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A Progressive Grows on Staten Island?
By Williams ColeWhile the majority of voters in the five boroughs will cast a vote against Dubya and what he stands for, some will actually go to the polls and vote for Republicans to represent them in Washington.
The Legacy of Pier 57
By Theodore HammThe silence has been deafening. Despite the extensive press coverage of the RNC arrests—which shows that Pier 57 was either the site of wholesale preventive detention or of gross incompetence by the Bloomberg administration and the NYPD—none of the city’s top public officials have spoken out on the matter.
Campaign Dispatches
By David Levi StraussWatching Jimmy Carter last night, all white hair and teeth in the lights, I remembered his candidacy in 1976, when Hunter S. Thompson endorsed him in Rolling Stone right before the election, guaranteeing the youth vote.
Art In Conversation
Andrea Fraser
By Praxis“Untitled” (2003) was initiated in 2002 when Andrea Fraser approached Friedrich Petzel Gallery to arrange a commission with a private collector on her behalf.
Railing Opinion
By Robert StorrAs part of our interest in revitalizing art criticism and theory, in giving them both sharp edge and broad, encompassing vision, the Rail has initiated this column.
Rudy Burckhardt: The Art of Being
By Phong BuiOnly by being and being and being… can anything truly become: truly arrive. —Parker Tyler
Electrifying Art: Atsuko Tanaka 1954–1968
By Katie StoneA piercing bell breaks the silence in the gallery. It sounds like a fire alarm or a high-pitched human scream, startling, warning, terrifying, a harbinger of destruction.
Books In Conversation
Karen Liebreich with John Reed
In 1646, the Piarist Order, which had introduced education to the masses—and not only an education in Latin but also an education in basic reading and arithmetic—was disbanded by Pope Innocent X.
Hot & Cold —A Very Brief History of Intimate Love
By Jim SavioSadie’s idea of a good time was making love to Wilbur in an igloo, on a bear skin rug.
ArtSeen
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Electrifying Art: Atsuko Tanaka 1954–1968
– By Katie Stone -
Lester Johnson
– By James Kalm
Four Decades of Painting -
Peter Caine
– By Nick Stillman
You’re a Sensation -
Bjørn Melhus
– By William Powhida -
Halsey Rodman
– By Roger White
K is Multiplied—The Swirling Mists Freeze and the Stars Melt Across the Sky -
White Matter(s)
– By Chris Howard -
Mark Esper
– By William Powhida
Gizmology -
Gerta Conner
– By Tomassio Longhi -
The Wedding Project
– By Shane McAdams -
Todd Hido
– By Stephanie Buhmann
Roaming: New Landscapes -
Jason Alan Klotz and Mikhail Leykin
– By Sonya Shrier
Robot -
Jon Gregg
– By Ben La Rocco
Heads, Hands, and Leaves -
William Eggleston
– By Farrah Karapetian
Los Alamos
Table of Contents
Local
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The Legacy of Pier 57
– By Theodore Hamm -
A Progressive Grows on Staten Island?
– By Williams Cole -
Chinatown: The Last Frontier
– By Amy Zimmer
Express
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The Triumph of Conservatism
– By Norman Kelley -
Campaign Dispatches
– By David Levi Strauss -
Letter from Tennessee
– By Marjory Garrison -
Long Live Indian Larry!
– By Brian Molyneaux -
Happy Sixty-Fifth Birthday! Now Get Back to Work
– By Stanley Morgan -
Exchanges: On Cornel West, and Uncle Peter
– By Stanley Morgan
Art
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Andrea Fraser
– By Praxis -
Chronophobia: On Time in the Art of the 1960s, by Pamela Lee
– By Daniel Baird -
Railing Opinion
– By Robert Storr -
Rudy Burckhardt: The Art of Being
– By Phong Bui -
Deep Space
– By Joan Waltemath -
Jamaica Flux: Jamaica Center Evolves
– By William Powhida
ArtSeen
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Electrifying Art: Atsuko Tanaka 1954–1968
– By Katie Stone -
Lester Johnson Four Decades of Painting
– By James Kalm -
Peter Caine You’re a Sensation
– By Nick Stillman -
Bjørn Melhus
– By William Powhida -
Halsey Rodman K is Multiplied—The Swirling Mists Freeze and the Stars Melt Across the Sky
– By Roger White -
White Matter(s)
– By Chris Howard -
Mark Esper Gizmology
– By William Powhida -
Gerta Conner
– By Tomassio Longhi -
The Wedding Project
– By Shane McAdams -
Todd Hido Roaming: New Landscapes
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
Jason Alan Klotz and Mikhail Leykin Robot
– By Sonya Shrier -
Jon Gregg Heads, Hands, and Leaves
– By Ben La Rocco -
William Eggleston Los Alamos
– By Farrah Karapetian
Books
Music
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Decasia at St. Ann's Warehouse
– By Alan Lockwood -
review: Ilhan Mimaroglu and Kenneth Patchen
– By Fred Cisterna -
Simon Finn Pass the Distance
– By David Shirley
Dance
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Gabri Christa’s Dominata at Dance Theater Workshop
– By Vanessa Manko -
De Keersmaeker’s Mozart/ Concert Arias: un moto di gioia
– By Shanti Crawford -
Dancing on the Rail
– By Vanessa Manko -
Thirteen ways of looking at Shen Wei
– By Claudia La Rocco
Film
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Michael Cimino’s Heaven’s Gate
– By David N. Meyer -
The Passion for The Passion: Mel Gibson's Passion Goes DVD
– By Michael J. Thompson -
Docs in Sight
– By Williams Cole
Theater
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The Last of The Mohican Bohemians (or What Drove Stephen Bottoms to Chronicle the Off-Off Broadway Movement) An article in performance
– By Michelle Memran -
In dialogue: Inhabiting The Clean House with Sarah Ruhl
– By Lila Rose Kaplan -
review: Reality Theater: Guantanamo
– By Pamela Newton -
review: An Earnest Start: Brooklyn's Brave New World
– By Alan Lockwood -
review: Playing Underground
– By Michael Smith -
Antigones in New York
– By Saviana Stanescu
Fiction
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excerpt from: The Book of Jon
– By Eleni Sikelianos -
Reflection from Lisbon
– By John Stewart -
Hot & Cold —A Very Brief History of Intimate Love
– By Jim Savio
Poetry
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Mash Notes from a Pop Junk Addict
– By Urayoan Noel -
Two Poems
– By Amy King -
Two Poems
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle
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