March 2006
The “March 2006” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on March 5, 2006.
Editor’s Message
A Time for Talk and...Action
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
If You See Something, Say Something...
– By Brooklyn Rail StaffWhat Lies Beneath
– By Tim StellohWhat’s for Dinner
– By Marjory GarrisonNew Skool Journalism Beats the Street
We Made It Ma! Williamsburg Named One of State's "Seven to Save"
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeFor What Reason?
– By Missy Comley Beattie
Express
Imperial Wasteland
– By Philip S. GolubThe Line We're On
– By David Levi StraussThe Billionaires are Back
– By Jason Flores-WilliamsThe 2006 Democrats, as Seen by Future Historians
– By Theodore HammWar’s Hellish Landscape
– By Charles FirthDispatch
– By David Levi StraussA Letter from Hannah Arendt to Karl Jaspers
ArtSeen
Histories of Violence
– By Yasmeen Siddiqui, Hrag Vartanian, Thomas Micchelli, and Dore AshtonDan Walsh
– By Joan WaltemathThomas Nozkowski
– By Ben La RoccoGelah Penn
– By Ben La RoccoSusan Bee and Miriam Laufer
– By Robert C. MorganAlberto Magnelli
– By Stephanie BuhmannNick Lawrence
– By James KalmDavid Kapp
– By James KalmLeon Golub
– By David MarcusMaria Elena González
– By Thomas MicchelliCharlene von Heyl
– By Roger White
Books
Performance: A Hard Act to Follow
– By Arthur VaughanBrooklyn Boy Makes Good: Charles Reznikoff, the Poet of New York
– By Charles BernsteinKate Braverman with Lisa Kunik
Fiction: Some Girls
– By Corrie PikulPolitics: Pro-choice or no choice
– By Eleanor J. BaderHistory: Back to Square One
– By Michael CalderoneNo More Acts of God: Tim Flannery’s The Weathermakers
– By Cassandra NeyeneschGiorgio Morandi: The Art of Silence
– By Eyal DanieliNot Quite Crazy, But Close Enough
– By Pat MacEnultyThe King of Boredom
– By Kenneth Goldsmith
Dance
Of Community & Constants: Two Decades of Evidence
– By Corey HarrowerReminicising on Evidence
– By Cynthia OliverEveryone's Invited to Dance: The Mark Morris Dance Group Celebrates its 25th Anniversary, Brooklyn-Style
– By Carley PeteschAn Open Letter to James C. Nicola, Artistic Director of New York Theater Workshop by No Passport
Film
BAM Scares Me: Horror Movies for Smart People
– By Patrick LevellMavericks from the East and Last of the Independents: Against the Tide: Rebels and Mavericks in Contemporary Japanese Film
– By David WilentzAcademy Award Doc Blues
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeThe Lamentable, the Laughable and the Lovable: Cabin in the Sky, Stormy Weather, Last Holiday, Something New, and Madea's Family Reunion
– By Sarahjane Blum
Theater
Nobody's Happy About the Beatings, but Attitudes Don't Change Overnight
– By C. Denby SwansonUnmeasured Pleasure: Metering Couplets and Desire with David Grimm
– By Cristina PippaMarch on Track
Current and Coming EventsTheater of War: Lightbox's Ajax: 100% Fun
– By Madeleine GeorgeUNIQUE SPECIES: Rare breeds from the Galapagos Back Room shed light on the burgeoning Williamsburg theatre scene.
– By Katya SchapiroWe Are All Gooks: Qui Nguyen's Trial by Water
– By Justin Boyd
Fiction
The War Museum
– By Uchida HyakkenHearts, Minds, and Spirits
– By Michael Washburn
Poetry
What Is a Day?
– By Ann LauterbachNo Man's Land
– By Amy KingA Selection of the Kenny G. Letters
– By Kenneth GoldsmithEnd of the Year Letter to Friends
– By Jonas Mekas
LastWords
I AM DYING, MEESTER?
– By William Burroughs