Whither Congestion Pricing?
by Carolyn KonheimLocal
From beyond the grave, Meade Esposito, the capo di tutti capi in New York politics, haunts the backrooms in Albany and hearing rooms in New York where the fate of congestion pricing in the city is being debated. His influence threatens the future of the city’s subway and bus system—and in effect threatens the city’s economy in a global marketplace.
A Man Leaves Home
by Billy SothernExpress
We drove north into Mississippi as the late-summer Sabbath sun rose over New Orleans.
Jack Whitten with Robert Storr
by Robert StorrArt
On the occasion of Jack Whitten’s two exhibits, at P.S.1 (from now until September 24th) and at Alexander Gray Associates (from September 13th to October 20th), Rail Consulting Editor Robert Storr spoke to the artist about his life and work.
Jay Bernstein with Joan Waltemath
by Joan WaltemathArt
Jay Bernstein is Chair and University Distinguished Professor in Philosophy at The New School for Social Research. He received his BA in 1970 from Trinity College in Religion and his PhD in 1975 from the University of Edinburgh.
Shigeko Kubota with Phong Bui
by Phong BuiArt
In the midst of the preparation for her new exhibit, My Life with Nam June Paik: Video Sculpture and Installation, at Maya Stendhal Gallery (Sept. 6Oct. 27), Shigeko Kubota welcomes Rail Publisher Phong Bui to her loft/studio (one of the lengendary George Maciunas buildings in SoHo) to talk about her life and work.
A Wide Stance
by Theodore HammA family-values Republican senator from Louisiana shows up on the client list of a DC madam. A month later, the Bush administration’s architect of doom, Karl Rove, bows out of the White House, in the process issuing Dr. No-like battle plans for the 2008 election.
- Analogous Logic by Shane McAdams
- Projects 85: Dan Perjovschi WHAT HAPPENED TO US? by Valery Oisteanu
- Alex Hay New Paintings by Roger White
- An Artist in Our Time by Robert C. Morgan
- The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings by Thomas Micchelli
- Brooklyn Dispatches: Still Crazy: Unveiled Previews Unprecedented Collection at the Denver Art Museum by James Kalm
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Christoph Buchel
Training Ground for Democracy by Thomas Micchelli - Colectivo Chocolatera by Warren Fry
- Richard Pousette-Dart by Craig Olson
- Edwin Dickinson in Provincetown, 1912 1937 by John Yau
- Edwin Dickinson: A Collectors Notes by Michael Rubenstein
- Neo Rauch Para by John Yau
- Lori Der Hagopian Strange Bird Productions by Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle
- Gego, Between Transparency and the Invisible by Kimberly Lamm
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner by Hrag Vartanian
Xu Bing with Ellen Pearlman
by Ellen PearlmanArt
Xu Bing is one of the most important expatriate Chinese avant-garde artists. Winner of a 1999 MacArthur (genius) Fellowship for A Book From the Sky, which consisted of thousands of characters from an invented language printed on scrolls from hand-carved woodblocks, in 2003 he was awarded the Fukuoka Asian Culture and in 2004, he received the first Wales International Visual Art Prize, Artes Mundi, for Where Does the Dust Collect Itself, an installation incorporating dust collected from Ground Zero.
Becoming Women
by Sarahjane BlumFilm
With heroines navigating between their own interests and those of their kin, three prominent offerings betray a cultural anxiety about how to be a responsible adult woman in love.
Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Beebo Brinker Chronicles
by Kia CorthronTheater
Ann Bannon, dubbed the Queen of Lesbian Pulp Fiction, began writing her first novel at twenty-two, a newlywed suburban homemaker fresh out of college. Two years later the book, Odd Girl Out, was published by Gold Medal Press.
Political Circus Dazzles Brooklyn
by Marie CarterLocal
Every September since 1989, Circus Amok, a political, cross-dressing troupe, treats New Yorkers to free shows in parks throughout the city. They perform at upwards of sixteen parks in the five boroughs.
Sleepy Little Essay on Good and Evil
by Ann LauterbachPoetry
Try this. Better? Somewhat. It will do for the time being. Seem to make some mistakes.
Full Contents
Local
- Political Circus Dazzles Brooklyn by Marie Carter
- A Future on Two Wheels by Paula Crossfield
- Wedding Bell Blues by Eleanor Bader
- Whither Congestion Pricing? by Carolyn Konheim
- Scenes From a Rent War by Nicholas Jahr
- The Case Of The Duffield Street Homes by Emma Rebhorn
Express
- A Long Island Passage by Emily DeVoti
- A Man Leaves Home by Billy Sothern
- Letter from Syria: Goodbye to Iraq... by Robert S. Eshelman
- Pankaj Mishra with Hirsh Sawhney by Hirsh Sawhney
- Janna Levin with Sylvie Myerson by Sylvie Myerson
- Docs In Sight by Williams Cole
Art
- A Tribute to Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007)
- Documenta On The Ropes by Kim Levin
- Jack Whitten with Robert Storr by Robert Storr
- Jay Bernstein with Joan Waltemath by Joan Waltemath
- Macys Jamaica (1947): An Unsung Modernist Masterwork In Queens by Joseph Masheck by Joseph Masheck
- Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years by Anne Byrd
- Shigeko Kubota with Phong Bui by Phong Bui
- TRACKS: Sultana’s Dream and the SAWCC by Maxwell Heller
- THE SEVENTIES by Deborah Kass
- TRACKS: Peter Young: An Unlikely Artist by Ben La Rocco
- Xu Bing with Ellen Pearlman by Ellen Pearlman
ArtSeen
- Analogous Logic by Shane McAdams
- Projects 85: Dan Perjovschi WHAT HAPPENED TO US? by Valery Oisteanu
- Alex Hay New Paintings by Roger White
- An Artist in Our Time by Robert C. Morgan
- The Unknown Monet: Pastels and Drawings by Thomas Micchelli
- Brooklyn Dispatches: Still Crazy: Unveiled Previews Unprecedented Collection at the Denver Art Museum by James Kalm
-
Christoph Buchel
Training Ground for Democracy by Thomas Micchelli - Colectivo Chocolatera by Warren Fry
- Richard Pousette-Dart by Craig Olson
- Edwin Dickinson in Provincetown, 1912 1937 by John Yau
- Edwin Dickinson: A Collectors Notes by Michael Rubenstein
- Neo Rauch Para by John Yau
- Lori Der Hagopian Strange Bird Productions by Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle
- Gego, Between Transparency and the Invisible by Kimberly Lamm
- Ernst Ludwig Kirchner by Hrag Vartanian
Books
- Fiction: The Lone Ranger and Don Quixote Joust by Ben Gore
- Rudolph Delson with Yael Korman by Yael Korman
- Fiction: Angels Among Us by Carol Wierzbicki
- Poetry: Labyrinthine Fuges by Christopher Winks
- Nonfiction: Play On by Sarah Todd
- Fiction: The Bleak Life by Lynn Crawford
- Fiction: My Name is Lily by Lisa Kunik
- Fiction: Rain & Revolution by P.M Groover
- Poetry Roundup by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
Music
- Dimensions in Music by Alan Lockwood
- Dr. Hommes Laboratory by Todd Simmons
- What is Avant-Pop? by Paul Grimstad
- Culture Matters by Richard Kostelanetz
- Because I Said So by Grant Moser
Dance
- A Fall Dance Preview by Carley Petesch
- DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION! by Sophia Al-Marri
Film
- Becoming Women by Sarahjane Blum
- Film Noir Classic Collection, Vol. 4 by Cullen Gallagher
- Johnnie To In Charge by David Wilentz
- The New Talkies: Generation D. I. Y. by Mark Asch
- Roman-Porno to Desu Noto - The Odyssey of Shusuke Kaneko by David Wilentz
- An Imperfect Cinema by Sarah Kessler
- Les Enfants Terribles (1950) by Jesi Khadivi
- Thank God I'm an atheist. Two Films by Luis Bunuel. by Jed Lipinski
Theater
- Cum On Feel The Noize by Barton Bishop
- Down Under Over Here by Courtney Baron
- Lesbian Pulp Fiction: The Beebo Brinker Chronicles by Kia Corthron
- Excerpt from The Beebo Brinker Chronicles by Kate M. Ryan and Linda S. Chapman
Fiction
- Calendar of Regrets (an excerpt) by Lance Olsen
- overly Dramatic portrait of a walk by Jillian Elisabetta Ciaccia
- The Moment by Sabrina Seelig
- Affair by Sabrina Seelig
- The Time of the Darkest Color by Sabrina Seelig
- The Accidental Oracle by Kurt Strahm
Poetry
- Sleepy Little Essay on Good and Evil by Ann Lauterbach
- Three Poems by Elizabeth Robinson by Elizabeth Robinson
LastWords
- Turn That Frown Upside Down by Sabine Heinlein
Editor's Message
- A Wide Stance by Theodore Hamm



