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The Bloomberg Mystique
by Richard WellsLocal
Mayor Bloomberg sure liked to let the press do all the speculating about whether he would run for president. Meantime, his self-funded committee working straight out of City Hall pumped up his national reputation and weighed his November prospects.
Campaign Notebook: Obama at Philadelphia
by Theodore HammExpress
Widely viewed on YouTube and much discussed across the political media, Barack Obamas mid-March speech about the need for a national discussion of race indeed emanated from a historic place.
Wasteland Dreaming
by Christian ParentiExpress
In the years bracketing 9/11, I was working on a book about the history of everyday surveillance and at the time suffered recurring dreams that were something like nightmares, but more fun. I was always on the run, chased by the state or some other omnipotent force that was never well-defined.
Cai Guo-Qiang with Ellen Pearlman
by Ellen PearlmanArt
While he was installing his current retrospective I Want To Believe at the Guggenheim Museum (on view Feb. 22nd until May 28th, then traveling to the National Museum of Art in Beijing in time for the Summer Olympics), Cai Guo-Qiang took time out from his busy schedule to sit down and talk with Rail Editor-at-Large Ellen Pearlman about his work.
Lydia Dona with Phong Bui
by Phong BuiArt
Leading up to the few days before the installation of the painters new work at Michael Steinberg Fine Art, which will be on view till April 26, 2008, Lydia Dona welcomed Rail publisher Phong Bui to her Tribeca studio to talk about her life and work.
- Matt Connors Enjambment by Josh Morgenthau
- Enantiomorphic Chamber by Cassandra Neyenesch
- Tadaaki Kuwayamas Aesthetics of Infinity by Robert C. Morgan
- Marcel Dzama Even the Ghost of the Past by Shane McAdams
- Dan Walsh by Cassandra Neyenesch
- Guglielmo Achille Cavellini: Works from 1960 to 1990 by Valery Oisteanu
- Lori Ellison by Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle
- Joseph DeLappe Gandhis March to Dandi by Warren Fry
- Dave Miko by Craig Olson
- Ruth Root by Nora Griffin
- Hungover at Whitney by David Markus
- Americas Lessness by Sharon L. Butler
- Kalm Before the Storm, Responses to The Ethics of Aesthetics by James Kalm
- Brooklyn Dispatches by James Kalm
- Flip: Rachel Beach and Nora Herting by Hrag Vartanian
- Catherine Sullivan Triangle of Need by Thomas Micchelli
- Lydia Dona FROM HEAT TO SUB-ZERO by John Yau
- Jasper Johns by John Yau
- June Leaf Paintings & Sculpture by John Yau
- Floor Plans by Claudia La Rocco
Remembering Jonathan Williams (March 8, 1929March 16, 2008)
by Robert KellyBooks
I miss the elegance of the man, the energy of the poet, and above all the generosity that made sure publishing was publick-ing, and that brought to the commonwealth (as he might call it), the shivering needy children we are, news that concerned us and made us betteror at least (often) made us laugh.
Alex Cox with David Wilentz
by David WilentzFilm
Starting with Repo Man, Alex Cox has successfully subverted mainstream culture (and the studio system) with several definitive cult films. David Wilentz recently sat down with Cox for a conversation about filmmaking, imperialism, and Spaghetti Westerns.
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Local
- Atlantic Yards Fallout by Brian J. Carreira
- Flea Market 2.0 by Nicole Robson
- Food Not Bombs by Shell Fischer
- Debra Sweet, the Woman Behind World Cant Wait by Eleanor Bader
- The Bloomberg Mystique by Richard Wells
Express
- Campaign Notebook: Obama at Philadelphia by Theodore Hamm
- Dispatches from the Tibetan Front: Dharamsala, India by Litia Perta
- Dispatches from the Tibetan Front: On the March by Lex Pelger
- The Church and Its Sins: Constantines Sword by Williams Cole
- Paying for War by Jed Lipinski
- As Vets Testify Democrats and Big Media are Nowhere to be Found by Matthew Hennessy
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Born in Africa
Farai Wonderful Bere by Nadia Davids - Wasteland Dreaming by Christian Parenti
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Man of the Village, Man of the World:
Vincent Livelli and His Enduring Adventures by Alan Lockwood - Just Another American Dreamer by Vincent Rossmeier
- Seizing the Means of Production by Michael Busch
- Hobsbawms Empire by Leigh Kamping-Carder
- Amis and Islam by James Arnett
- Dont Hate the Nader, Hate the Game by Charly Wilder
- The Most Everything in the World by Elizabeth Crane
Art
- Makin Whoopee: A Conversation with J. Fiber, James Esber and Jane Fine with Jim Supanick by Jim Supanick
- Cai Guo-Qiang with Ellen Pearlman by Ellen Pearlman
- Lydia Dona with Phong Bui by Phong Bui
ArtSeen
- Matt Connors Enjambment by Josh Morgenthau
- Enantiomorphic Chamber by Cassandra Neyenesch
- Tadaaki Kuwayamas Aesthetics of Infinity by Robert C. Morgan
- Marcel Dzama Even the Ghost of the Past by Shane McAdams
- Dan Walsh by Cassandra Neyenesch
- Guglielmo Achille Cavellini: Works from 1960 to 1990 by Valery Oisteanu
- Lori Ellison by Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle
- Joseph DeLappe Gandhis March to Dandi by Warren Fry
- Dave Miko by Craig Olson
- Ruth Root by Nora Griffin
- Hungover at Whitney by David Markus
- Americas Lessness by Sharon L. Butler
- Kalm Before the Storm, Responses to The Ethics of Aesthetics by James Kalm
- Brooklyn Dispatches by James Kalm
- Flip: Rachel Beach and Nora Herting by Hrag Vartanian
- Catherine Sullivan Triangle of Need by Thomas Micchelli
- Lydia Dona FROM HEAT TO SUB-ZERO by John Yau
- Jasper Johns by John Yau
- June Leaf Paintings & Sculpture by John Yau
- Floor Plans by Claudia La Rocco
Books
- Jeanette Winterson with Erica Wetter by Erica Wetter
- Nonfiction: Youthful Anarchy by Jim Feast
- Fiction: The Trojan War Will Take Place by Eugene Lim
- Nonfiction: Two Sides of a Showdown by Ken Murray
- Fiction: To Come Back Rich, or Die There by David Varno
- Nonfiction: Weird America by Thomas Rogers
- Poetry Roundup by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
- Prose Roundup by Michael Lindgren, Lu Chen, and Ben Mirov
- David Shankbone with Colleen Asper by Colleen Asper
- Remembering Jonathan Williams (March 8, 1929March 16, 2008) by Robert Kelly
Music
- Noise-Pop, Rachael Ray, and the Magic Box: SXSW 2008 by John S.W. MacDonald
- The Purest One: Iva Bittová with the Bang on a Can All-Stars, by Sharon Mesmer
- The Monday Night Band: Recording Live at the Village Vanguard by Michelle Chen
- Passionless Play by Matthew Ozga
- The Kids Are Badass by Paula Crossfield
- Alain Neffes Potlatch Music by Tony Coulter
- A Bridge That Will Bring Us Together (Again) by David Varno
- Brought to You by the Letter G by Grant Moser
Dance
- Diana Vishneva at City Center: A Review by Margaret Fuhrer
- Ballet as a Reality Show by Margaret Fuhrer
- Georgian Ballet's Sweet Renaissance by April Greene
Film
- Alex Cox with David Wilentz by David Wilentz
- Crying Over Broken Eggs by Jesi Khadivi
- If two of them are dead by Sarahjane Blum
- Big, Fat, Piece O' Pie by Makenna Goodman
- Love You to Death by Tessa DeCarlo
- In One Word: Emotion by Jesi Khadivi
- Two Lane Blacktop by David Wilentz
- The Draughtsman's Contract by Rachel Balik
- Thanatos and Eros Sitting Around Talking by Melina Neet
- Grasping at the C-list by Mary Hanlon
- The Return of Prodigal Son: Jonas Mekas Center for the Visual Arts by Robert A. Haller
Theater
- Woman Center Stage: Chiori Miyagawa by Lenora Champagne
- Sex, Lies, and Videotape à la Aguirre-Sacasa by Kathryn Walat
- Nothing But Novel: Elevator Repair Service Does Faulkner by Claire Epstein
- From Outrage to Stage: George Packer's Betrayed by Justin Boyd
- Lush Life: Adam Bock's The Drunken City by Adam Bock
Fiction
- Genomica by Susan Daitch
- Floats Horse-floats or Horse-flows by Leslie Scalapino
- Triptych by Mojie Crigler
- Dionysus the Liberator by Andrea Lawlor
- Tragic Strip by T. Motley
Poetry
- Three Poems by Hoa Nguyen
- "Le Cupcake," "Castaway" by Dana Ward
- Untitled Soap Bubble by Rod Smith
Streets
- Seeking Imperfection by Hailey Eber
LastWords
- Triptych by Mojie Crigler


