February 2016
The “February 2016” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on February 3, 2016.
Critics Page
Ours is a City of Writers
– By Simon Leung, James Nisbet, and Suzanne HudsonKill Time Objective
– By Roberto TejadaEvery Type of Sun
– By Neha Choksi10. Everyone's Desire to be Happier than Everyone Else's Desire to be Happy.1
– By A. L. SteinerThe Impossibility of Existing in Los Angeles
– By Anuradha VikramThe Body of the Email
– By Gelare KhoshgozaranCOMMUNIQUÉ #1:
Lie Down as Far as You Can You Are the Sky1– By Litia PertaPimp This Shit
– By Bruce Hainley"Stop me if . . ."
– By Jibade-Khalil HuffmanInstitutions, When Will You Open Your Doors?
– By Michelle DizonProems
– By Ginny Cook and Kim SchoenInside Man
– By Michael Ned HolteHomemade
– By Vanessa PlaceMFA-L&
– By Dr. Nizan ShakedEight Haikus For B.H.
– By Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer and Kristina KitePrison of Realty
– By Prism of RealityExcerpt from A Sublime Madness in the Soul
–Double Bind: An Excerpt
– By Rhea Anastas and Leigh Ledare
Publisher's Message
Dear Friends and Readers,
– By Phong H. Bui
ArtSeen
KATHERINE BRADFORD Fear of Waves
– By Hearne PardeeGORDON HALL AND PER SE AND
– By Jody Graf and Dana KopelYUN HYONG-KEUN
– By David RhodesCarolanna Parlato: A Delicate Balance
– By Tom McGlynnAndrew Gbur
– By Melinda LangDidn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel?
– By Alexandra FowlePearlstein, Warhol, Cantor: From Carnegie Tech to New York
– By Ed BreslinFRANCIS BACON Late Paintings
– By David CarrierSARAH PLIMPTON Black Light: New Works
– By Mary Ann CawsJONATHAN LASKER
– By Kate LiebmanSHARON LOCKHART Milena Milena
– By Simone KrugLISA YUSKAVAGE The Brood
– By Jeff FraimanLORI ELLISON
– By Hovey BrockTIM CLIFFORD Threat Assessment
– By Darragh McNicholasRecycling Religion
– By Ann McCoyDesign for Dying
– By Adele TutterELISABETH KLEY Ozymandias
– By William CorwinROBERT RYMAN
– By David RhodesRALPH EUGENE MEATYARD
– By Jessica HolmesPainting 2.0: Expression in the Information Age
– By Terry R. MyersLetter from Cairo
IBRAHIM AHMED Pressing Fallacies– By Kara L. RooneyPAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER
– By Jonathan GoodmanLIFE AND DEATH IN A POISONOUS GARDEN
EBONY G. PATTERSON Dead Treez– By Michelle StandleyJOHN WALKER Looking Out to Sea
– By Stephen TruaxILYA AND EMILIA KABAKOV New Paintings
– By Eric SutphinKATHERINE BRADFORD Fear of Waves
– By Phong H. BuiMARTHA TUTTLE Metaxu
– By Phong H. Bui
Books
Life in Translation
– By Hilary ReidBetween Homes
– By Jill DehnertOut of Reach
– By Katharina SmundakMAKING ROOM FOR MYSTERY
PETER TURCHI with CHRISTOPHER CASTELLANIPEN VS. SWORD
ILANA MYER with Nancy HightowerThe Beauty of Independent Publishing
– By Phong H. BuiAmerica the Dysfunctional
– By John DominiLennon's Scream
– By Weston Cutter
Music
Lionel Loueke: Gaïa
– By Adolf Alzuphar10 LISTENS
Whale / Human Collaborative Music Project's Pod Tune– By Michael DurekDAVID GRUBBS with John Tamplin
Brooklyn Rail Highly Selective Music Events
Dylan's Third Law
– By Christopher NelsonLATINO PUNKS AND REVOLUTION: Skarroñeros
– By Ian Marsh and Jamie FreyOuttakes
– By Steve Dalachinsky
Dance
Realness Revisited
– By Ivan TalijancicOUT OF THE BLUE
Ligia Lewis's Sorrow Swag Disrupts Identity Politics-as-Usual– By Jaime Shearn CoanSTANDING AT THE READY
Martha Graham Company's Living Legacy– By Erica Getto
Film
BOYS TO MEN
Friends with Benefits at Film Society of Lincoln Center– By James N. Kienitz WilkinsDON'T LOOK BACK
Andrew Haigh's 45 Years– By Erica PeplinMODERN TIMES
Dreams Rewired– By David FreskoBorder Crossings
– By Paul FeltenADAM & ZACK KHALIL with Leo Goldsmith
Theater
Still Imagining The Imaginary with Ruth Maleczech
– By Matthew Paul OlmosTalking Inclusivity: Three Sisters
– By Joshua YoungYour, My, and Our Town: O, Earth
CASEY LLEWELLYN with Susan Soon He Stanton
Fiction
Dream Come True
–AN EXTRACT FROM CHAPTER 1 OF
A Permanent Passion–from Kid Coole
– By M. G. StephensTragic Strip
– By Tom Motley
Poetry
Two
– By Adam FitzgeraldFour
– By Dorothea LaskyFour
– By Eileen TabiosPoem After Reading Eileen Myles
– By Norman FischerFour
– By Ruth Lepson
Art Books
Portraits: John Berger on Artists
– By Sara ChristophAbstract Bodies: Sixties Sculpture in the Expanded Field of Gender
– By Jarrett Earnest
Field Notes
Letter From Paris
Terrorism and the Socialist Police State– By Charles ReeveToward a New Global Recession?
Economic Perspectives for 2016 and Beyond– By Jose A. TapiaSyria: The Stolen Revolution
–What's Not to Like About Targeted Killings?
A Philosopher's View– By Shawn Kaplan