June 2005
The “June 2005” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on June 1, 2005.
Editor’s Message
Summer Break
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
No Room at the Inn: Ratner Continues to "Game" Officials and the Public
– By Brian J. CarreiraSkipping Rope
– By Kate GreerDope in the Slope
– By Benjamin JamesReindeer Games
– By Megha BahreeFort Greene's Poetry Park
– By Jenny ClevstromArt in a B.A.G., or Art Calisthenics
– By Lela Moore
Express
Democracy, A New Idea in Europe
– By Francois CussetDigging up Gov. Clinton
– By Peter Lamborn WilsonThe Afro-Culture Wars: Bill Cosby vs. Michael Eric Dyson Cultural Criticism as Pseudo-analysis, Pt. 1,
– By Norman KelleyGun Boy Acts Like a Man
– By Christian ParentiOn Liberals
– By Jason Flores-WilliamsLessons for the War on Terrorism: Pam Yates In Conversation with Williams Cole
Chillin' with Calvin Trillin with Pamela Ryckman
University, Inc.: Jennifer Washburn with Norman Kelley
Art
Thomas Ruff with Vicki Goldberg
Sarah Sze
– By Daniel BairdCatherine de Zegher and Hendel Teicher with Chris Martin
Railing Opinion
– By Wilfred Brendel
ArtSeen
Sophie Calle
– By Megan HeuerOK/OKAY: Recent Art From Europe
– By Thomas MicchelliUnder The Rainbow
– By William PowhidaNeo Rauch
– By James KalmUnica Zurn: Drawings from the 1960s
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-HagenbuckleRon Gorchov
– By Ben La RoccoMichael Ryan
– By Roger KamholzCharles Cajori
– By Ben La RoccoThomas Trosch
– By James KalmKarin Davie
– By Roger KamholzCai Guo-Qiang
– By William PowhidaJasper Johns
– By Tomassio LonghiKara Walker
– By M. Weimer
Music
From Mambo to Salsa
– By Alan LockwoodThe Collected Essays of Milton Babbitt
– By Richard KostelanetzRemember Fun?
– By Grant Moser
Dance
Bridging the Latino Diaspora Through Dance
– By Tina Louise VasquezMaking Intentions Clear
– By Nicole PopeDancing on the Rail: Body Politics
– By Vanessa Manko
Film
Star Wars: The Aliens and the Critics
– By Gragory ZuckerHis Master's Voice
– By David N. MeyerThe End of PBS?
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeStraight Outta Compton
– By Douglas Singleton
Theater
White girl, I mean Greek girl, got flavor: Angela Kariotis
– By C. Denby SwansonPillow-in-Yer-Face
– By David KilpatrickChanneling Oedipus
– By Pamela Ryckman
Fiction
excerpts from Citizen (a novel in progress)
– By Steven Paul Lanskyexcerpt from Queen Cocaine
– By Nuria Amat
Poetry
FUSES (after Carolee Schneemann)
– By Caroline BergvallThree Photographs, Lucca: Twenty-Minute Walk
– By Robert HershonA Brand New Dance, Forget the Island, What Leads
– By Chet Weiner
LastWords
Chosen, A Jewish Joke
– By Peter Wortsman