Molly Rath's feature, "Swimming with Sharks," reveals
, when homeowners in Baltimore's poorest neighborhoods were underwater from refinancing packages sold by subprime lenders.
In Mobtown Beat, Brian Simpson reports on the city's efforts to
, and Eileen Murphy notes an
to the Delaware Art Museum's
Biennial 2000
. Murphy also
in Media Circus.
, that peculiar arrangement in which Baltimore homeowners owe rent for the land their homes sit on, is examined by Brennen Jensen in Charmed Life.
The columns are: Joe MacLeod's Mr. Wrong predicting that
; Wiley Hall III's Urban Rhythms
; Joab Jackson's Cyberpunk asking why the music industry hasn't yet
; and Tom Scocca's 8 Upper
.
Bones is Katherine Cottle's poem,
In Imprints: Eileen Murphy savages Ellen Gilchrist's short fiction in
; Lee Gardner thinks Ann Powers'
is really all about Powers; Rupert Wondolowski respects Graham Lock's
, an examination of Sun Ra, Anthony Braxton, and Duke Ellington; and Mahinder Kingra likes that "nothing is as it seems" in Graham Joyce's novel
.
Feedback is Daniel Schlosberg, blown away by Werner Herzog and the Baltimore Opera Co.'s production of Richard Wagner's
, and Eric Allen Hatch enjoying the
at the Mount Vernon United Methodist Church.
Television is Adele Marley, interviewing Errol Morris about his Bravo series
.
In Film: Andy Markowitz is down with Errol Morris' documentary about a Holocaust denier,
; Lee Gardner gives reasons to love, hate, and love
; Luisa F. Ribiero is happily disturbed by Otto Preminger's
; and Jack Purdy recommends
for Easter.
In Belly Up, Susan Fradkin is disappointed by the cost-quality ratio at
.
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