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Summer Break
I’m on-leave for the next few issues, in order to work on a political campaign. The Rail will continue to roll just fine in the meantime. See ya on the streets or at the beach, or somewhere in between.
—T. Hamm
All hail Atticus Rossa McDermott Cole, born May 31, 2005.
Congratulations Meghan and Williams! A Rail diaper baby…
RECOMMENDED ARTICLES
Summer Round-up
by Sarah NeilsonJUNE 2019 | Books
Whether it’s experimental prose, niche poetry, works in translation, voices from historically marginalized communities, or just something that’s hard to describe, indie presses enrich the literary world with their work. Here are some titles from independent presses, coming out in the first half of 2019, that are worth your reading attention.
‘The Work Is Never Done’ at MoMA: enacting and obscuring archives
by Benedict NguyenDEC 18-JAN 19 | Dance
Beyond the title itself, there’s something about the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)’s exhibition Judson Dance Theater: The Work is Never Done, running from mid-September 2018 to early February 2019, that brought up meta thoughts about what work I’m doing. What could this writing, this work, do?
Tattfoo Tan: Heal the Man in Order to Heal the Land
by Kristen RacanielloMAY 2019 | ArtSeen
Heal the Man in Order to Heal the Land breaks from Tattfoo Tan’s past focus on environmental consciousness. Here mental health and self-awareness supersede environment, indicating a new avenue in his exploration of ecological activism.
Mark Morris’s Ascension in a Shrinking Summer Dancescape at Lincoln Center
by Susan YungSEPT 2018 | Dance
With this summer’s dearth of other large venue dance at Lincoln Center, and Morris’s consistency with Mozart festival appearances, suddenly the “enfant terrible” has assumed the role of grand poobah of summer dance at the cultural center.
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