Dec/Jan 2009–10
The “Dec/Jan 2009–10” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on December 11, 2009.
Editor’s Message
Help Haiti Now
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
The Church of the Divine Heckle
– By Reverend BillyON THE ISLE OF ROCKS
– By Sabine HeinleinJOSHUA DERR: Bearing Witness to Gentrification
– By Eleanor J. Bader
Express
A Rookie Quarterback, Columnist, and Two Footballs
– By Jill MagiThe Brooklyn Rail's Player of the Year 2009
– By Theodore HammReport from Jacmel
– By Jacques AfricotFALLOUT
– By Katy BolgerDreams
– By Toni CelaRUDY WURLITZER with Theodore Hamm
– By Theodore HammDreams From Obama
– By Richard WellsInside The Hive Mind
– By Christopher G. MooreYour Words Have Iron in Them
– By Jason Flores-WilliamsA Rotten Legacy?
– By Stuart SchraderDocs in Sight: Coming to a Theater Near You--but Only for One Night
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeIn Mammon We Trust
– By Daniel Colucciello BarberAt the Crossroads
– By Riddhi ShahLaying the Groundwork
– By Jenny HendrixInside the Inbox
– By Alex Gallo-BrownThe Chabon Method
– By Kaitlin BellCut Him Off
– By Christopher Michel
ArtSeen
Roni Horn aka Roni Horn
– By R. H. LossinWALID RAAD: Scratching on Things I Could Disavow: A History of Art in the Arab World/Part 1_Volume 1_Chapter 1 (Beirut: 1992-2005)
– By Kara L. RooneyRAILING OPINION: Batman, Bernini and Young Romantics
– By Lisa Corinne DavisNICOLE EISENMAN
– By John YauLetter from BERLIN: FRANK BADUR, Why Pattern?
– By David RhodesLetter from LONDON: JON THOMPSON, Paintings from The Toronto Cycle
– By Sherman SamMARILYN MINTER, Regen Projects, Los Angeles
– By Terry R. MyersSAARINEN: ONE OF US?
– By Joseph MasheckALBERS' RECORD JACKETS: Doing an Artful Job
– By Joseph MasheckPicasso and the Allure of Language
– By Kimberly LammARSHILE GORKY: A Retrospective
– By Emily WarnerANNE TRUITT: Perception and Reflection
– By Anne ByrdNORMAN BLUHM: A Retrospective of Works on Paper, 1948-1998
– By Craig OlsonTHE BAUHAUS IDEA: How To Live with Art
– By Robert C. MorganFOOTLOOSE AMONG THE FUNCTORS
– By Shane McAdamsMetamorphosis Victorianus
– By Valery OisteanuAlias Man Ray
– By Ben La RoccoURS FISCHER: Marguerite de Ponty
– By Kathleen MassaraSocial Curiosities: An exhibition of new work by the 2008-2009 Fellows of the New York Academy of Art
– By Sharon L. Butler
Books
FICTION: Soviet Caesars and State Raincoats
– By Kseniya MelnikNON-FICTION: The Head Dead
– By Christopher VolaFICTION: Stairs and Flourishes
– By John MaderaNON-FICTION: Down for Account
– By Christopher VolaFICTION: It Was Better Not to Be Born at All
– By Cole LarsenRAPID TRANSIT
– By Jeffrey Cyphers WrightTOKENS
– By Tatiaana Laine, Renee E. D'Aoust, Nils Stolpe, Cody Upton, and Amber BenhamFICTION: Tragedy with a Gentle Hand
– By Bruce SeymourIn Conversation with H. M. Naqvi
NONFICTION: Are We Cool?
– By Anis Shivani
Music
The 2009 New Yorker Festival: A MINI-MUSIC SAMPLER
– By Daniel J. Kushner"HOW WILL I GET PAID?" Music Industry Execs Discuss Payment Models, Pirates, and Monetization at the CMJ Music Marathon
– By Mimi LuseMET 2.0
– By George GrellaThe Ouija Board of Sonic Energy Douglas Henderson: "MUSIC FOR 100 CARPENTERS" at Pierogi Gallery
– By Jamian Juliano-VillaniOutsider Looking In DANIEL JOHNSTON: IS AND ALWAYS WAS (Eternal Yip Eye)
– By Katy HenriksenMore Songs About Love, Desire, and Restlessness PAOLO CONTE: PSICHE (ECM Records)
– By Alessandro CassinMAYER HAWTHORNE: Not Through Playin' the Fool for Love
– By Audrea Lim
Dance
PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE: A Celebration of Dance at the 92nd Street Y
– By Evan NamerowHIP-HOP CARNY: Teaching New Dancers Old Tricks
– By Joey LicoCAVE New York Butoh Festival--The Butoh-Kan Phase October 23–November 25, 2009
– By Erika EichelbergerONWARD TO 2010
– By Mary Love HodgesBILL T. JONES: Serenade/The Proposition
– By Dalia RatnikasA Man's World: CHARLIE'S ANGELS AT THE KITCHEN, October 22-24
– By L.J. SunshinePreview THE GOOD DANCE--DAKAR/BROOKLYN AT BAM, December 16th-19th
– By Dalia RatnikasTraveling in Time, to the Pear Garden: HAN-TANG YUEFU ENSEMBLE'S THE FEAST OF HAN XIZAI AT THE JOYCE THEATER, November 3-8
– By David St.-LascauxReplay as Revivification: PARADES & CHANGES, REPLAYS AT DANCE THEATER WORKSHOP, PERFORMA 09, November 18th, 2009
– By Thom Donovan
Film
DEPTH IN A DECADE OF DISTRACTION: The Twenty Best Films
– By David N. MeyerWhen Men Were Thin
– By Sarahjane BlumBAD MOVIE, SILLY LIEUTENANT
– By Malcolm WyerBEYOND THE ABSURD: Roland Tavel and Andy Warhol
– By Mary HanlonCINEPHILIA: Port of Call Busan
– By Christopher Bourne
Theater
Out of Body Experiments: LISA D'AMOUR AND KATIE PEARL with Erin Courtney
– By Erin CourtneyLEN JENKIN'S THE DREAM EXPRESS: The Outlaw Lounge Act Returns
– By Gary WinterWhy Are We Sitting in the Same Room? CHAUTAUQUA!
– By Trish HarnetiauxThe Personal Historical: ROGER GUENVEUR SMITH
– By Kathryn WalatThe Excellent Fopperies of the World: YOUNG JEAN LEE TAKES ON LEAR
– By Alan Lockwood
Fiction
RERUNS REZOOMED: a serial novel
– By Jonathan BaumbachVLAD
– By David VarnoOLD MAN
– By Nancy Lynn WeberTragic Strip
– By T. Motley
Poetry
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– By Marcella DurandSilent Pictures Recognize the World II
– By Wanda PhippsTwo
– By Robert Hershongeese
– By Evan KennedyLos Angeles Series
– By Joshua BaldwinMotherfuckerless Brooklyn
– By Ron Singer