Dec/Jan 2011–12
The “Dec/Jan 2011–12” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on December 10, 2011.
Editor’s Message
The Rail's 2011 Player of the Year
– By Theodore Hamm
Publisher's Message
Note from the Publisher
– By Phong H. Bui
Local
From Brooklyn to Park City: Keith Miller's Welcome to Pine Hill
– By Angela WagnerHookah Crackdown in Bay Ridge
– By Aparna NarayananYOU CAN'T PUT A LANGUAGE IN A ZOO: Bob Holman and Endangered Languages
– By Stephanie NikolopoulosTHE 99% BAT-SIGNAL: A Cry from the Heart of the World
– By Mark Read#OWS: Images from the
Day of Eviction (11/15) and the Day of Action (11/17)REPORT CARD
Here Comes Success– By Liza FeatherstoneAt Home in the Chelsea Hotel
– By Eleanor J. BaderWhy Cooper Union Matters
– By Litia Perta
Express
The Rail's 2011 Player of the Year
– By Theodore HammOCCUPY GO ROUND: The Dimensional Nature of the Movement
– By Paul McLeanGoing to the Mat in Baghdad
– By Matthew IgoeThe Great American Swindle
– By Ross BarkanTHE NEW ERA OF PUBLISHING? Williams Cole Checks in Again with John B. Thompson
Language and Its Discontents
– By Courtney FiskeCity of God
– By Allen WilcoxSuch a Good War
– By Pehr Englen
Art
John Elderfield, Jennifer Field, Lauren Mahony, and Delphine Huisinga with Phong Bui
RITA ACKERMANN with Anne Sherwood Pundyk
Missing Vita
– By Bill JensenBONNIE MARRANCA with Patricia Milder
OverRuled
Performance by Shirin Neshat– By Eleanor HeartneyCHARM LIKE A DRUG
MAURIZIO CATTELAN with Jarrett EarnestSARAH CANRIGHT
Curated by Nic Nicosia– By Phong H. BuiUNHAPPY DAYS IN THE ART WORLD?
De-skilling Theater, Re-skilling Performance– By Claire Bishop
ArtSeen
DANA SCHUTZ If the Face Had Wheels
– By Kara L. RooneySHERRIE LEVINE Mayhem
– By R. H. LossinDAVID SMITH Cubes and Anarchy
– By Jonathan GoodmanBROOKLYN DISPATCHES
Birth of a Notion– By James KalmNAN GOLDIN Scopophilia
– By David St.-LascauxCLIFFORD OWENS Anthology
– By Cora FisherAJ FOSIK Time Kills All Gods
– By Gail Victoria Braddock QuagliataWHAT A (SELF) PORTRAIT CAN DO
Picturing South Africa in New York– By Maxwell HellerGABRIELE EVERTZ Rapture
– By Robert C. MorganAlgorithmic Unconscious
– By David St.-LascauxREBECCA PURDUM and MATTHEW FISCHER
RICHARD POUSETTE-DART East River Studio
– By Robert C. MorganWILL COTTON Cockaigne
– By William CorwinJOAN MITCHELL The Last Paintings
– By Greg LindquistAMY SILLMAN Thumb Cinema
– By David RhodesRICO GATSON Three Trips Around the Block
– By Charles Schultz
Books
NONFICTION
Beyond the Previously Known Bard– By William S. NiederkornELISSA SCHAPPELL with Jenine Holmes
FICTION
This Young Girl Passing– By Jeff McConaghyLost with Phone
– By Chris CampanioniFICTION
To Assume a Pleasing Shape– By Liz AxelrodBody Variations
– By Mark SnyderFICTION
Downward Spiral– By Christopher VolaPOETRY
Poetry as Alchemy– By Marietta AbramsFICTION
Hooked on Interest– By Mark SnyderNONFICTION
The Makings of An American– By Justin MitchellJUSTIN TORRES with Jenine Holmes
RAPID TRANSIT
– By Jeffrey Cyphers WrightPOETRY
Blog Posts from an American Poet– By Nicolle ElizabethTHE EDITORS OF THE COFFIN FACTORY with Aspen Matis
MAX WINTER AND LISA LUBASCH with Megan Gillin-Schwartz
Music
The Return of the Brooklyn Philharmonic
– By George GrellaSun-Bleached Hand of the Man
– By Dominic UmileALEX WATERMAN with Timothy Nassau
A LITTLE BRAIN SURGERY: Sonic Festival
– By David St.-LascauxOUTTAKES
– By Steve DalachinskyTom Waits Takes His Old Fans For a New Ride
– By Dmitry KiperThe WKCR Bach Marathon
– By Richard Kostelanetz
Dance
Editor's Note
– By Claudia La RoccoMerce Notes
– By Christian WolffCorrespondence
– By Carolyn BrownMaterial Man
– By Lise FriedmanSIDEBAR FROM BAM: The Complete Works MERCE CUNNINGHAM
– By Nancy DalvaNine Goodbyes
– By Siobhan BurkeWalking the Line
– By Robert Swinston, as told to Claudia La RoccoCold Storage and New Brightness:The Merce Cunningham Acquisition at the Walker Art Center
– By Abigail SebalyFond Farewells
– By David VaughanSILAS RIENER and RASHAUN MITCHELL with Claudia La Rocco
Film
THE AESTHETIC AND THE THERAPEUTIC
– By Ricky D'AmbroseGeorge Kuchar's Otherworldly Humanity
– By Charles Bernstein and Susan BeeRE-ENTRY: Thoughts on Jordan Belson: 1926–2011
– By Gregory ZinmanIs This What You Were Born For?
– By Jim SupanickEVENT HORIZON: Roy Lichtenstein's Three Landscapes
– By Tom McCormackA Glance at First Look: Overlooked Essentials in the Museum of the Moving Image's New International Showcase
– By Anna Bak-Kvapil
Fiction
The Diary of Martín Santomé: A Novel
– By Mario BenedettiTragic Strip
– By T. MotleyKurt Vonnegut at the Writers' Workshop
– By Suzanne McConnell
Poetry
Three
– By Michael RubyWall Street Teenager
– By Allan M. JalonAbstract Painting
– By Rachel Hurn
Art Books
The Death-Ray
– By Bill KartalopoulosJohn Gould: The Family of Toucans
– By Benjamín Schultz-FigueroaRedheaded Peckerwood
– By Adam Bell
LastWords
from The Revolution Of Everyday Life
– By Raoul Vaneigem, A new translation from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith