November 2003
The “November 2003” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on November 5, 2003.
Editor’s Message
A Net Loss
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
Eliminating the Middlewoman: Elizabeth Seton Closes Its Doors
– By Marjory GarrisonSymbols and the City
A Candy-Coated Crime Spree
– By John Reed
Express
Beyond Civil Rights
– By Theodore HammI'm a Person, Too, You Know: How Corporations Stole our Identities
– By Sarah StodolaEvery Dog Has His Day
– By Alan GilbertLetter From Palestine: The Everyday Adventure of Commuting
– By Robert S. EshelmanArchives: War as a Way of Life
– By Heather RogersDecades of Resistance
– By Andrew Grant Wood
Art
To Philip Guston
from print edition
– By William CorbettPoetic Justice:
– By Gregory VolkProcessing Space
– By Daniel BairdLife at the VSC
– By Ellen PearlmanNancy Spero
– By Stephanie Buhmann
ArtSeen
Mara Catalan and Joe Amrhein
– By James KalmBlack Belt
– By Nick StillmanMy People Were Fair and Had Cum in Their Hair (But Now They're Content to Spray Stars From Your Boughs)
– By Megan HeuerSalvador Dalí's "Dream of Venus"
– By Jim LongIngrid Calame
– By Victoria KeddieEvan Lintermans
– By Hrag VartanianJoe Fig
– By Benjamin La RoccoAndrea Belag
– By Benjamin La Roccoone-on-one
– By William PowhidaJason Middlebrook
– By William PowhidaLetter from London
– By Katie Stone
Books
Sense and the Incensed Paul Krugman and the Accuracy of Outrage
– By Alan LockwoodWar and Consequences
– By Mridu ChandraLiberating Modern Art
– By Daniel BairdLearning from Tulsa
– By Tia BlassingameThe Ganguli Bunch
– By Hirsh Sawhney
Music
The Essex Green
– By Dann BakerBeth Gibbons & Rustin Man
– By Todd SimmonsThe Yodel that Ate Celluloid:
– By Bart Plantenga
Dance
Farewell to Forsythe's
– By Shanti CrawfordCunningham Chances It
– By Vanessa MankoO'Connor's Earthbound
– By Vanessa Manko
Film
Sylvia
– By Tess TaylorBubba Ho-Tep
– By Douglas SingletonCharlotte Rampling
– By Galen WilliamsWhat's So Funny: The Schtick of Bill Murray and Jack Black
– By Lisa RosmanA Festival Pops Up in Brooklyn
Theater
Len Jenkin, Like I Say
– By Brook StoweJim Strahs on Working
– By Young Jean Lee
Fiction
The Line on the Fight
– By R. J. DeRose
Poetry
Confession: Untitled
– By Rachel LevitskyLegion (excerpt)
– By Craig Dworkin
LastWords
Flying Solo
– By Randolph Lewis