September 2009
The “September 2009” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on September 4, 2009.
Editor’s Message
Memories of a Not-So Distant Past
– By Theodore Hamm
Express
The Alchemy of Identities
– By Abdullah KhanPartition Woes: SARAH SINGH with Williams Cole
The Strangers' Book
– By Christopher G. MooreSomething About Writing Like Pinter Or George W. Bush
– By Joseph RiippiThe World is Still Round
– By Nisa QaziGo East, Young Man
– By Dylan ByersExpanding the Circle
– By James ArnettA Modernist Temperament
– By Michael SandlinA Reply to Nasinine T.
– By Dore AshtonTo Do is to Be
– By Christopher MichelA Tribute to Ilse Mattick (1919–2009)
ArtSeen
The Female Gaze: Women Look at Women
– By Cora FisherDorothy Iannone
– By Kara L. RooneyUnconsciousness Raising
– By Anne PundykTRACKS: The Quay Brothers and the Argument for the Real
– By Thomas MicchelliThe Importance of Being Unimportant
– By Shane McAdamsSanford Wurmfeld E-Cyclorama--Immersed in Color
– By John YauLarry Johnson
– By Terry R. MyersBROOKLYN DISPATCHES: The Lies We Tell Children
– By James KalmAnother World: The Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit
– By Sharon L. Butler2009 Incheon Women Artists' Biennale
– By Robert C. MorganHELMUT FEDERLE: Acceptance Speech Prix Aurélie-Nemours, 2008
– By Helmut FederleLooking In: Robert Frank's THE AMERICANS
– By Tessa DeCarloLONGTIME EXPOSURE: Considering Street Art Photography
– By Hrag VartanianAdriana Lopez Sanfeliu: Life on the Block
– By Valery OisteanuLetter From LONDON
– By Sherman SamLetter From BEIJING
– By Ellen PearlmanLetter From BERLIN
– By David RhodesYour Gold Teeth II
– By Becky BrownIn & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960–1976
– By Stephanie BuhmannStructured Simplicity
– By Ben Tripp
Books
BINNIE KIRSHENBAUM with Anis Shivani
MARK MILLHONE with Anne Pelletier
NONFICTION: Community Centering
– By Brian SholisART: The Agonist and the Ecstasy
– By Chris WinksFICTION: Waiting for Bolongo
– By Joseph SalvatorePOETRY: After the Road
– By John YauFICTION: A Liberating Trap
– By Roger Van VoorheesTOKENS
– By Ray Abernathy, Raina Lipsitz, and Sarah NormandieRAPID TRANSIT
– By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
Music
Roy Nathanson: THE GUY TO LOOK AT ON THE SUBWAY
– By Kurt GottschalkVALUE ADDED
– By Brandon KreitlerMICHAEL DAVES: Renegade Traditionalist
– By Spencer WoodmanFARSI POETRY + CHAMBER JAZZ = CYMINOLOGY
– By Alessandro CassinTHIS WAS POP
– By George Grella
Dance
Ballets Russes Centennial
– By L.J. SunshineCity Parks Foundation's Central Park Summerstage: NATHANTRICE/RITUALS DANCE THEATER AND DAYTON CONTEMPORARY DANCE COMPANY (DCDC)
– By Dalia RatnikasLIGHTLY NOW: Gabrielle Lansner Dances Summer at Sitelines
– By April GreeneDana Salisbury's UNSEEN DANCES
– By Michelle VellucciMERCE CUNNINGHAM (1919–2009)
REMEMBERING MERCE
The Brooklyn Rail Remembers PINA BAUSCH
– By Mary Love HodgesSIDI LARBI CHERKAOUI with Susan Yung
– By Susan Yung
Film
It's People. District 9 is People!
– By Sarahjane BlumJoy of Cooking
– By Tessa DeCarloFun With Adolf, Uplift With Spike
– By David N. MeyerGround Control to Major Sam
– By Mary Hanlon10% True, 90% Lies: SION SONO with David Wilentz
– By David WilentzA Mountain Where Less is More
– By Malcolm Wyer
Theater
THOMAS BRADSHAW--OPEN WIDE
– By Lisa D'Amour
Fiction
Excerpt from Still Life with Razor
– By Tom HellebergMad Love
– By Luc LangRERUNS REZOOMED: a serial novel
– By Jonathan BaumbachTragic Strip
– By T. MotleyTwin Towers
– By Ian MonkShitty Mickey
– By John Reed and Michele WitchipooRendezvous from Cruels, 13, short stories
– By Luc LangThe Pinball King
– By Ersi SotiropoulosGrand Days: The Worst Book I Ever Wrote
– By Ron Kolm
Poetry
FOUR POEMS
– By Greg Purcellfrom CONDENSATION
– By Matthew Rohrer