David St.-Lascaux
EMIL ALZAMORA Random Mutations That Work
By Lyle Rexer
TWILIGHT VISIONS: SURREALISM, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND PARIS
By Valery Oisteanu
LOUISE BELCOURT
By Sharon L. Butler

Books

TATTERS OF SONG
By Barry Schwabsky
ROBERT LOWELL AND JORGE LUIS BORGES: TWO KINGS, ONE PAIR OF TROUSERS
By Jesse Tangen-Mills
“DEFUSING THE THREAT”: AMIS AND BALLARD, AESTHETICS AND BIOGRAPHY
By Brendan Byrne
ALL STORIES END IN DEATH
By Justin Mitchell
A GARDENER OF THIS AND THAT
By Christopher Vola
RAPID TRANSIT
By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright

Music

PLEASE RESPECT HER DECADENCE: ALGEBRA SUICIDE: SUMMER VIRUS NIGHT (DOM ELCHKLANG)
By José Padua
JEREMY OWEN TURNER
By Ellen Pearlman
ROCK ’N’ ROLL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
By Dave Mandl
THE ACADEMY IN PERIL: AN EVENING WITH JOHN CALE AT MOMA
By Jamian Juliano-Villani
ADDING FUEL TO THE FIRE: THE BESNARD LAKES
By Katy Henriksen
KOSTI’S APHORISMS ON MUSIC
By Richard Kostelanetz
Outtakes: One Day In The Life Of A Recording Session
By Steve Dalachinsky

Dance

INCITING EXPERIENCE
By Dalia Ratnikas
WORLD REMAKING IN KATHY WESTWATER’S PARK
By Thom Donovan
DANCING ON SCREEN, BIG AND SMALL
By Michelle Vellucci, L.J. Sunshine, and Evan Namerow
A NEW THEATER AND NEW OPPORTUNITIES AT BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER
By Evan Namerow
TRADITION AND POP COLLIDE: KEIGWIN + COMPANY AT THE JOYCE THEATER
By Trina Mannino
HYPOTHETICAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR TWO
By Christine Hou
ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS WONDERMENT JUDITH SÁNCHEZ RUIZ AND SOULEYMANE BADOLO AT DANSPACE PROJECT
By David St.-Lascaux
EMERGENT CHOREOGRAPHERS IMPRESS AT FRESH TRACKS 2010
By Mary Love Hodges

Film

SPARTACUS Is there No purpose beyond the blood?
By Sarahjane Blum
HELL UP NORTH
By Bruce Bennett

Theater

The Diary Of A Teenage Girl
By Trish Harnetiaux
An excerpt from The Diary of a Teenage Girl
By Marielle Heller
Object Collection’s Cabinet of Wonders
By Miriam Felton-Dansky
IN DIALOGUE: Kia Corthron’s Cool Dip
Waxing Ten: WaxFactory’s Delirium 27
By Alan Lockwood
When It Comes to Tennessee, Target Margin Doesn’t Blanche
By Mallery Avidon

Fiction

An Excerpt From Passes Through
By Rob Stephenson
Tragic Strip
By T. Motley

Poetry

BAD WORDS TO THE RADIO
By Kyle Schlesinger
Two
By Mariana Ruiz Firmat
My Twin
By Jordan Davis

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