April 2008
The “April 2008” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on April 4, 2008.
Local
Atlantic Yards Fallout
– By Brian J. CarreiraThe Bloomberg Mystique
– By Richard WellsFlea Market 2.0
– By Nicole RobsonFood Not Bombs
– By Shell FischerDebra Sweet, the Woman Behind World Can't Wait
– By Eleanor J. BaderSeeking Imperfection
– By Hailey Eber
Express
Campaign Notebook: Obama at Philadelphia
– By Theodore HammDispatches from the Tibetan Front: Dharamsala, India
– By Litia PertaDispatches from the Tibetan Front: On the March
– By Lex PelgerThe Church and Its Sins: Constantine's Sword
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeAs Vets Testify -- Democrats and Big Media are Nowhere to be Found
– By Matthew HennessyBorn in Africa: Farai Wonderful Bere
– By Nadia DavidsWasteland Dreaming
– By Christian ParentiMan of the Village, Man of the World: Vincent Livelli and His Enduring Adventures
– By Alan LockwoodSeizing the Means of Production
– By Michael BuschJust Another American Dreamer
– By Vincent RossmeierHobsbawm's Empire
– By Leigh Kamping-CarderAmis and Islam
– By James ArnettDon't Hate the Nader, Hate the Game
– By Charly WilderThe Most Everything in the World
– By Elizabeth Crane
ArtSeen
Matt Connors Enjambment
– By Josh MorgenthauEnantiomorphic Chamber
– By Cassandra NeyeneschTadaaki Kuwayama's Aesthetics of Infinity
– By Robert C. MorganMarcel Dzama Even the Ghost of the Past
– By Shane McAdamsDan Walsh
– By Cassandra NeyeneschGuglielmo Achille Cavellini: Works from 1960 to 1990
– By Valery OisteanuLori Ellison
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-HagenbuckleJoseph DeLappe Gandhi's March to Dandi
– By Warren FryDave Miko
– By Craig OlsonRuth Root
– By Nora GriffinHungover at Whitney
– By David MarkusAmerica's Lessness
– By Sharon L. ButlerKalm Before the Storm, Responses to "The Ethics of Aesthetics"
– By James KalmBrooklyn Dispatches
– By James KalmFlip: Rachel Beach and Nora Herting
– By Hrag VartanianCatherine Sullivan Triangle of Need
– By Thomas MicchelliLydia Dona FROM HEAT TO SUB-ZERO
– By John YauJasper Johns
– By John YauJune Leaf Paintings & Sculpture
– By John YauFloor Plans
– By Claudia La Rocco
Books
Remembering Jonathan Williams (March 8, 1929–March 16, 2008)
– By Robert KellyJeanette Winterson with TK Wetter
Nonfiction: Youthful Anarchy
– By Jim FeastFiction: The Trojan War Will Take Place
– By Eugene LimNonfiction: Two Sides of a Showdown
– By Ken MurrayFiction: To Come Back Rich, or Die There
– By David VarnoNonfiction: Weird America
– By Thomas RogersPoetry Roundup
– By Jeffrey Cyphers WrightProse Roundup
– By Michael Lindgren, Lu Chen, and Ben MirovDavid Shankbone with Colleen Asper
Music
Noise-Pop, Rachael Ray, and the Magic Box: SXSW 2008
– By John S.W. MacDonaldThe Purest One: Iva Bittová with the Bang on a Can All-Stars,
– By Sharon MesmerThe Monday Night Band: Recording Live at the Village Vanguard
– By Michelle ChenPassionless Play
– By Matthew OzgaThe Kids Are Badass
– By Paula CrossfieldAlain Neffe's Potlatch Music
– By Tony CoulterA Bridge That Will Bring Us Together (Again)
– By David VarnoBrought to You by the Letter G
– By Grant Moser
Dance
Georgian Ballet's Sweet Renaissance
– By April GreeneDiana Vishneva at City Center: A Review
– By Margaret FuhrerBallet as a Reality Show
– By Margaret Fuhrer
Film
Alex Cox with David Wilentz
Crying Over Broken Eggs
– By Jesi Khadivi...If two of them are dead
– By Sarahjane BlumBig, Fat, Piece O' Pie
– By Makenna GoodmanLove You to Death
– By Tessa DeCarloIn One Word: Emotion
– By Jesi KhadiviTwo Lane Blacktop
– By David WilentzThe Draughtsman's Contract
– By Rachel BalikThanatos and Eros Sitting Around Talking
– By Melina NeetGrasping at the C-list
– By Mary HanlonThe Return of Prodigal Son: Jonas Mekas Center for the Visual Arts
– By Robert A. Haller
Theater
Woman Center Stage: Chiori Miyagawa
– By Lenora ChampagneSex, Lies, and Videotape à la Aguirre-Sacasa
– By Kathryn WalatNothing But Novel: Elevator Repair Service Does Faulkner
– By Claire EpsteinFrom Outrage to Stage: George Packer's Betrayed
– By Justin BoydLush Life: Adam Bock's The Drunken City & Excerpt
– By Adam Bock
Fiction
Genomica
– By Susan DaitchFloats Horse-floats or Horse-flows
– By Leslie ScalapinoTriptych
– By Mojie CriglerDionysus the Liberator
– By Andrea LawlorTriptych
– By Mojie CriglerTragic Strip
– By T. Motley
Poetry
Three Poems
– By Hoa NguyenLe Cupcake; Castaway
– By Dana WardUntitled Soap Bubble
– By Rod Smith
LastWords
Paying for War
– By Jed Lipinski