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A FIERCE Fight in the West Village
by Lucas MannLocal
Its cold on the Christopher St. Pier in the winter timenot the kind of place you want to stand still after the sun sets and the wind whips off the Hudson. For a lot of New York City teenagers, however, the Greenwich Village waterfront is the best place to be in any weather.
What Kind of New Deal?
by Richard WellsExpress
All the talk about a "new" New Deal raises the question of how the contradictory New York legacy of the original one might guide us in the months ahead.
Terry Winters with Phong Bui, David Levi Strauss, and Peter Lamborn Wilson
by Phong BuiArt
On the occasion of Terry Winters new exhibit Knotted Graphs, which comprises two new series of paintings and fourteen graphite drawings and will be on view at Matthew Marks Gallery on West 22nd street until January 24, 2009, the painter welcomed Rail publisher Phong Bui and consulting editors David Levi Strauss and Peter Lamborn Wilson on-site to talk about the new body of work.
Pipilotti Rist with Phong Bui
by Phong BuiArt
Just a day before the opening of her commissioned multimedia installation Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters), organized by Klaus Biesenbach, chief curator, Department of Media, which remains on view till February 2, 2009 at the MoMAs atrium, Pipilotti Rist sat down with Rail publisher Phong Bui at the Museum Café to talk about her work.
Cordy Ryman with Phong Bui
by Phong BuiArt
In the midst of preparation for his one-person exhibit at DCKT Gallery, (January 10February 14, 2009) and a group show Organic Geometry at Nicole Klagsbrun (December 12January 10, 2009) painter Cordy Ryman took a break from his Sunset Park studio to pay a visit to the Rails headquarters to talk with Publisher Phong Bui about his life and work.
The Brooklyn Rails Person of the Year 2008
by Theodore HammTwo thousand eight was a rather momentous year, not least for the startling cast of characters on its political stage. The starring role was played by a certain senator from Illinois, but his entrance into the spotlight really began in 2004. Launched in 2005, the Rails Person of the Year award has gone to the political figure who provided the most surprising drama of the year.
- Katia Santibañez New Work by Phong Bui
- Ad Reinhardts Emblematic Drawings In Their Moment by Joseph Masheck
- John Altoon: Paintings and Works on Paper 1963-1968 by Craig Olson
- Josephine Halvorson by Litia Perta
- Tibor Freund: Motion in Paintings by Craig Olson
- Neo-Maternalism: Contemporary Artists Approach to Motherhood by Sharon Butler
- Ali Banisadr by Greg Lindquist
- Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton by Jeremy Sigler
- Nasreen Mohamedi: The grid, unplugged by John Yau
- Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone by Anne Byrd
- Who's in Charge? by Tessa DeCarlo
- Ronald Bladen: Sculpture of the 1960s and 70s by Ben La Rocco
- Chuck Webster by Shane McAdams
- Bettina Sellmann: Taina . cosmogony . make your own paper dragon by Cassandra Neyenesch
- Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 19271937 by Valery Oisteanu
- Letter From London by Sherman Sam
- Michelangelo, the Man and the Myth by Brandt Junceau
- José Parlá: Layered Days by Joan Waltemath
- Zhang Xiaogang by Robert C. Morgan
- Rudy Burckhardt: New York, N. Why? 19371940 by Roger Van Vorhees
- Lutz Bacher: ODO by Liz Wing
- Alfred Kubin: Drawings, 18971909 by Stephanie Buhmann
- Cutting Realities: Gender Strategies in Art by Kimberly Lamm
- George Tooker: A Retrospective by Maxwell Heller
- Kazimira Rachfal: ill go there, gladly by Laura Hunt
- Sa Suk-won by Robert C. Morgan
- Divine Retribution by Thomas Micchelli
- Does Invidiousness Go With The Territory? by Dore Aston
- Reply to Irving Sandler by Michael Corris
The Biggest Weapon in Northern Uganda
by Peter HolslinMusic
Lucky Bosmic Otim, a popular musician from northern Uganda, is practically impossible to reach by phone. He has one, but its always turned off.
One Human Being at a Time: A Visit to Elizabeth Strebs S.L.A.M.
by April GreeneDance
Elizabeth Streb's company specializes in PopAction, a style she describes as "a mixture of slam dancing, exquisite and amazing human flight, and wild action sport."
Kane in Babel: notes
by Elana GreenfieldTheater
I was always aware that under similar circumstances at Sarah's age (she was 24) and so far from home I would not have been able to hold on to my equilibrium. It was too jarring: to be so misperceived for the work which is your heart.
Danielle and the Dyer
by Mark Du MezFiction
It was snowing. It would always snow throughout the holidays. White billowing bluffs lined the village streets, while a glimmering of hoarfrost lay atop the sidewalk snow. Danielle slid her feet beneath the crispy coating.
The Brooklyn Rails Person of the Year 2008
by Theodore HammEditor's Message
Two thousand eight was a rather momentous year, not least for the startling cast of characters on its political stage. The starring role was played by a certain senator from Illinois, but his entrance into the spotlight really began in 2004. Launched in 2005, the Rails Person of the Year award has gone to the political figure who provided the most surprising drama of the year.
Full Contents
Local
- A FIERCE Fight in the West Village by Lucas Mann
- Y-Act: Mexican-American Students Fight for Educational Equity by Eleanor Bader
- The Underground Economy by Donna Schaper
Express
- What Kind of New Deal? by Richard Wells
- Dan Burleys Original Handbook of Harlem Jive (1944) by Theodore Hamm
- When You Are Locked in the Trunk of a 69 Bonneville by Emily DeVoti
- Still Doing It: Coming to a Sex Shop Near You by Michelle Memran
- From Laos to Brooklyn: Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath in conversation with Williams Cole by Williams Cole
- Poland here, and Poland now by Alan Lockwood
- Andrzej Wajda: Poland and the Screens of History by Alan Lockwood
- Restoring the Republic, Bacevich's The Limits of American Power by Becky Ohlsen
- Only the Beginning, Filkin's The Forever War by Lester Pimentel
- Dershowitz at War, Dershowitz's The Case Against Israel's Enemies: Exposing Jimmy Carter and Others Who Stand In the Way of Peace by Abbey Margulies
- Superman from the South, Rodriguez's Che: A Graphic Biography by Nisa Qazi
- Memories of Great Books, Beam's A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books by Ian Crouch
- A Forgotten Man of the Resistence, Paulhan's On Poetry and Politics by Jessica Loudis
- Fair Play: Lilly Ledbetters Story and Workplace Discrimination by Alexis Clements
Art
- Terry Winters with Phong Bui, David Levi Strauss, and Peter Lamborn Wilson by Phong Bui
- Pipilotti Rist with Phong Bui by Phong Bui
- Cordy Ryman with Phong Bui by Phong Bui
- A Tribute to Lawrence Fane 19332OO8 by Marshall N. Price
ArtSeen
- Katia Santibañez New Work by Phong Bui
- Ad Reinhardts Emblematic Drawings In Their Moment by Joseph Masheck
- John Altoon: Paintings and Works on Paper 1963-1968 by Craig Olson
- Josephine Halvorson by Litia Perta
- Tibor Freund: Motion in Paintings by Craig Olson
- Neo-Maternalism: Contemporary Artists Approach to Motherhood by Sharon Butler
- Ali Banisadr by Greg Lindquist
- Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton by Jeremy Sigler
- Nasreen Mohamedi: The grid, unplugged by John Yau
- Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone by Anne Byrd
- Who's in Charge? by Tessa DeCarlo
- Ronald Bladen: Sculpture of the 1960s and 70s by Ben La Rocco
- Chuck Webster by Shane McAdams
- Bettina Sellmann: Taina . cosmogony . make your own paper dragon by Cassandra Neyenesch
- Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 19271937 by Valery Oisteanu
- Letter From London by Sherman Sam
- Michelangelo, the Man and the Myth by Brandt Junceau
- José Parlá: Layered Days by Joan Waltemath
- Zhang Xiaogang by Robert C. Morgan
- Rudy Burckhardt: New York, N. Why? 19371940 by Roger Van Vorhees
- Lutz Bacher: ODO by Liz Wing
- Alfred Kubin: Drawings, 18971909 by Stephanie Buhmann
- Cutting Realities: Gender Strategies in Art by Kimberly Lamm
- George Tooker: A Retrospective by Maxwell Heller
- Kazimira Rachfal: ill go there, gladly by Laura Hunt
- Sa Suk-won by Robert C. Morgan
- Divine Retribution by Thomas Micchelli
- Does Invidiousness Go With The Territory? by Dore Aston
- Reply to Irving Sandler by Michael Corris
Books
- Marc Estrin with Ben Mirov by Ben Mirov
- FICTION: Nothing is Quite Forgotten Anywhere by Mac Barrett
- FICTION: Accidents Will Happen by Oisin Curran
- FICTION: The Art of Communication by Meghan Roe
- FICTION: On the Road Again? by Erin Heath
- Prose Roundup by Tatiaana Laine, Clinton Krute, Jim Feast, and Kevin Riordan
- Poetry Roundup by David Varno, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, and Roger Van Vorhees
Music
- The Biggest Weapon in Northern Uganda by Peter Holslin
- Punk, with Occasional Glockenspiel by Matthew Ozga
- Outtakes by Steve Dalachinsky
- Chad and Jeremy: State of the Reunion by Dann Baker
- Is New York the New Second City? by Kurt Gottschalk
- Brought to You by the Letter G by Grant Moser
- Just a Singer in a Rock n Roll Band: Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: Cardinology (Lost Highway) by Julie Kocsis
- Mass Destruction at the Met: Dr. Atomic at the Metropolitan Opera by Ellen Pearlman
Dance
- Pina Bausch Returns to BAM with Bamboo Blues by Emily Macel
- Childhood Play as Wild as She Remembers by Beatrice Barbareschi
- Garth Fagans Phone Tag, Thanks, and Things? No, Thanks. by Dalia Ratnikas
- Puzzlingly True by Beatrice Barbareschi
- Dance Films Associations 37th Annual Dance on Camera Festival by Mary Hodges
- Epistolary Therapy: Sixty by Simone Larson
- One Human Being at a Time: A Visit to Elizabeth Strebs S.L.A.M. by April Greene
Film
- Stockholm Syndrome by Sarahjane Blum
- Tanned, Rested, Tormented, and Repressed by Tessa DeCarlo
- Hypnotized in Global Scenarios by Lu Chen
- Shine a Light by Mary Hanlon
- In Dire Straits by Camila de Onís
- Apoorva Lakhia with David Wilentz by David Wilentz
- Melville, Assayas and a Box of Classics by David N. Meyer
Theater
- Kane in Babel: notes by Elana Greenfield
- A Planetoid of Self: Mac Wellman by Barbara Cassidy
- Rumble in Brooklyn: The Civilians Brooklyn at Eye Level by Aurin Squire
- Sibyl Kempson and the Secret Life of Potatoes by Amber Reed
Fiction
- Danielle and the Dyer by Mark Du Mez
- The Only Mortal by Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud
Poetry
- from De la Bronx by Greg Fuchs
- from Clock, Deck, and Movement by Rodrigo Toscano
Streets
- French Street Artist Dreams of New Starts in Brooklyn by Alexis Buisson
- Willamsburgs Poet Laureate: Yom Tov Ehrlich by Michael Casper
LastWords
- Tragic Strip by T. Motley
Editor's Message
- The Brooklyn Rails Person of the Year 2008 by Theodore Hamm



