May 2016
The “May 2016” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on May 3, 2016.
Publisher's Message
Dear Friends and Readers,
– By Phong H. Bui
Critics Page
The Tactic
– By Huey Copeland and Hannah FeldmanHow Photomontage Ended the Lebanese Civil War (1975-2016)
– By Rasha SaltiTactical Institutions
– By Abdoumaliq SimoneThe Kinds of Marks I Wish to Make:
On Inventing Ways of Working– By Theaster GatesTo Hold a We
– By Soyoung Yoon
ArtSeen
Irgin Sena: 21 fiftytwo (the day after)
– By Tom McGlynnHow Do We Sleep When the Future Is Melting?
Sarah Braman: You Are Everything
– By ANTHONY HAWLEYNASREEN MOHAMEDI
– By David CarrierRAOUL DE KEYSER Drift
– By Stephen TruaxFADE IN: INT. ART GALLERY – DAY
– By Simone KrugInformed Painting
– By Tom McGlynnNEÏL BELOUFA The Colonies
– By Terence TrouillotPER KIRKEBY Serial Thinking
– By David RhodesUnbound: Narrative Art of the Plains
– By Christopher GreenJUDITH BRAUN
– By Taney RonigerJOE BRADLEY Krasdale
– By Phong H. BuiBEAUFORD DELANEY
Resonance of Form and Vibration of Color– By Joseph NechvatalELENA SISTO Afternoons
– By Hearne PardeeQIU XIAOFEI Double Pendulum
– By Jonathan GoodmanUnfinished: Thoughts Left Visible
– By Laila Pedro
Books
RISING TO THE OCCASION:
PETER STRAUB with Joseph SalvatoreDeath Sentences
– By Will ChancellorFar-Flung Correspondent
– By Kara Bloomgarden-SmokeThe Gray Scale
– By Geoffrey YoungSweet Nothings
– By Hilary ReidA CLERK IN THE HOUSE OF POETRY
from Bagging the Beats at Midnight, a bookstore memoir in progress– By Karen LillisSHE CORRECTED IN RED INK
A New Literary Series for Women Writers Launches at Brooklyn’s BookCourt
MICHELE FILGATE with Joseph SalvatoreReframing the Death of Art:
CHRIS CAMPANIONI with Giancarlo LombardiThat Fine Line Between Goodness and Brutality
LEE MARTIN with John DufresneCatching up with the Lovable Losers
– By Weston CutterBOY PROBLEMS
ALEXANDRA NAUGHTON with Catch BusinessOpen to the What-If
– By Weston CutterPoetry Journal RHINO Turns Forty
RALPH HAMILTON with Chris Campanioni
Music
Brooklyn Rail Highly Selective Music Events
ALVIN CURRAN with Dan Joseph
Diary of a Mad Composer
– By George GrellaDois Amigos, Um Século De Musica: Multishow Live
– By Adolf AlzupharOuttakes
– By Steve Dalachinsky
Dance
A World Without a Center
– By Erica GettoSCRIPTING MEMORY THROUGH VIRTUAL REALITY
ALMEDA BEYNON and KEVAN LONEYMiami City Ballet Brings the Heat
– By Susan Yung
Theater
Permanent Caterpillar:
Was It a Dream?– By Trish HarnetiauxStudies in Chekhov:
Revealing Process with WaxFactory's PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER!– By Jeremy M. BarkerBringing Kentucky Home:
Leah Nanako Winkler– By Susan Soon He Stanton
Fiction
The Man Who Planted Trees
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– By Jeffrey Gustavsonfrom Kid Coole
– By M. G. StephensDaria, a Roma Woman's Journey
– By Rob DavisTragic Strip
– By Tom Motley
Art Books
David Deitcher, Stone's Throw
– By Phillip GriffithJonathan Griffin, On Fire
– By Sarah Cowan