April 2005
The “April 2005” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on April 6, 2005.
Local
Norman Siegel and the Race for Public Advocate
– By Theodore HammHelluva Impulse Buy
– By Derek L. JohnAn MOU and a Giant Check: Spring, Courtesy of Forest City Ratner
iPod Wars
– By Trace CrutchfieldPastor of the People: David Dyson
– By Norman KelleyEavesdropping on Brooklyn
– By Lela MooreGiving Good
– By Eleanor J. BaderBrooklyn Proves It’s Easy Being Green
– By Marjory Garrison
Express
Paris '68: Professors, You Make Us Grow Old
– By Andy MerrifieldRocky Mountain Lows: Bringing Secession to the Red States
– By Jason Flores-WilliamsSingapore Gumshoe
– By J. Scott BurgesonH.S.T. (1937–2005): A Strange and Terrible Requiem
Learning from Right-Wing Media?
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeMy Encounter with Army Recruiters
– By Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg
Art
de Kooning: An American Master
– By Deirdre SwordsRailing Opinion: Considering the Alternative
– By David Levi StraussDiane Arbus: Revelations Beyond Shock
– By Tessa DeCarloMapping Sitting: On Portraiture and Photography
– By Megan HeuerBuddhism, Landscape, and the Absolute Truth about Abstract Painting
– By Chris MartinLogical Conclusions: 40 Years of Rule-Based Art
– By Cary LevineCarolee Schneemann with Praxis (Delia Bajo and Brainard Carey)
– By Delia Bajo and Brainard Carey
ArtSeen
Basquiat
– By Nick StillmanMartha Cooper
– By Derek L. JohnMartin Kippenberger
– By James KalmDiana Cooper
– By Roger WhiteNancy de Holl
– By Katie StoneAneta Grzeszykowska and Jan Smaga
– By Stephanie BuhmannJim Torok
– By William PowhidaBrian Walker
– By John HawkeJules de Balincourt
– By William PowhidaJoe Fyfe
– By Stephanie BuhmannThornton Willis and James Little
– By Ben La RoccoEmily Mason
– By Roger KamholzCarol Salmanson and Jae Hi Ahn
– By James KalmSaul Steinberg
– By Ben La RoccoElise Freda
– By Thomas MicchelliHarvey Quaytman
– By Michael Brennan
Books
Off the Shelves
– By Book StaffThar She Blows Dennis Loy Johnson and Valerie Merians with Kate Trainor
Control
– By Kathleen BradyMichael Cunningham with Philip Kaddish
Music
Argentina's Diamond, Finally Mined
– By Ellen PearlmanRachel's: Upstaging "Stage Presence"
– By Mary SimpsonBrooklyn's Jazz Renaissance
– By Robin D. G. KelleyReview: Deep Throat Anthology Parts I & II
– By Derek L. John
Dance
Double the Pleasure: Dance Meets Poetry in 2wice
– By Claudia La RoccoTaylor Turns 50
– By Claudia La Rocco, Vanessa Manko, and Lester TomeDancing on the Rail: April's Lesson in Dance History
– By Vanessa Manko
Film
Lost in the Laboratory
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeDown by the Old Mainstream
– By David N. MeyerGo Underground for the Good Stuff
– By Williams Cole and Williams Cole
Theater
In Dialogue: Framing Rinne Groff
– By Deron BonInterview or Who's Afraid of Mr. Albee?
– By Eric WallachHouses of Faustus (The Devil's in the Details)
– By David Kilpatrick
Fiction
Winners
– By Caila RossiRevenge
– By Sharon MesmerThe Beaming Ghetto
– By Carmen Francesca Banciu
Poetry
Philip Lamantia (1927-2005)
– By John YauIndeed, Insist (a mystery)
– By Bethany WrightExcerpts from re: evolution
– By Kim RosenfieldCreative Control
– By Bill Zavatsky