Dec/Jan 2008–09
The “Dec/Jan 2008–09” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on December 12, 2008.
Express
What Kind of New Deal?
– By Richard WellsDan Burley's Original Handbook of Harlem Jive (1944)
– By Theodore HammWhen You Are Locked in the Trunk of a '69 Bonneville
– By Emily DeVotiStill Doing It: Coming to a Sex Shop Near You
– By Michelle MemranFrom Laos to Brooklyn: Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath in conversation with Williams Cole
Poland Here, and Poland Now
– By Alan LockwoodAndrzej Wajda: Poland and the Screens of History
– By Alan LockwoodRestoring the Republic, Bacevich's The Limits of Power
– By Becky OhlsenDershowitz at War: The Case Against Israel's Enemies
– By Abby MarguliesSuperman from the South, Rodriguez's Che: A Graphic Biography
– By Nisa QaziOnly the Beginning, Filkin's The Forever War
– By Lester PimentelMemories of Great Books, Beam's A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books
– By Ian CrouchA Forgotten Man of the Resistence, Paulhan's On Poetry and Politics
– By Jessica LoudisFair Play: Lilly Ledbetter's Story and Workplace Discrimination
– By Alexis Clements