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From the Inside Out
by Sabine HeinleinLocal
As our luxury coach speeds up Interstate 87, Pablo Santos remembers sitting on a bus in shackles. There were guards, and bars on the windows, and he was not allowed to speak.
Brooklyn No More
by Christopher KetchamExpress
In the 1980s, when I was a kid, the section of Court Street where it meets Atlantic Avenue was broken-down and unhappy and full of crazy old men stumbling out of bars and nothing shined and you could get a plate of yellow rice with a half-chicken on the rotisserie for three dollars with a forty of St. Ides for a dollar more. I have a real nostalgie de la boue for it, which is unhealthy and self-deluding and I admit this freely.
Robert Ryman with Phong Bui
by Phong BuiArt
After his last show, No Title Required, at Pace Gallery uptown, painter Robert Ryman welcomed Rail Publisher Phong Bui to his West Village studio to talk about his recent paintings and other related work.
Letter from Iran
by Robert C. MorganArtSeen
Having recently traveled to Iran to jury an “international” sculpture symposium, it was difficult to match what I saw and felt with the kinds of reports being generated by the corporate “entertainment” media back home.
How I Got Here, I Can't Recall
by Jim KnipfelMusic
“The sixties crowd is always trying to monopolize how good the music was,” says Leif Solem. “It’s just not the case. There’s a lot of shit going on all the time. It doesn’t stop.”
Make a Better NYC
by Theodore HammNow seems like the right time to imagine a better New York City. Everybody’s doing it. Bloomberg has his PlaNYC. It’s time for Rail readers to create their own blueprint, too.
- Letter from Iran by Robert C. Morgan
- Tony Cragg by Robert C. Morgan
- Nicolas Carone Sculpture by Thomas Micchelli
- Larry Miller Homage to Nam June Paik by Warren Fry
- Trouble and the B-Keepers You Are Here: A Maze by Warren Fry
- Melissa Pokorny there/there Melissa Pokorny there/there by Cassandra Neyenesch
- Comic Abstraction by Ben La Rocco
- The Male Gaze by Hrag Vartanian
- Joan Mitchell by Jennifer Riley
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William Powhida
This Is A Work Of Fiction by James Kalm - Brandon Lattu 4 Models by Jeremy Sigler
- Shana Moulton Whispering Pines by Jen Schwarting
- Katherine Bradford By Life & By Land, Recent Paintings by John Yau
- China Blue, Carol Salmanson by Jill Conner
- Gregory Amenoff Facing North by John Yau
- Kristen Schiele Gothicolor by Shane McAdams
- Reuben Kadish’s Holocaust Sculpture by Jill Conner
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Dreaming of a Speech Without Words: The Paintings and Early Objects of H.C. Westerman
Will Barnet: Recent Work by Thomas Micchelli - Carroll Dunham by John Yau
- Abby Leigh The Eye is the First Circle by Ben La Rocco
- Nicholas Krushenick by John Yau
- Eric Holzman Drawings, 1990–2007 by Greg Lindquist
- Letter from China by Ellen Pearlman
- Brooklyn Dispatches by James Kalm
More Freedom and More Shocking
by David WilentzFilm
Director Kazuo Hara is known for raw, transgressive documentaries that boldly attack the repressive mores of Japan.
Code Word Reform: Taking another look at the Actors’ Equity Showcase Code
by Emily DeVotiTheater
On Sunday, July 8, from 6 to 8pm at Classic Stage Company, come show your support for AEA Showcase Code reform! Keep readin’...
A New Spin on an Old Tradition
by Marie CarterStreets
Coming to the rescue at a laundromat near you is the Dirty Laundry: Loads of Prose reading series, which runs about once a month at various laundromats across the city.
Full Contents
Local
- From Brooklyn to Bourbon Street by Eleanor Bader
- From the Inside Out by Sabine Heinlein
- The Habitat of the Human Freak by Brian Childs
- Visions of Coney Island by An Xiao
Express
- Brooklyn No More by Christopher Ketcham
- The “Greening” of New York City by Richard Wells
- Inside Kashmir by Justine Hardy
- Coca Adds Life to the Bolivian Economy by Caitlin Esch
- Bringing the War Home by B. Colby Hamilton
- RANT RHAPSODY: Girl, Lightly Medicated by Katherine Sharpe
- Docs in Sight: A Spring Festival Doc Roundup by Williams Cole and Pamela Grossman
Art
- Robert Ryman with Phong Bui by Phong Bui
- Brian O’ Doherty with Phong Bui by Phong Bui
ArtSeen
- Letter from Iran by Robert C. Morgan
- Tony Cragg by Robert C. Morgan
- Nicolas Carone Sculpture by Thomas Micchelli
- Larry Miller Homage to Nam June Paik by Warren Fry
- Trouble and the B-Keepers You Are Here: A Maze by Warren Fry
- Melissa Pokorny there/there Melissa Pokorny there/there by Cassandra Neyenesch
- Comic Abstraction by Ben La Rocco
- The Male Gaze by Hrag Vartanian
- Joan Mitchell by Jennifer Riley
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William Powhida
This Is A Work Of Fiction by James Kalm - Brandon Lattu 4 Models by Jeremy Sigler
- Shana Moulton Whispering Pines by Jen Schwarting
- Katherine Bradford By Life & By Land, Recent Paintings by John Yau
- China Blue, Carol Salmanson by Jill Conner
- Gregory Amenoff Facing North by John Yau
- Kristen Schiele Gothicolor by Shane McAdams
- Reuben Kadish’s Holocaust Sculpture by Jill Conner
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Dreaming of a Speech Without Words: The Paintings and Early Objects of H.C. Westerman
Will Barnet: Recent Work by Thomas Micchelli - Carroll Dunham by John Yau
- Abby Leigh The Eye is the First Circle by Ben La Rocco
- Nicholas Krushenick by John Yau
- Eric Holzman Drawings, 1990–2007 by Greg Lindquist
- Letter from China by Ellen Pearlman
- Brooklyn Dispatches by James Kalm
Books
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mamapalooza
Marjorie Tesser with Cassandra Neyenesch by Cassandra Neyenesch - Fiction: Lyrically Feral by Adrian Jiménez
- Nonfiction: Peace Long Ago by Naomi Karavani
- Nonfiction: Looking for Utopia by Erica Wetter
- Nonfiction: No Pain, No Game(space) by Laura Stokes by Laura Stokes
- Nonfiction: Hitchens in Love by John G. Rodwan Jr.
- Literature: Wordplay by Anna Wainwright
Music
- How I Got Here, I Can't Recall by Jim Knipfel
- Yam Sacs and Unicorn Sounds: by Kate Crane
- The Return of the MC by Claire McTaggart
- (Arcade) Fire and Brimstone at the United Palace by Todd Simmons
- Because we said so by Grant Moser and Scott Damell
Dance
- Ohad Naharin with Susan Yung by Susan Yung
- Michael Helland’s The Dress Up Show by Krista Miranda
- The Medievalist and the Minimalist by Emily Larocque
- Chameckilerners Exit at the Kitchen by Carley Petesch
Film
- More Freedom and More Shocking by David Wilentz
- Easy. Good. Pick One. by Tessa DeCarlo
- Let the Punishment Begin by Jesi Khadivi
- Herzog: (Non)Fiction by Jed Lipinski
Theater
- Code Word Reform: Taking another look at the Actors’ Equity Showcase Code by Emily DeVoti
- Saving Their Tales by Valerie Work
- Having Their Cake, and Meaning It Too by Jacob Gallagher-Ross
- BRING A WEASEL AND A PINT OF YOUR OWN BLOOD by Trish Harnetiaux
- So Many Players by Miriam Felton-Dansky
Fiction
- The Accidental Oracle by Kurt Strahm
- The Conception of Despair by Evan Harris
- RATS by Daniels Parseliti
Poetry
- the man who ate himself by Roberto Harrison
- from Poem Noir by Doug Nufer
- from Hyper glossia by Stacy Szymaszek
Streets
- A New Spin on an Old Tradition by Marie Carter
- The Time? Antiquated. The View? Awesome. by Matt Levy
- Maison d'Ordure by Liz Maestri
LastWords
- The Beast with Two Backs by Brian Childs
Editor's Message
- Make a Better NYC by Theodore Hamm


