March 2007
The “March 2007” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on March 7, 2007.
Editor’s Message
A Real Legacy
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
Affordable Housing: A Community United?
– By Leah KregerAn Angel Loses Its Wings
– By Tuan Chau NguyenAre You Ready for the Flood?
– By Sabine HeinleinBirth of the Concrete Jungle
– By Laura K. RaskinNew York City’s Air Is Anything But Clean
– By Jonah Owen LambOpening Night
– By Alex Gallo-BrownSharing Brooklyn’s Bounty with South African Youth
– By Eleanor J. BaderSurrealist Syndrome: Eugene Mirman and the Rise of Viral Video Weirdness
– By Matthew Stern
Express
Hallowed Halls of Justice?
– By Gabriel ThompsonA Petition to Congress for Redress of Grievances
– By Ann Messner and Carole AshnerA Moses for our Time
– By Richard WellsThe Feds Bring Death Back to New York
– By Liliana SeguraAndré Schiffrin with Williams Cole and Theodore Hamm
As South America Drifts Left, Wither Brazil?: Paulo Fontes with Nikolas Kozloff
Notes on Oppression
– By Ray McDermott
ArtSeen
Alex Katz
Smile– By Jeremy SiglerAndrew Forge
– By Roger WhiteArchitectures of the Mind: Hedda Sterne and Eve Aschheim
– By Joan WaltemathBrian DeGraw
– By Shane McAdamsCorban Walker
– By Cassandra NeyeneschBrooklyn Dispatches
– By James KalmGary Hill
– By Robert C. MorganGeorge Bellows
– By Jim LongHigh Times, Hard Times, New York Painting 1967-1975
– By Ben LaRoccoBill Jensen
– By Ben La RoccoLee Tribe
– By Cassandra NeyeneschLetter from GERMANY
– By Stephanie BuhmannLetter from LONDON and DUBLIN
– By Clare CarolinLust and Debacle
– By Ellen PearlmanPedro Reyes: Principles of Social Topology
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-HagenbuckleNancy Radloff
– By Shane McAdamsPerfect Man Show
– By Jen SchwartingMartÃ?ÃÂn RamÃ?ÃÂrez
– By Tessa DeCarloSuzanne Opton
– By Thomas Micchelli
Books
Matthew's Mark: The Jamestown Epistles
– By Anne PelletierNonfiction: Technocrats of the Mind
– By Gordon TapperRaw Dog Screaming Press
– By Finn HarvorSam Sheridan with Rene A. Dreifuss
Superseriatrical
– By Erica WetterThree Ways of Looking at It
– By Johannah RodgersPoetry: Whistling in the Wind
– By Travis NicholsWho Likes Two?
– By Jim Feast
Music
Party on the Gowanus
– By Sergei TcherepninBecause We Said So
– By Grant Moser and Scott DamellSad Songs for the Sad Parts
– By Matthew OzgaThe Subversive Script of Dalek
– By Mike LupicaThis Year’s Models
– By Ray McDermott
Film
FANCY FRENCH SCREWING
– By David N. MeyerImamura Retrospective at BAM
– By David WilentzRaging of the Green
Kind of a Drag
– By Tessa DeCarloChildhood has consequences
– By Sarahjane BlumThere's Something About Gogol: Gogol Kumar’s all grown up, but Mira Nair’s film falls short
– By Sara Mayeux
Theater
Snap Crackle Pop: Dancing in Richard Foreman's Brain
– By Tommy SmithNECROMANCERS AT PLAY:Matthew Bourne’s Edward Scissorhands at
– By John BeerWhat Might Not Be Wrong with Kansas Particularly in The Heartland
– By Gary WinterRunning up That Hill: A Tale of Kiki & Herb
– By Nick ChaseSok! Pow! Beware the Vampire Cowboys
– By Justin Boyd
Fiction
The Accidental Oracle
– By Kurt StrahmFloats Horse-floats or Horse-flows
– By Leslie ScalapinoFrom RERUNS 2/Jack in the Box
– By Jonathan BaumbachWhat Holds Ink To Paper*
– By Johannah Rodgers
Poetry
Four Poems
– By Jennifer Kronovetfrom Sonnetailia
– By Marc Nasdorselections from Tired Parties
– By Rosa Alcala
LastWords
Rough Cuts
– By Peter Wortsman