November 2009
The “November 2009” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on November 5, 2009.
Local
THE END OF AN ERA...
– By Theodore HammPLAYING THE PART
– By Eleanor J. BaderOf Pigeons and Podcasts, Or, My Safari on the 7
– By Minna Ninova
Express
From A Fine Old Conflict
– By Jessica MitfordIntro to The War Before
– By Laura WhitehornRANA HUSSEINI with Robert S. Eshelman
– By Robert S. EshelmanThe War at the End of the World
– By Rehan AnsariHow Most of the World Lives: The End of Poverty?
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeA Different Sort of Blowback
– By Forrest HyltonA Look on the Bright Side
– By Michael SandlinThe Man in Black and Red
– By Margaret EbyOn the Anti-Fascist Front
– By Nisa QaziA Theory of Everything
– By Paul HiebertBy the Numbers
– By Katie RolnickTears of a Clown
– By Christopher MichelLetter to the Editor
– By Raphael Rubinstein
Art
HELMUT FEDERLE In Conversation with John Yau and Chris Martin
CARROLL DUNHAM In Conversation with Phong Bui
A Tribute to Charles Seliger (1926-2009)
– By James Siena and Robert C. MorganA Tribute to Suzanne Fiol (1960-2009)
– By Gilbert HsiaoA Tribute to Nancy Spero (1926-2009)
– By Robert Storr and Clayton EshlemanCarl Plansky In Memorial (1951-2009)
– By Bill JensenBARRY SCHWABSKY In Conversation with Joan Waltemath
ArtSeen
Urban Sensitivity: Seven Contemporary Japanese Artists
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-HagenbuckleAxell's Paradise: Last works (1971-1972) before she vanished
– By John YauElizabeth Murray
– By Terry R. MyersSwantje Hielscher: A New World
– By Cassandra NeyeneschRegina José Galindo
– By Thomas MicchelliHeat Waves in a Swamp: The Paintings of Charles Burchfield
– By Natalie HaddadNext Wave Art
– By Shane McAdamsSharon Horvath: Parts of a World
– By Ben La RoccoRiccardo Vecchio: Recent Paintings
– By Cora FisherMarcel Duchamp: The Art of Chess
– By Valery OisteanuRakuko Naito: Permutation-Variant-Structure
– By Robert C. MorganSally Mann: Proud Flesh
– By Lyle Rexerpaperpatterncolorculture
– By Emily WarnerSandow Birk: American Qur'an
– By Tessa DeCarloSaul Leiter: Paintings
– By Roger Van VoorheesTauba Auerbach: Here and Now/And Nowhere
– By Kara L. RooneyLetter from BERLIN
– By David RhodesLetter from LONDON
– By Sherman Sam
Books
Chase to the Cut: DAVID FARLEY with Anne Pelletier
POETRY: The Poet of Post-modern Life
– By John YauFICTION: Bildungsroman and Belonging
– By Michelle AuBuchonNONFICTION: After the Wall
– By Matthew JakubowskiFICTION: Lest We Forget
– By Brock KingsleyFICTION: Coming to America
– By Bruce SeymourNONFICTION: The Highest Branch?
– By Anis ShivaniRAPID TRANSIT
– By Jeffrey Cyphers WrightTOKENS
– By Polly Rosenwaike, Raina Lipsitz, and Julia Powers
Music
I Dub New York
– By Dominic UmileTHROUGH THE PAST STARKLY
– By Guy Patrick CunninghamGrunge Before Grunge
– By Todd SimmonsGentle Beauty Spilled
– By Tsaurah LitzkyALL AROUND BUT NEVER NEAR
– By David ShirleyDes Roar Unleashes Mad Things
– By Megan Martin
Dance
NEW WORK, HISTORICAL PAIRING: Deborah Hay and Yvonne Rainier with MJ Thompson
Faint Impressions of Three New Ballets
– By Mary Love HodgesHIGH CONCEPT; DEEP IMPACT: Balletto Teatro Di Torino's Primo Toccare
– By Dalia RatnikasSpace and Cyberspace: URSULA ENDLICHER'S Internet in the Round
– By Mary Love HodgesDOUGLAS DUNN: Sky Eye and Cleave at Danspace, St. Mark's Church
– By Roger Van VoorheesWILLIAM FORSYTHE'S Decreation at BAM
– By Thom DonovanThe Balletomane, Slaked: EIDOLON'S DECOLOGY
– By David St.-Lascaux
Film
Heaviosity vs. Fun
– By David N. MeyerNOISE OF ART
– By Tessa DeCarloThinking Contextually in the Existential Whodunit
– By Sean GlassHeavy on Politics, Light on Fun
– By Julia SirmonsNo Shadows to Hide In
– By Ethan Spigland
Theater
The Personal Historical: Roger Guenveur Smith
– By Kathryn WalatDowntown Epic: TAYLOR MAC'S The Lily's Revenge
– By Linda LesemanLEMON ANDERSEN: From Public Enemy to Public Theater
– By Kyle Thomas SmithScalping History: JULIA JARCHO with Richard Maxwell
STEPHEN ADLY GUIRGIS with Michael Benjamin
TWO FOR THE TIME: Reviving Susan Glaspell in New York
– By Alexis Clements
Fiction
The River by Night
– By Ronald De Feofrom The Case for My Father
– By Alice Feiringfrom Kali's Day
– By Bonny FinbergRERUNS REZOOMED: a serial novel
– By Jonathan BaumbachTragic Strip
– By T. MotleyAS FEDERMAN USED TO SAY
– By Ted PeltonShitty Mickey
– By John Reed and Michele Witchipoofrom Classified
– By Fran Gordon
Poetry
ANNIE FREUD with Marek Bartelik
FOR JONAS, BY WAY OF MAGRITTE
– By Vyt BakaitisDELIBERATE PROOF
– By Vyt BakaitisUnlike the Trees
– By Frank Sherlock