August/September 2003
The “August/September 2003” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on August 20, 2003.
Editor’s Message
Two Men Named Davis
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
Globalization's Underside: Sex Trafficking in Brooklyn
– By Claire HoffmanThe Truth in Greensboro... Starts in Brooklyn
– By Marjory Garrisonin memoriam: James E. Davis (1962-2003)
– By Howard PitschPower (Plant) Politics
– By Theodore HammShowdown at Verizon
– By Ryan GrimProfile: Brooklyn's King of Suds
– By Ewan BrownComidas Buenas en Brooklyn
– By Adriana VelezHouseguestiquette: A Guide
– By Lisa Rosman
Express
For the Dismissal of Objectivity in News
Letter From Palestine: Searching For Eliyahu Gorey
– By Robert S. EshelmanPerspectives on Party Politics: Part 1
– By Peter DolackTHE WORLD OF SECRET AFFINITIES: Remembering Isaac Babel and Walter Benjamin
– By Andy Merrifield9/11: Surf's Up
– By Jeff Taylor
Art
Tehching Hsieh
– By Delia Bajo and Brainard CareyThe Man Who Carried His Art in His Pocket
– By Robert C. MorganJosé Antonio Hernández-Diez
– By Daniel Baird
ArtSeen
Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism
– By Jim LongThe American Effect
– By Jill ConnerOutpost
– By William PowhidaKehinde Wiley: Faux Real
– By Nick StillmanJames Siena Gorney, Bravin + Lee
– By Stephanie BuhmannThomas Ruff -- New Work
– By Megan HeuerGeoffrey Davis
– By James KalmNo, Trespassing
– By Stephanie BuhmannFocus Group
– By William PowhidaGandalf Gavan and Susanna Heller
– By Benjamin La RoccoFuture Species
– By Benjamin La RoccoAn Exhibition of Five Contemporary Thai Artists
– By Karen DemavivaFrom Print Edition Web Exclusive: Letter from London
– By Katie Stone
Books
PAUL AUSTER with John Reed
Richard Cummings
– By Alan LockwoodThe Postmodern Condition
– By Jim FeastDarkness at the Edge of Town
– By Reed JacksonEres un Perdedor?
– By Thea GoodmanOut of the Picture
– By Tomassio Longhi
Music
Nels Cline: The Many Loves of a Musical Chameleon
– By Bethany RykerReviews: Todd Snider Near Truths and Hotel Rooms
– By Jason GrossChris Whitley: Cultural Asylum
– By KK Kozik
Dance
DanceBrazil's Camará
– By Shanti CrawfordThe Lithuanians of Fresh Death
– By Laura BarcellaA Choreographer in Search of A Style
– By Vanessa Manko
Film
Teen Power: From American Brands to Foreign Brandos
– By Galen WilliamsFrom Dogme 95 to Dogville: A Scatological Survey
– By Jocelyn GleiA Different Kind of Kodak
– By Lisa Rosman
Theater
Brooklyn in the Fringe
– By Brook StoweCruising Through The Lost and Found with Lisa D'Amour
– By C. Denby SwansonA Prediction: The Rural Theater Movement
– By Gary WinterMenopause, The Dream
– By Coleman Hough
Fiction
part three of three in a series: Beyond Hope
– By Elizabeth ReddinState of the Nation
– By Douglas GloverOutside
– By Rodgers JohannahRikki Ducornet
– By Ellen PearlmanSoon
– By Alex Orlovsky
Poetry
Jeremy Sigler
– By Jeremy SiglerTo Micah Ballard in San Francisco
– By Geoffrey YoungIn Memory of My Feelings--Frank O'Hara
– By Mary Jo BangTable Turning
– By Mary Jo BangBunting in Isla Vista
– By Geoffrey YoungConfession
– By Geoffrey YoungCursive Landscape
– By Mary Jo BangFive Queasy Pieces
– By Clayton EshlemanThe First World
– By Clayton Eshleman
LastWords
Amazon Steam Engine
– By V.S. Pearl