October 2012
The “October 2012” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on October 4, 2012.
Editor’s Message
BROOKLYN EARTH: Two or Three Things I Learned (from Meyer Schapiro)
– By David Shapiro
Local
In the Archives of Interference
– By Eleanor J. BaderThe Debt Resistors' Operations Manual
CITYNOTES
Party No More– By Theodore HammA Relic Reborn
– By John D'Antonio and Michael Randazzo
Express
THE FRIDAY OF RAGE: The March to Tahrir Square
– By Nagat Ali, Translated from the Arabic by Gretchen McCulloughA Literary Life, Perused
– By Corey EastwoodAN AUSTRALIAN WRITER IN BROOKLYN
ANNA FUNDER with Bec ZajacAMONG THE THUGS
TABISH KHAIR with Seb DoubinskyOf Many Minds
– By Kathy SmundakEverything Under the Sun
– By Liam BuellPortrait of the Artist
– By Christopher MichelOnce Upon a Lifetime...
– By Geoffrey Young
Art
S-Stutterer
– By Bill BeckleyLOUISE FISHMAN with Sharon Butler
ABCs for/of RICHARD TUTTLE
An epistolary interview with Jarrett Earnest, pt. 1 "A-G"In Conversation with PETER LAMBORN WILSON
Gardens Beyond Eden: Bio-aesthetics, Eco-Futurism, and Dystopia at dOCUMENTA (13)
– By T.J. DemosA Profile of SHIRIN NESHAT
– By Michele Gerber Klein
ArtSeen
Twelve Works
– By Tsibi GevaJust Call Me Al
– By Benjamin HollanderA Studio Visit in Four Parts
– By Ammiel AlcalayELLEN GRONEMEYER Affentheater
– By Charles SchultzLUISA RABBIA Coming and Going
– By Stephanie BuhmannAnecdotal Response to a Kossoff Motif
– By Joseph MasheckQUAY BROTHERS On Deciphering the Pharmacist's Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets
– By Thyrza Nichols GoodeveShaping the Structure of Painting
CHARLES HINMAN– By Robert C. MorganTHOMAS MICCHELLI Portfolio x Appunti
– By James KalmLOUISE FISHMAN
– By Jonathan GoodmanRAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER Voice Array
– By Chloé RossettiLecture for Chicago
– By Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe and Rebecca NortonThree Poems
– By Miguel Hernández, translated by Don ShareHis Artificial Lover Sings a Wordless Song
– By Michael PalmerAndrew MacNair, First Egg Chapel
– By Andrew MacNairBERNADETTE CORPORATION 2000 Wasted Years
– By Anne Sherwood PundykFRANK MOORE Toxic Beauty
– By Valery OisteanuCAROL RAMA Spazio anche più che tempo
– By David RhodesTOBA KHEDOORI
– By William CorwinOn the Ghost of a Boy Returning to Newark
(For children of mixed backgrounds everywhere.)– By Alex DuensingTwo Poems
– By Joanna FuhrmanEarthly Delights
– By Joseph LeaseRemoving Barriers Mobilizes Resources
– By David GerstenHerbie Vogel
– By Lucio Pozzi
Books
At the End the Baby Disappears
– By Laura Jean MooreThe Multifarious Am
– By Dean KostosLife-Size
– By Luis JaramilloKafka's Closest Twin Brother
– By Andrea ScrimaJOHN SUMMERS and CHRIS LEHMANN with John Cotter
Rapid Transit
– By Jeffrey Cyphers WrightTHE EDITORS OF ELECTRIC LITERATURE with Aspen Matis and Justin Matis
The Art of Nietzsche
– By Joseph NechvatalTangled Up in Rue
– By Jim FeastMATTHEW VOLLMER with Weston Cutter
MAUREEN McLANE with Adam Fitzgerald
Music
Brooklyn is Burning
– By George GrellaOuttakes
– By Steve DalachinskyWhat if the D.J. were the NGO?
– By Emily GogolakNetwork Potential
– By Andrew Cappetta"HAND ME A FLAG..."
Maynard and the Musties– By Tsaurah Litzky
Dance
DOUGLAS DUNN in conversation with Nancy Dalva
Modern Antiquity
– By Ryan WenzelInner Child
– By Garnet Henderson
Film
CHRONICLE OF A DISAPPEARANCE
Leos Carax's Holy Motors– By Leo Goldsmith"WINNING A (HI)STORY OUT OF PLACES"
Christian Petzold's Barbara– By Christina GerhardtARCADIAN RHYTHMS: On Ben Rivers's Two Years at Sea
– By Rachael RakesSTILL LIFE
David Cronenberg's Cosmopolis– By Paul Felten
Theater
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
The Debate Society Takes Bushwick– By Amy Rose MarshIn A Small Room With An Unpredictable Person:
Filling Up on The Pumpkin Pie Show with Mac Rogers– By Mac RogersTrimming the Fat
Samuel D. Hunter with Tommy Smith– By Tommy Smith
Fiction
2 Stories
– By Lewis WarshWhen did I type this
– By Blake ButlerThe Third House
– By J. A. TylerHomeless
– By Leah HayesFor the Voice, For the Fragile Echo
– By Munira al-Fadhel | Translated from the Arabic by William M. HutchinsOne Year For a Dog Equals Seven Years For a Person
– By Sergi Pàmies | Translated from the Catalan by Julie WarkArrow Schmitt!!!
– By Arryan DecaturNew England
– By Matthew ThurberTragic Strip
– By T. MotleyBliss
– By Suzanne Scanlon
Poetry
Four
– By Ann Lauterbachfrom When Jazz was the Capital of Alaska
– By Chris PusateriNotes on the Construction of Ghost Costumes
– By Ken L. Walker
Art Books
PAINTER'S JOURNAL
– By John GanzDENISE GREEN: AN ARTIST'S ODYSSEY
– By Juliet HelmkeSILENCE
– By Ricky D'Ambrose