Autumn 2002
The “Autumn 2002” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on October 23, 2002.
Editor’s Message
We've only Just Begun...
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
Al the Barber: the Luckiest Man in Williamsburg
– By Sean SilleckA Koolman's Travels
– By Claire HoffmanFurry Memories from an Old Stuffer
– By P. Worty Heffington IIILettin' it All Hang Out
– By Diana WurnNYC vs. First Amendment
Here Comes the Neighborhood: Prospect Heights
– By Eric NeutuchBAM Meets its Critics
– By Claire HoffmanIntroducing Councilwoman Diana Reyna
– By Robin Rogers-Dillon
Express
OPINIONS: A Brief History of the Brooklyn Rail
– By Theodore HammMoney for Nothing
– By Emily GenaoLoss, Pop, and The Boss
– By Martin HarriesArt vs. Hacks: A Letter from Transylvania
– By Dimi RoseAmerican Mengele: Human Radiation Experiments
– By Ryan GrimHOWARD ZINN with Theodore Hamm
Art
2002 Painting Report, Plane: The Essential of Painting
– By Daniel BairdJudy Chicago, The Dinner Party
Brooklyn Museum of Art– By Rachel YouensMira Schor with Joan Waltemath
Ultra Violet with John Merchant
William Phillips 1907-2002
– By Phong H. BuiA Tribute: Andrew Forge 1923-2002
– By John HollanderARTBEAT: The Brooklyn Public Library Looks to the South
– By Nick StillmanARTBEAT: An Artist's Workshop for the World
– By Valerie LivingstonARTBEAT Column: Living & Thriving in Brooklyn
– By Paula Trotto
ArtSeen
Queens International
– By Megan HeuerElusive Boundaries
– By Hrag VartanianBellwether Now
– By Kate FordeGALLERIES
– By Tomassio Longhi, John Hawke, and Jennifer Coates
Books
Still Seeing: Berger's Critique of High Art Turns 30
– By Heather RogersDance Machine
– By Paul GrimstadClearing the Wreckage
– By Paul McLearyIn the Land of The Free
– By Paul McLearyA Work in Progress
– By Matthew WillsMissionary Creeps
– By Emily VotrubaWar Clips
– By Amanda LukerA Modern Hobo?
– By Bradley KerrPaul's Ostiary
– By John ReedControlled Emotions
– By Margaux WexburgThe Atmospherics of Plague
– By Christian ParentiHanging Loose with Robert Hershon
– By Margot Farrington
Music
Chocolate Genius: Next Wave Songwriter Resting at BAM
– By KK KozikFrom the Depths
– By Steve RogensteinSong of Peace
– By Amy RitchieLive is Good
– By Grant MoserDimensions in Music: Michael J. Schumacher's Sonic States
– By Alan Lockwood
Dance
Dancenow at the Joyce
– By Vanessa Manko
Film
Who's Afraid of Atom Egoyan
– By Hrag VartanianOuttakes: On Movies (Isabelle Huppert)
– By Galen WilliamsA Woman Fighting: Karyn Kusama
Theater
Moment to Moment: with Maria Irene Fornes
– By Michelle Memran
Fiction
Excerpt from The Artificial Silk Girl
– By Irmgard KeunMs. Munch
– By Kurt StrahmThe Drink
– By Pier Paolo PasoliniThe Dogfish
– By Pier Paolo PasoliniClose Reading
– By Albert MobilioManifest Destiny
– By Bart CameronArabesque for Sauquoit #2
– By Donald Breckenridge
Poetry
Some Brooklyn Northside Calaveritas
– By Rodrigo Toscanoexcerpt: Color by Numbers (The Landscape Set)
– By Joanna FuhrmanToken Enabler
– By Anselm BerriganBlack Rot of Crucifers and Juniper Woes
– By Susan Swenson
LastWords
Border Crossing: a letter from Chiapas
– By D.B. Leonard