October 2010
The “October 2010” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on October 6, 2010.
Editor’s Message
An Imperfect 10
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
Some Formative Moments in the First Decade of the Rail
– By Phong H. Bui, Daniel Baird, E. DeVoti, W. Cole, A. Hennighausen, Theodore Hamm, and R. D'AmoraIntro to PIECES OF A DECADE
– By Williams Cole, Williams Cole, and Theodore HammBettina Johae's
EMINENT DOMAIN, NYC– By Bettina JohaeA Gift for All Seasons
– By Eleanor J. BaderOne Saturday Morning in Ditmas Park
– By Dania RajendraMunchin' on the Ritz
– By Mary Mann
Express
SONGS OF CORRUPTION: Christian Parenti with Fatima Bhutto
TABLETS OF HUMAN HEARTS: The Indestructible Cultural Wealth of Haiti
– By David SchmidtRecalling Allen
– By Eliot KatzDrawing the Disasters
– By Christopher MichelA Big Watch
– By Allen Wilcox
ArtSeen
LETTER FROM BERLIN: The Esprit of Gestures
– By David RhodesThe Red Earth Above, the Rim Job Below
– By John YauArtists at Max’s Kansas City, 1965–1974
– By Ben La RoccoUn Renard Dans L'Art: The Paintings of Farrell Brickhouse
– By Robert C. MorganALINA SZAPOCZNIKOW My American Dream
– By Carrie MoyerSUSANNE DOREMUS open/closed
– By Terry R. MyersJOSHUA MARSH Ten Things
– By John YauANDREAS GEHRKE Forst
– By Gail Victoria Braddock QuagliataSTEPHEN MALLON Next Stop Atlantic
– By Charles SchultzBROOKLYN DISPATCHES: Funkster Formalism, Crap Constructivism
– By James KalmWILL LAMSON A Line Describing the Sun
– By Shane McAdamsJUDY PFAFF Five Decades
– By Kara L. RooneyAUSTIN THOMAS Drawing on the Utopic
– By Thomas MicchelliTHE PERFECT OBJECT: Circulating the Fine Art Adoption Network
– By Patricia MilderCHRIS VERENE Family
– By Cora FisherKIM UCHIYAMA Archaeo
– By Stephanie BuhmannSANTIAGO SIERRA Los Penetrados
– By Thomas MicchelliHey, Ho, Let's Go: YOSHITOMO NARA at the Asia Society
– By David St.-LascauxTo Whom It May Concern
– By Claudia La RoccoHANNAH WILKE Early Drawings
– By Thomas MicchelliTOM BURCKHARDT 157 Elements of a Painting
– By John YauDANIEL JOSEPH MARTINEZ The enemy of my enemy is my friend and my friend is my enemy. Did you know it snows in Los Angeles in the summer time.
– By Gail Victoria Braddock QuagliataGERHARD RICHTER Lines which do not exist
– By R. H. LossinMARCEL BROODTHAERS, The Living Mirror
– By Valery OisteanuAN-MY LÊ
– By Charles Schultz
Books
Why I Am a Member of the Christopher Middleton Fan Club
– By John YauSUSAN JANE GILMAN with Susan Marque
– By Susan MarqueTHE GREAT REDSTONE Review
– By Barney RostaingThe Rule of Sprawl
– By Miranda MellisDaddy, Who's Grover Cleveland?
– By Jeffrey StanleyQuestionable Answer
– By Jordan SayleFreezing Cold Crazytown, Warms Reader
– By Karen BrissetteFollow the Bunny Trail
– By Sharon MesmerThe Ass with Two Tales
– By Anitta SantiagoPulled Punch
– By Randy RosenthalRAPID TRANSIT
– By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
Music
Newk's Time
– By Steve DalachinskyOne for the Birds
– By Christine WerthmanSALVATORE SCIARRINO with Alessandro Cassin
– By Alessandro CassinThey're Pseudo, and They're Spectacular
– By Tony Coulter
Dance
A Soft Space, Label Free
– By Patricia MilderLight and Movement in a Bushwick Loft
– By Patricia MilderWe Are People Before We Are Dancers...
Film
Raw Footage, Raw Knuckles
– By Sarahjane BlumColor As Emotion, Emotion As Color
– By David N. MeyerRide With The Devil
– By David N. MeyerJAMES T. HONG with Penny Lane
Take Any Heart, Take Mine
– By Sarahjane Blum
Theater
THE INQUISITION OF MAC WELLMAN, In Honor of 10 Years of Brooklyn College
– By Gary Winter with Young Jean Lee, Kristen Kosmas, Normandy Sherwood, Erin Courtney, Karinne Keithley, Trish Harnetiaux, Annie Baker, Sibyl Kempson, and Scott Adkins.Bring the fire, bitches! Cino Nights
– By Emily DeVoti, Laura Eason, Jessica Dickey, and Crystal SkillmanNo Place Like Home: BROOKE BERMAN with Kyle Thomas Smith
Musical Ghosts in Hand-Held Machines: La MaMa E.T.C. Celebrates International Puppetry
– By Alan Lockwood
Fiction
Famously Reclusive
– By Invisible AssistantStories
– By Robert Lopezfrom CASTLE IN THE AIR
– By Anne WeberTragic Strip
– By T. Motley
Poetry
Marek Bartelik with René de Ceccatty
– By Marek BartelikMagic Bridge
– By Lonely Christophertwo
– By Jennifer KarminHe is Opening His Mouth So He Can Hear Me
– By Joanna FuhrmanTwo from A Year
– By John Latta
LastWords
FROM THE ARCHIVES:
Hank Thompson's Blues– By Theodore Hamm