May 2010
The “May 2010” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on May 4, 2010.
Editor’s Message
Running Local
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
City Notes
– By Theodore HammBringing the Tent of Abraham to the Jewish Poor
– By Eleanor J. BaderGreenpoint's Next Façade
– By Kyle Leighton
Express
LAIBACH with Conor McGrady and Dario Šolman
Printmaking as Resistance?
– By Eric TriantafillouGoodbye, Howard, Goodbye
– By Dan SimonBio Sketch: The Making of a Writer
– By Christopher G. MooreWAYGOOKS: STORIES FROM KOREA: Compiled and Edited by J. Scott Burgeson
Docs in Sight: This Is What Democracy Looks Like
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeA Few Words About Ryan Adams, The Writer
– By Joseph RiippiConsider the Author
– By Margaret EbyStop and Think
– By Christopher MichelBehind the Veil
– By Leigh Kamping-Carder
ArtSeen
LUC TUYMANS
– By Greg LindquistFRANCIE SHAW Weights and Measures
– By Craig OlsonTRIS VONNA-MICHELL Not a Solitary Sign or Inscription to Even Suggest an Ending
– By Natalie HaddadDUNCAN CAMPBELL Make It New John
– By Sophie LandresREFLECTIONS ON THE WARRIOR ARTIST
– By Robert C. MorganAND ONE MORE THING: DAVID HAMMONS, MELVIN WAY, WALTER SIPSER, ANDREW CASTRUCCI
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-HagenbuckleDAWN CLEMENTS
– By Thomas MicchelliBROOKLYN DISPATCHES: Dog Years
– By James KalmTATIANA TROUVÉ
– By Kara L. RooneyTEN YEARS HUNTING [PART I]
– By Charles SchultzLIL PICARD AND COUNTERCULTURE NEW YORK
– By Valery OisteanuSI YEON KIM Barricade
– By Patricia MilderJOAN JONAS Mirage
– By Cora FisherSHARING THE LIGHT: ALAN UGLOW'S GENEROUS ECONOMY OF BEAUTY
– By Joan Waltemath
Books
CHANG-RAE LEE With DAVE KIM
– By Dave KimIMMERSION, INFINITY, AND THE QUALITY OF LIFE
– By Robert C. MorganLIBERTY LITERALLY REIFIED
– By Scott HightowerTHE BIG NOWHERE CRUNCH
– By Anis ShivaniNOW READY
– By Brendan Carney ByrneCIRCLE SQUARED
– By Jim FeastLINE OF THE EDGE
– By Chelsea G.H. PhilpotWHERE THE SUN SHAN'T SHINE
– By Robin BeckerON BEING NOIR
– By John MaderaRAPID TRANSIT
– By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
Music
The Return of Massive Attack
– By Guy Patrick CunninghamMake This Chilly Bedroom Warm: The Wingdale Community Singers
– By Justin VellucciThis Place is Driving You Insane
– By Kate SilverUncanny Grooving
– By Laura FlierlJORGE MARTÍN with ALESSANDRO CASSIN
Dance
JEREMY WADE AND PETE DRUNGLE COLLABORATE, SEEK THE SUBLIME AT ABRONS ARTS CENTER
– By Patricia MilderA FINE ROMANCE
– By L.J. SunshineA Nice Night for Narcissism FAYE DRISCOLL'S THERE IS SO MUCH MAD IN ME
– By David St.-LascauxACTION HEROES UNITE!
– By Mary Love HodgesLOST IN TRANSLATION: MARIA HASSABI AND ROBERT STEIJN
– By Erika EichelbergerCHOREOGRAPHY OR MOCKERY: "ARTISTS GET AWAY WITH SO MUCH..."
SWAN LAKE, SANS SWANS
– By Evan NamerowPLEASE DON'T TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONE: ZVIDANCE'S PREMIERE of ZOOM
– By Trina Mannino
Film
TO EVISCERATE, FROM THE LATIN
– By David N. MeyerCALLING ALL MORONS
– By Tessa DeCarloBERLINALE 2O1O
– By Jesi KhadiviJIM FINN WITH PENNY LANE
– By Penny Lane
Theater
Annie Baker: Laughing at the Laugh
– By Carly MenschOur Passion Play
– By Corina CoppInteresting Times with the Nerve Tank
– By Jake WitlenDrenched: Emily DeVoti's MILK
– By Anne Washburn
Fiction
from FIVE TOPOGRAPHIES
– By Yasmine AlwanThe Trials of Woodchuck
– By Ted Peltonfrom PANGAEA
– By Miles StruckerTragic Strip
– By T. Motleyfrom FLOATS HORSE-FLOATS OR HORSE-FLOWS
– By Leslie Scalapinofrom MICROSCRIPTS (New Directions)
– By Robert Walser and Susan Bernofskyfrom Character and Fitness
– By Jason Flores-Williams
Poetry
9 Poems from ADEQUATED
– By Franklin BrunoTwo
– By Jerome SalaThree
– By Jessica Rogers