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Letter from the Editor A Self-Evident Truth “For milk to become yogurt, it needs culture.” —Willem de Kooning In Germany, under Hitler’s regime, artistic expression was banished as a form of Bolshevism. In Russia, under Stalin, it was denounced as “bourgeois cosmopolitanism”. In mid-50s America, Abstract Expressionists met with aggressive censorship by members of the House Un-American Activities Committee. More recently, in October of 1999, Rudy Giuliani threatened to cut off city funding for the Brooklyn Museum because he deemed a painting in one of its shows to be “offensive.” And last month, Governor George Pataki issued highly publicized threats against the International Freedom Center and the Drawing Center for their display of “anti-American art.” History has not been kind to those who attack the creative spirit. Nor should it be. Freedom of expression is our birthright as Americans. And so we dedicate this issue to all our comrades in this genuinely patriotic “war for freedom.” All of us here at the Rail wish you a great summer! —Phong Bui Table of Contents
Bruce Ratner Doesn’t Use Steroids: “The Paper of Record” Wastes Ink and other Atlantic Yards Happenings Project Street Beat Coney Island Beer Hustle
Madman or Reformer? EXPRESS The Afro–Culture Wars: The “New Black Man” Cultural Criticism as Pseudo–analysis, Pt. 2 Talking about Class The Playboy Philosophy turns 40 Report from Brazil: Dark Clouds Surround an Evangelical Movement on the Rise Across the Globe
Reflections on the Nation ART In Conversation: Mark di Suvero Make It Now at The SculptureCenter Artseen: Lee Friedlander at MoMA
Please Do Not Remove this Label BOOKS Radial Asymmetries: In Conversation: Alan Ziegler In Conversation: Stanley Kunitz Biography: What Becomes A Legend Most? Poetry/Mixed Media: The Dead Spectator
Fiction: An Audacious Talent STREETS Nigger Rebel Music Slammed
Keep Writing MUSIC Serenade to Oblivion A Form for the Mess The Avett Brothers’ Serenade to Oblivion Review “How Come You’re Not on American Idol ?”
DANCE In Conversation: Noémie Lafrance
In The Cold Light Of Day THEATER In Dialogue: Elana Greenfield Depraved New World: Jollyship the Whizbang Local Stop: Brooklyn in the Fringe
FILM The Relentless Sublimity of Bertolucci’s Il Conformista Talking About the Other America, Again Review of On the Outs Don’t See It Now 2046 : Wong Kar–Wai’s Finest Moment
Chris Marker at the Museum of Modern Art FICTION Appetite The Lullabye Motel Roy and Belinda Three Stories
Two Games
POETRY The Impossible Sentence Wanted to Compose a Canticle of Exaltation and Praise Stupid University Job Basement Office Moraine
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The Rail invites you to a reading with Jason Flores-Williams and Brian Carreira, along with musical guest Steve Strunsky of the Lonesome Prairie Dogs. Thurs., Sept. 22, 8:30 p.m. Vox Pop--Flatbush, Brooklyn www.voxpop.net |
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