July/August 2010
The “July/August 2010” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on July 8, 2010.
Editor’s Message
Party at Ground Zero
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
200 Bucks to Montauk, and I Really Just Want to Get to Southampton
– By Julia KnoblochParty at Ground Zero
– By Theodore HammALBANY'S DNA EXPANSION: A Foolproof Solution?
– By Liliana SeguraBrooklyn Housing Court: A Landlord Collection Agency?
– By Eleanor J. BaderTAKING (DOWN) the HIGH ROAD
– By Dave KimCITY NOTES
– By Theodore HammMallets on Wheels
– By Marianne MooreIris in the Heartland
– By Katy Bolger
Express
Celebrity's Two-Way Street: Leon Gast's Smash His Camera
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeConey Island Beer Hustle
– By Matthew VazWhy Not Wounded Knee? A Tale of Two Monuments
– By Christian ParentiEMPIRE UNBOUND: Philip S. Golub In Conversation with Phong Bui
RADICAL REFLECTIONS: Arthur Penn In Conversation with Gregory Zucker and Robert White
Abortion Battle's Hidden Front: Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady In Conversation with Williams Cole
STRAIGHT TALK: Andrew Bujalski In Conversation with Paul Felten
The Bonds of War--Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington's Restrepo
– By Williams Cole and Williams ColeA Judt Guide
– By Christopher MichelConflicted States
– By Allen WilcoxJust a Spoonful of Sugar
– By Adam P. FrederickThe Not-So Roaring Twenties
– By David Rosen and David RosenAcross the Border
– By Sophia Koutsoyannis
ArtSeen
Matisse on the Move
– By Terry R. MyersKiki Smith: Allegories on Living and the Mystery of Existence
– By Robert C. MorganWalking the Elastic City
– By Patricia MilderLEE BONTECOU: All Freedom in Every Sense
– By Kara L. RooneyThe Slave Theater
– By Kara L. RooneyRACKSTRAW DOWNES: Onsite Paintings, 1972–2008
– By Ben La RoccoRACKSTRAW DOWNES: In Focus
– By Phong H. BuiMERLIN JAMES, LOUISE HOPKINS
– By John YauWAYNE THIEBAUD: 70 YEARS OF PAINTING
– By John YauPATRICK MICHAEL FITZGERALD Drawings
– By John YauEVE ERIKSSON
– By John YauMARK DI SUVERO
– By Thomas MicchelliGREATER NEW YORK
– By Thomas MicchelliTHE HISTORY OF "WE": HIS STORY, HER STORY, OUR STORY
– By James KalmLETTER FROM HONG KONG ARTHK 2010: WHAT ART YOU DOING?
– By Liz RiviereCHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI No Man's Land
– By Shane McAdamsJULIE MEHRETU Grey Area
– By Stephanie BuhmannREBECCA SMITH Tape and Steel
– By Greg LindquistCHRISTINE HIEBERT Reconnaissance: Three Wall Drawings
– By Lilly WeiJIM NUTT
– By David St.-LascauxROSS NEHER Sanctuary
– By Charles SchultzMAGRITTE, PAINTER-PHILOSOPHER
– By Valery OisteanuROME, IMPERIUM SINE FINE? (DOMINION WITHOUT LIMITS?)
– By Dore Ashton
Books
2010 SUMMER READING LIST
– By Phong H. Bui and Robert Hullot-KentorPeter Orlovsky (1933-2010) From the Diaries 1960
– By Jonas MekasART TRIPPIN' THROUGH CHINATIME: CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF A MARKET
– By Robert C. MorganMEMOIR: YIN & LANG
– By Marc NasdorFICTION: DUSTJUNKIES AND DUSTJACKETS
– By Brendan Carney ByrneFICTION: GETTING CARRIED AWAY
– By Paul Charles GriffinFICTION: CROSSING PATHS
– By Dave KimFICTION: LARGE AND SIMPLE
– By Meghan RoePOETRY: WASTE TO WITT
– By Helena FitzgeraldFICTION: OUR LOTS OF LITTLE
– By John MaderaPOETRY: THE COOKED AND THE RARE
– By Adam FitzgeraldTOKENS
– By Dan Fall, Tatiaana L. Laine, Helena Fitzgerald, and Kenneth SchneyerRAPID TRANSIT
– By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
Music
Matt Marks's The Little Death: Killing Them Softly with Sentiment
– By Daniel J. KushnerREVOLUCION DEL HIPSTER
– By Peter HolslinONE-TRACK MIND
– By Ben TrippAMERICAN MASTER: HARRY NILSSON
– By David ShirleyJUILLIARD CONCERTS: THE GREAT SECRET
– By Richard KostelanetzYET ANOTHER TWO GEMS FROM THE BROOKLYN SCENE
– By Todd Simmons
Dance
NEW ARCHITECTURE FOR NOT-SO-NEW BALLETS
– By Evan NamerowAESTHETICS OF DENIAL
– By L.J. SunshineJUNE 3, 2010: DEAR SHERRY
TOO MUCH LEWIS
– By Patricia MilderAND YOU THOUGHT GRAHAM WAS OLD-SCHOOL
– By Siobhan Burke
Film
HURTS SO GOOD, ITALIAN STYLE
– By David N. MeyerPHIL SPECTOR: HE'S A RELIC
– By Sarahjane BlumJAPAN CUTS
– By David WilentzTOTALLY, TENDERLY, TRAGICALLY
– By Julia SirmonsPSYCHADELIC MATURITY
– By Hamilton MorrisGET SOME
– By David N. MeyerMAD, BAD... & DANGEROUS TO KNOW: THREE UNTAMED BEAUTIES
– By Ethan SpiglandRED DESERT
– By Julia Sirmons
Theater
Women Play Two Gents (And More) with Judith Shakespeare Company
– By Ginny HackQueens Odyssey: The Internationalists' Which Direction Home?
– By Ashley Kelly-TataGardley Writes a River
– By Kathryn WalatThe Vision Disturbance of Christina Masciotti
– By Meghan Falvey
Fiction
FORGOTTEN MEMORIES
– By Mario Benedetti and Translated From The Spanish By Harry MoralesMARIO BENEDETTI
– By Harry Moralesfrom THE SECRET LIFE OF OBJECTS
– By Dawn RaffelTragic Strip
– By T. Motley
Poetry
From Molloy, the Flip Side
– By Chris TyshSubway Poems
– By Louis BuryTHIS I FIND HARD TO BELIEVE
– By Michael GottliebWE ARE UNHAPPY TO SERVE YOU
– By Michael Gottlieb