July/August 2007
The “July/August 2007” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on July 6, 2007.
Editor’s Message
Speaking of Iraq…
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
Fingers for Fighting
– By Ray HulingTony Avella with Theodore Hamm
Home is Where the Work Is, Domestic Workers Unite
– By Eleanor J. BaderAlong for the Ride
– By Brian ChildsAs the Neighborhood Grows, Will Schools Adapt?
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeErasing the Kung-Fu Judge
– By Christopher KetchamOuter Borough
– By Matthew Wills
Express
Bring on the Iraq Syndrome
– By Theodore HammDark Hopes for Peace in the O.T.
– By Gabriel ThompsonLetter from Bad Heiligendamm
– By Robert S. Eshelman and Tina GerhardtKenneth Foster and the Texas Death House
– By Liliana SeguraRant Rhapsody: On Duty with Officer H.
– By Sabine HeinleinExcerpt from Lincoln Ocean Victory Eddy
– By Jill Magid
Art
Biennale de Venezia: Opening Remarks
– By Robert StorrRichard Serra
Robert Storr with Irving Sandler
"Sculpture is a very rich dialogue..." Carmen Giménez with Michael Brenson
Death in Venice
– By Kim LevinOne Venice After Another: The Present Tense of the Future-Past at the 52nd Biennale
– By Jennifer ScappettoneThink with the Senses–Feel with the Mind: Art in the Present Tense
– By Thomas MicchelliLee Ufan Resonance & Artempo: Where Time Becomes Art
– By Robert C. MorganRosalyn Drexler with John Yau
William Anastasi with Phong Bui
ArtSeen
Ready Mades at Urban Outfitters
– By Cassandra NeyeneschMythic Creatures: Dragons, Unicorns, and Mermaids
Frogs: A Chorus of Colors– By Thyrza Nichols GoodeveLuminaTO Arts Festival: Cultural Makeover for New York's Northern Counterpart
– By David MarkusRichard Tuttle
Memory Comes from Dark Extension– By Jeremy SiglerLiz Brown Most Triumphant
– By James KalmMarilyn Bridges In the Footsteps of Alexander
– By Stephanie BuhmannLetter from London
– By Sherman SamBrooklyn Dispatches
– By James KalmArt 38 Basel and Beyond
– By Shane McAdamsDon Van Vliet (Captain Beefheart) 1985–1995
– By Craig OlsonDon Van Vliet
– By John YauStuart Arends Wedges and A-Squares
– By John YauFrom Berlin to Broadway: The Ebb Bequest of Modern German and Austrian Drawings
– By Stephanie BuhmannRealicide
– By Warren Fry
Books
Poetry: Mister I Think
– By James O'ConnorFiction: Clap Trap
– By Alexander ZaitchikNonfiction: The Poetics of Sociability
– By Ben TrippFiction: Honeymoon Humiliation
– By John G. Rodwan Jr.Nonfiction: East of Classic
– By Naomi KaravaniNonfiction: The Taxonomy of Melancholy
– By Ben GoreFiction: Lyrics of the Past
– By Jim FeastPoetry Roundup
– By Jeffrey Cyphers WrightScenes from the End of the World
– By Laura StokesJon Savage with Karen Rester
To Live in a Culture
– By Nora Griffin
Music
A Few Good White Men
– By Dann BakerDiamanda Galás with Sergei Tcherepnin
free 103point9: Ten Years of Transmission Arts
– By John S.W. MacDonaldThe New New York Songstress
– By Katy HenriksenThird Party Beethoven
– By Cleve Wiese
Dance
The Real Tomato
– By Susan YungNeta Pulvermacher’s Afterlife Trilogy
– By Carley PeteschAlexandra Beller's us
– By Carley Petesch
Film
Japan Cuts
– By David N. Meyer and David WilentzNothing At All
– By Jenny SchlenzkaWhich One Betrays?
– By Jesi KhadiviTry to Make Me Go to Rehab
– By Tessa DeCarloFreedom, Misery, Tenure
– By Jed LipinskiThe Horror Of Bollywood
– By Brother CleveThe Old Insincerity
– By Sarahjane BlumThe Land Of Fatherless Boys
– By Karl O'Toole
Theater
Code Word Reform: Taking another look at the Actors' Equity Showcase Code
– By Emily DeVotiReclamation and Resistance
– By Rania JawadCode Word Reform
– By Emily DeVotiIt Feels Damn Good To Speed
– By Kristoffer DiazExcerpts from other work by Janet Allard
Fiction
The Accidental Oracle
– By Kurt StrahmTHE STORY OF WOODCHUCK
– By Ted PeltonThe Convict's Tale: A Sydney Chronicle Exclusive
– By Michael Washburn
Poetry
Truth Be Told
– By Charles Bernstein and Charles Bernsteinfrom luce a cavallo
– By Thérèse Bachand
LastWords
A TRIBUTE TO SABRINA SEELIG (1984–2007)
– By Phong H. Bui, David Varno, Nora Griffin, and Erin Durant