April/May 2003
The “April/May 2003” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on April 9, 2003.
Local
Brooklyn Parks Monster Preview
– By Emily VotrubaThe De-Greening of Brownsville
– By Stephanie SaulmonTree Street City
– By Johannah RodgersNotes on the War
– By Theodore Hamm and Christian ParentiWilliam Thompson's Challenges
– By Theodore HammUnited Puerto Ricans of Sunset Park
– By Jason BoehmThe New Skool Goes to Bed-Stuy
– By Brooklyn Rail StaffAnomaly TV: Inside Bed-Stuy
Techniquette: "The Kids Are Not All Right"
– By Lisa RosmanPark Slope Rising
– By Adriana Velez
Express
Europe: Here Is Not Everywhere
– By Michelle MemranNot Long Ago, Not Far Away: Argentina in the Aftermath of the New World's Orders
– By Alan LockwoodThe Hood: In Memory of Fred Rogers 1928-2003
– By Valerie Jaffee and Ara VartanianA Brief History of The Masses
– By Madeleine BaranINDIE PUBLISHING
JOHNNY TEMPLE with Williams Cole and Theodore HammHometown Feminists Find a New Home
– By Michelle TsaiWant to know The Hole Truth? Ask Randy Bob!
– By <rom>Brooklyn Rail</rom> staffAuto Erotic: Detroit's auto shows
– By K.P. GreenbergHow to Kill a Chicken
– By Katerina Zachovalova
Art
Matthew Barney: The Cremaster Cycle
– By Daniel BairdThe Significance of Sigmar Polke
– By Paul MattickEverything is Finished Nothing is Dead: An Article About Abstract Painting
– By Chris MartinJohn Yau with Joan Waltemath
For Charles-Henri Ford-- Another I Did Not Know
– By Steve DalachinskyThe Citadel of Art
– By Robert C. Morgan
ArtSeen
Leonardo da Vinci, Master Draftsman
– By Jim LongHarriet Shorr
– By William PowhidaThe Park Avenue Cubists
– By James KalmThe Royal Art Lodge: Ask the Dust
– By Jennifer CoatesFrom Challenge To Triumph: African American Print & Printmaking 1867–2002
– By James KalmGlobal Priority
– By William PowhidaPeter Acheson and Mor Pipman
– By Rachel YouensNancy Drew
– By Rachel YouensDan Walsh at Paula Cooper Gallery
– By Jennifer CoatesThomas Nozkowski's Drawings
– By Tomassio LonghiJIM OSMAN and SUSAN SMITH Remains of the Day
– By John HawkeRaw
– By John HawkeUp In Arms
– By Ben La RoccoDawn Clements
Drawings– By Ben La RoccoLetter from London
CONRAD SHAWCROSS The Nervous Systems– By Katie Stone
Books
The Anti-Matter of George Orwell
– By John ReedWomen on War
– By Daniel SkinnerFootage Fetish
– By Paul GrimstadImaginary Crossings
– By Rebecca Tuhus-DubrowThe Crimes We Commit
– By Anne McPeakJohn Strausbaugh with Theodore Hamm
Music
Nik Bärtsch's Ritual Groove
– By Ellen PearlmanOneida/Marwood: A Study in Opposites
– By Grant MoserCHRISTIAN MARCLAY Video Quartet
– By Nick StillmanDEVENDRA BANHART
– By David Shirley
Dance
Sound Itself Is No Sound: A journey into process and performance with Meredith Monk
– By Ellen PearlmanMeredith Monk with Ellen Pearlman
Making a Splash
– By Vanessa MankoFeast
– By Vanessa MankoAirborne in Brooklyn
– By Shanti Crawford
Film
Meta, Meta Everywhere, and Not a Drop to Drink
– By Lisa RosmanOuttakes: Notes from Paris
– By Galen WilliamsRequiem for Bill "The Butcher" Poole
– By Carola MandelbaumThe Art of Documentary
Theater
The Theater of War
– By Emily DeVoti
Fiction
excerpt: The Retelling
– By Tsipi KellerIn the Way of Love
– By Linda Heibergpart one of three in a series: Beyond Hope
– By Elizabeth ReddinPassages
– By Ann QuinLittle Intimacies
– By Anne McPeakTo The People of Intercourse
– By Matthew KirbyDear Ms. Munch
– By Kurt Strahm
Poetry
Illusion is a Gangstergirl
– By Raphael RubinsteinAccordion Chamber Music
– By Raphael RubinsteinMinor Treatise on A Warning from Robbe-Grillet
– By Frances RichardOn Peekaboo and the Pathetic Fallacy
– By Frances RichardThe Origins of the English Novel
– By Matthew BroganThe Bride 26, Is Keeping Her Name
– By Matthew BroganHeavenly Accounting
– By Matthew Brogan
LastWords
excerpt: Privilege
– By Black AlexSearching for Maya
– By Lauri Bortz