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NYC: A Nice Place to Be Unemployed?
by Richard WellsExpress
Can the "creative class" really save New York City?
"When We Were Kings" Pro-Boxing Back in the Hood
by Karl GreenbergLocal
No man-eaters imperil me. No, there isnt much chance Ill one day find I have to fight for my life versus a roaring, flesh-eating monster unless theres an escape at the Bronx Zoo, or I go looking for trouble on the Great Barrier Reef, the African veldt, or in the Kodiak range. The peril lurks in meninsurance clerks, Ponzi men, bad doctors, feral lawyers.
Joe Amrhein with Phong Bui
by Phong BuiArt
In the midst of renovations to the Boiler (located at 191 North 14th street, between Berry Street and Wythe Avenue, which will open on March 7th), Joe Amrhein took time off to visit the Rails headquarters to talk with Publisher Phong Bui about his life and work.
Robert Mangold with John Yau
by John YauArt
While preparing for his new exhibit, Robert Mangold: Drawings and Works on Paper 19652008 (on view from March 6th through April 4th, 2009), the painter sat down with Rails Art Editor John Yau.
Lisa Yuskavage with Phong Bui
by Phong BuiArt
On the occasion of her solo show at David Zwirner, on view till March 28, 2009, the painter Lisa Yuskavage paid a visit to the Rails Headquarters to talk to Publisher Phong Bui about her current work.
The Saga Continues...
by Theodore HammOn two rather significant issues, the war in Iraq and the financial bailout, President Obama is listening to the wrong advice.
- Being Vincent van Gogh by Ben La Rocco
- John Newman by Ben La Rocco
- Chris Martin Works on Paper by John Yau
- Imi Knoebel by John Yau
- Melissa Meyer New Works by John Yau
- Philip Guston 1954-1958 by John Yau
- Jonathan Torgovnik: Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape by Cora Fisher
- Daria Martin: Minotaur by Claudia La Rocco
- Pierre Bonnard & Peter Doig by Greg Lindquist
- Todays Special: Saucy Curatorship and Tofu Art by Shane McAdams
- Susan Bee: Eye of the Storm by Craig Olson
- Mike Womack: High Grade Empty by Shane McAdams
- The Art World on Facebook: A Primer by Sharon L. Butler
- Brooklyn Dispatches by James Kalm
- The Third MindAmerican Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860 1989 by Ellen Pearlman
- SHE: Images of Women by Wallace Berman & Richard Prince by Natalie Haddad
- Stephan Pascher: Who Got the Chickens by Liz Wing
- Letter from LONDON by Sherman Sam
- Grace Rim: YES Love, YES Life by Robert C. Morgan
- Matta: Five Decades Of Painting by Valery Oisteanu
- The Last Breath of Piero Manzoni by Robert C. Morgan
- Keren Cytter : Les Ruissellements Du Diable by Thomas Micchelli
- Lost in Space: Outsiderness and the Art of Dave Lane by Tessa DeCarlo
- DisEchoNance by Warren Fry
Voice(s) of America Robert Ashley at La MaMa
by Fred CisternaMusic
Ashley's works aren't operas in any conventional sense.
The Sweethearts
by Mario BenedettiFiction
At first, I would greet her from my sidewalk and she would respond with a nervous and instantaneous gesture. Afterwards, she would leap away, striking her knuckles against the walls, and, upon arriving at the corner, vanish without looking back. From the beginning, I liked her long face, her disdainful agility, and her striking blue jacket that looked more like a boys.
Ginger, A Novelized Memoir in Progress Comments and Other Confusing Advice From the Editor
by Guillermo CastroPoetry
Guillermo Castro's work has appeared in Bellevue Literary Review, LaFovea, EOAGH, Barrow St, among others, and the anthologies This Full Green Hour, My Diva, and more.
Full Contents
Local
- Nonfiction: Art on the Wall Inspires Duo by Eleanor J. Bader
- "When We Were Kings" Pro-Boxing Back in the Hood by Karl Greenberg
- Justice Center a Success, But Budget Cuts Loom by Kieran K. Meadows
Express
- NYC: A Nice Place to Be Unemployed? by Richard Wells
- Crisis? What Crisis? Singing the Gospel at Crapolas End by Christopher Ketcham
- Wearing Me: A Tale of T-Shirts by Rebecca Armstrong
- Experimental Geography: From Cultural Production to the Production of Space by Trevor Paglen
- Remembering Huey Long by Christian Roselund
- Lux Interior (RIP) by Williams Cole
- Tales from the Other Side, Berger's From A to X: A Story in Letters by Nicholas Jahr
- Picking Up the Pieces, Sanger's The Inheritance: The World Obama Confronts and the Challenges to American Power by Tom Bouman
- Inside Detroit , Bergmann's Getting Ghost by James Arnett
- A Different Sort of Romeo, Sandweiss's Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line by Nicholas DeRenzo
- A Rather Bestial Fellow, Bailey's Cheever: A Life by Ian Crouch
Art
- Robert Mangold with John Yau by John Yau
- Lisa Yuskavage with Phong Bui by Phong Bui
- Joe Amrhein with Phong Bui by Phong Bui
ArtSeen
- Being Vincent van Gogh by Ben La Rocco
- John Newman by Ben La Rocco
- Chris Martin Works on Paper by John Yau
- Imi Knoebel by John Yau
- Melissa Meyer New Works by John Yau
- Philip Guston 1954-1958 by John Yau
- Jonathan Torgovnik: Intended Consequences: Rwandan Children Born of Rape by Cora Fisher
- Daria Martin: Minotaur by Claudia La Rocco
- Pierre Bonnard & Peter Doig by Greg Lindquist
- Todays Special: Saucy Curatorship and Tofu Art by Shane McAdams
- Susan Bee: Eye of the Storm by Craig Olson
- Mike Womack: High Grade Empty by Shane McAdams
- The Art World on Facebook: A Primer by Sharon L. Butler
- Brooklyn Dispatches by James Kalm
- The Third MindAmerican Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860 1989 by Ellen Pearlman
- SHE: Images of Women by Wallace Berman & Richard Prince by Natalie Haddad
- Stephan Pascher: Who Got the Chickens by Liz Wing
- Letter from LONDON by Sherman Sam
- Grace Rim: YES Love, YES Life by Robert C. Morgan
- Matta: Five Decades Of Painting by Valery Oisteanu
- The Last Breath of Piero Manzoni by Robert C. Morgan
- Keren Cytter : Les Ruissellements Du Diable by Thomas Micchelli
- Lost in Space: Outsiderness and the Art of Dave Lane by Tessa DeCarlo
- DisEchoNance by Warren Fry
Books
- FICTION: Who Is She? by J.W. McCormack
- FICTION/DRAMA: Triple the Tragic Fantastic by Win Clevenger
- NONFICTION: A Natural Inclination by Brian Sholis
- NONFICTION: Craziest Guys on the Lower East Side by Jim Feast
- NONFICTION: Skywriting by Jackson Taylor
- FICTION: Bodies In Motion by Joseph Salvatore
- NONFICTION: Who Is the Foulest of Them All by Clinton Krute
- RAPID TRANSIT by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
- TOKENS by Sharon Mesmer, Dan Fall, and Polly Rosenwaike
Music
- DIY Parties by Megan Martin
- Voice(s) of America Robert Ashley at La MaMa by Fred Cisterna
- Tired Soldiers of the Modern Age by Jed Lipinski
- Kim Kashkashian with Alessandro Cassin by Alessandro Cassin
- Flourishes of Things You Love Beiruts Zach Condon by Kate Crane
- Permission to Dance The Luminescent Orchestriis Sxip Shirey by Linda Leseman
- Outtakes by Steve Dalachinsky
Dance
- Jill Sigmans ZsaZsaLand Keeps the Party Going by Mary Love Hodges
- Savion Glover, a Rhythmic Musician by Emily Macel
- Reviving the Grande Dame by Dalia Ratnikas
- Orfeo ed Euridice at the Metropolitan Opera by Emily Macel
- zoe/juniper at Dance Theater Workshop by Erika Eichelberger
- Quality Over Quantity: Dance in Immediate Mediums Chuck.Chuck.Chuck. by April Greene
Film
- Got My Vans On But They Look Like Sneakers by David N. Meyer
- Takashi Miike takes New York by David Wilentz
- Japanese Cult Cinema and Abjection by Evan Walter
- A Night at the (Virtual) Opera by Tessa DeCarlo
- On Golden Pond, With a Psycho by Mary Hanlon
- I Hate Mathematics and Racists by Lu Chen
Theater
- Bob Jude Ferrantes New Theory of Vision by Susan Bernfield
- Venice Saved: A Seminar by Gary Winter
- Take the Train by Aurin Squire
Fiction
- HOLY CITY by Lewis Warsh
- The Sweethearts by Mario Benedetti
- Hope by T. Motley
- An Excerpt from Jacques Roubauds forthcoming novel, The Loop by Jacques Roubaud
- RERUNS REZOOMED a serial novel by Jonathan Baumbach
Poetry
- Ginger, A Novelized Memoir in Progress Comments and Other Confusing Advice From the Editor by Guillermo Castro
- Life Sentences by Elizabeth Fodaski
Streets
- Looking For a Place to Hang by Marie Carter
LastWords
- Double or Nothing by Ron Singer
Editor's Message
- The Saga Continues... by Theodore Hamm









