The Brooklyn Rail
Critical Perspectives on Art, Politics and Culture
October 2004
Books
Karen Liebreich with John Reed
by John ReedBooks
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.
James Sherry with Farnoosh Fathi
by Farnoosh FathiBooks
In regards to the tradition that Language poetry inherited—self-effacement in language, practicing language as a form of resistance, engaging in a delineation of the structures of language embedded in our consciousness—how do these stylistic choices distinguish Language poetry from other modes of political writing, poetry or otherwise?
Off the Shelves
by Book StaffBooks
James Baldwin and Sol Stein, Native Sons; Anthony Lappé and Stephen Marshall, True Lies; Tsipi Keller, Jackpot; Yusef Komunyakaa, Taboo
