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Richard Bernstein tells the story of September 11 from the context of the emergence of radical Islamist movements.

September 11 has spawned more books than any other single news event in history. Amazon.com lists nearly seven hundred 9/11-related titles in stock. Ingram Book Group, the country’s largest book distributor, will release 150 new 9/11 books in the fall of 2002.

"It’s definitely a high-water mark for the industry," said Charlotte Abbott, Book News Editor at Publishers Weekly. Abbott believes some publishing houses, many of which are located in New York City, are driven not just by sales, but by a sense of obligation. "I think they wanted to help in some way," she said. "It is only natural that publishers would respond."

Many of the books originated in numerous news organizations that have turned their reporting and photography into anthologies. Books by Reuters, Magnum Photographers, Life, The New York Times, and others chronicle the events of September 11 from the instant the first plane hit throughout the rescue and recovery operations.

The events also inspired a series of memoirs from such people as former Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen, former Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik, and former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani whose forthcoming book is entitled Leadership. Biographies like Let’s Roll and Father Mychal Judge: An Authentic American Hero pay homage to individuals who died on September 11.

Fireboat explains the events of September 11, 2001 to children.

A number of books related to 9/11 try to answer the overarching questions -- how and why the events occurred –and arrive at different conclusions. Richard Bernstein’s Out of the Blue explains the 9/11 attacks in the context of the emergence of Islamist movements. Breakdown by Bill Gertz and The Cell co-authored by ABC journalist John Miller attribute Al Qaeda’s success to massive intelligence failures. In 9-11, Noam Chomsky finds fault in the United States’ foreign policy.

Communicating the event to children and young adults created an additional challenge for authors and publishers. The editors of The New York Times compiled a young reader’s edition of the newspaper section "A Nation Challenged." A book called Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey is aimed at a 9-year-old audience and recounts the story of the "the largest, fastest and shiniest fireboat of them all."

What makes the events of September 11 unique, argue book publishers, is that they touch on nearly every aspect of contemporary culture: politics, economics, art, science, and religion. "No other has had so many tie-ins," says Nancy Stewart of Ingram Book Group told Publishers Weekly "In a sense, it was a very comprehensive disaster."

For more information
• New York Times Book Review 9/11 Reading List
• A Year Later: How Book Publishers Have Been Affected (Publishers Weekly)


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110 Stories: New York Writes after September 11 Ulrich Baer New York University Press. Anthologies: Poetry, Prose, And More
A compendium of stories and meditations on September 11 from New York's vibrant community of prose and fiction writers.
19 Varieties of Gazelle: Poems of the Middle East Naomi Shihab Nye HarperCollins Juvenile Books Children/Young Adults
Responding to the stigma attached to people of Arab and Middle Eastern descent following September 11, the author collected four dozen samples of her poetry for a new volume. The poems largely deal with the experiences of Arab Americans.
9-11 Noam Chomsky Seven Stories Press Political/Historical Background
Chomsky, a vocal critic of United States foreign policy, weighs in on the causes of 9-11 in this slim volume compiled from various interviews he has given following the September 11 atrocities. Counterpunch.org calls the booklet "an essential read not only for those who wish to resist the attempt to curb freedom and democracy but also everyone who wants to learn about the background to the 9-11 terrorist attacks", while Front Page Magazine's David Horowitz dismisses it as "anti-American ravings."

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9-11: Artists Respond September 11th 2001 Volumes 1 & 2 Chaos, Dark Horse, DC Comics & Image Anthologies: Poetry, Prose, And More
Various comic book artists and writers contributed to this collection of stories about September 11. All proceeds benefit relief organizations. Rambles.net calls the volumes "dramatic, thoughtful, powerful, and in some ways healing."

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9-11: Emergency Relief Alternative Comics Anthologies: Poetry, Prose, And More
More than 80 comic book artists collaborated on this graphic novel whose proceeds will benefit the American Red Cross. The book collects the cartoonists' personal accounts of the September 11 attacks.

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911: The Book of Help Michael Cart, Marianne Carus, Marc Aronson Cricket Books Children/Young Adults
More than 20 prominent young adult authors contributed to this collection of essays, poems, and stories about September 11. Ages 12 and up.
A Nation Challenged: A Visual History of 9/11 and Its Aftermath Mitchel Levitas, Nancy Lee, Lonnie Schlein Times Books. Photography
The editors of the New York Times juxtapose photographs and prose from their September 11 coverage.
A Nation Challenged: A Visual History of 9/11 and its Aftermath (Young Reader's Ed.) Scholastic Trade Children/Young Adults
A young adult version of A Nation Challenged. Combines photos, commentary, statistics, and graphics geared to a teen audience.
Above Hallowed Ground: A Photographic Record of September 11, 2001 Studio Books Photography
Photographic account of the September 11 terrorist attacks from the perspective of New York City police officers.
After the World Trade Center: Rethinking New York City Michael Sorkin, Sharon Zukin Routledge Rebuilding
A collection of essays on the past and future of the World Trade Center site from a prominent New York social critics and urbanists. What kind of downtown should emerge from the rebuilding process? That question is at the heart of this volume. The answers, though varied, each "call for a more democratic New York, one where the voices of all the people can be heard, not just the economically and politically powerful."

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Afterwords: Stories and Reports from 9/11 and Beyond Washington Square Press Anthologies: Poetry, Prose, And More
A collection of pieces from Salon.com that tackle September 11 from a wide range of perspective, from "an in-depth interview with controversial social critic Noam Chomsky, to a female Pakistani-American journalist's meeting with a Taliban leader and his wives, and essays on how sheer horror gave way to heartening solidarity, macabre spectacle, and kitschy sentimentality."

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America from the Heart: Quilters Remember September 11, 2001 Karey Bresenhan C & T Publishing Anthologies: Poetry, Prose, And More
This book features quilts made in response to 9/11. Proceeds will benefit the Families for Freedom Scholarship Fund.
American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center William Langewiesche North Point Press Historical Accounts
Originally appearing in installments in The Atlantic Monthly, this book documents the effort to clean up the site of the World Trade Center.

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American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us Steven Emerson The Free Press Political/Historical Background
Emerson argues that U.S.-based militant Islam groups threaten the country. Moreover, he contends that Muslim charitable organizations are fronts for international terrorists. The New York Times writes, "His information should be taken seriously--just not at face value."

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Among The Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back Jere Longman HarperCollins Historical Accounts
A "clear and forceful book"about United Flight 93 from the New York Times reporter who originally covered the story. The author weaves the stories of various passengers, crew members, and terrorists into his narrative.

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Before and After: Stories from New York Thomas Beller Mr. Beller's Neighborhood Books Anthologies: Poetry, Prose, And More
Drawn exclusively from submissions to mrbellersneighborhood.com, this collection highlights true stories from New Yorkers written in the days and weeks preceding and following September 11.
Bravemole Lynne Jonell Putnam Publishing Group Children/Young Adults
An allegorical retelling of 9/11 revolving around a community of moles that must defend itself against belligerent dragons. Ages 4-8.
Breakdown: How America's Intelligence Failures Led to September 11 Bill Gertz Regnery Publishing Political/Historical Background
The author argues that the September 11 attacks succeeded in large part because of mismanagement of U.S. intelligence agencies and meddlesome oversight from Congress. Rush Limbaugh calls Gertz's discoveries "shocking" and lauds him for performing "a great service for the people of this country. "

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Brotherhood McCourt and Rudolph Giuliani and Tom Von Essen Frank Sterling Publications Tributes And Stories About Victims
A tribute in photographs and words to the firefighters who dies on September 11. An unbroken list of their names traces the bottom of each page.

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Faces of Ground Zero: Portraits of the Heroes of September 11 Joe McNally, Little, Brown, and Co Photography
150 photographs of survivors from LIFE Magazine's Joe McNally. Includes a foreword by Rudy Giuliani .

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Fallen Heroes: A Tribute from Fire Engineering, September 11, 2001 Pennwell Publishers Photography
A book of photographs from September 11 honoring the firefighters who lost their lives in the World Trade Center collapse.
Father Mychal Judge: An Authentic American Hero Michael Ford Paulist Press Tributes And Stories About Victims
A biography of the beloved fire chaplain who died while administering the last rites to a victim on 9/11.
Fireboat: The Heroic Adventures of the John J. Harvey Putnam Pub Group Juv Children/Young Adults
Geared to a pre-school to Grade 3 audience, this book explains the events of September 11, 2001 by recounting the story of the John J. Harvey, "the largest, fastest and shiniest fireboat of them all."

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Firehouse David Halberstam Hyperion Tributes And Stories About Victims
Originally an article for Vanity Fair, Firehouse chronicles Engine 40 and Ladder 35, which lost 12 men on September 11. Halberstam "does an extremely deft job of simultaneously rendering his portraits and moving the reader ever deeper into the horror of their fate."

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Here Is New York: A Democracy of Photographs Scalo Photography
A comprehensive collection of amateur and professional photographs of New York on and after September 11. Since opening its New York exhibition, Here Is New York has established itself as a not-for-profit organization dedicated to archiving and exhibiting these images around the world. This book contains nearly a thousand pages. The net proceeds from the book will be donated to charity.

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How Did This Happen? Terrorism and the New War Gideon Rose, James F. Hoge, Jr. Public Affairs Political/Historical Background
A series of essays by distinguished scholars and foreign policy experts seeks to answer this question. The essays explore the various circumstances that contributed to 9/11, including tensions in the Middle East, diplomacy, and the state of the military.
It's A Free Country: Personal Freedom in America after September 11, Vol. 1 Danny Goldberg, Victor Goldberg, Robert Greenwald Akashic Books Civil Liberties
A collection of pieces examining the Bush administration's "war on terrorism" and its implications for civil liberties. Includes a foreword by Cornel West, interviews with Congressman Barney Frank and Nat Hentoff, and pieces by Michael Moore, columnist Robert Scheer, cartoonist Matt Groening, Howard Zinn, and many others.
Longitudes and Attitudes: Exploring the World After September 11 Thomas L. Friedman Farrar Straus & Giroux Political/Historical Background
Pulitzer Prize-winner and New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman examines the state of global politics after September 11 in this collection of columns and unpublished journal entries. Curledup.com calls the book "thoughtful and highly recommended."

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Messages to Ground Zero: Children Respond to September 11, 2001 Shelley Harwayne (Compiler), New York City Board of Education, Heinemann Anthologies: Poetry, Prose, And More
This volume collects artwork, poetry, and letters written by New York City schoolchildren following 9/11.

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Militant Islam Reaches America Daniel Pipes Norton Political/Historical Background
In a series of essays, Daniel Pipes discusses the emergence of militant Islam and its arrival in western nations. The Washington Post calls it "engagingly written" but accuses Pipes of taking "simultaneously contradictory positions about the scale of the threat posed by militant Islam."

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New York September 11 powerHouse Cultural Entertainment, Incorporated. Photography
Members of the Magnum photography collective document the events of September 11, 2001 and the immediate aftermath. The Onion calls it "a deeply individualistic book, somewhere between journalistic record and personal catharsis."
New York September Eleven Two Thousand One Giorgio Baravalle, Cari Modine eds. Photography
This book memorializes the victims of the September 11 attacks by listing their names in a multipage spread. Also included are numerous photographs, as well as essays, poems, and reflections by notable contributors such as Noam Chomsky, Richard Dreyfuss, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Thomas Friedman, Bill Moyers, Salman Rushdie, and Julian Schnabel. Proceeds will benefit the International Red Cross.
New York's Bravest Mary Pope Osborne, Steve Johnson (Illustrator), Lou Fancher Knopf Children/Young Adults
An homage to the firefighters who died on September 11, this picture book for 4-8 year-olds serves tells the legend of a heroic 19th century fireman.
On That Day Andrea Patel Tricycle Press Children/Young Adults
A picture book for pre-schoolers to second-graders that tries to make sense of the calamitous events of September 11. To be released September 2002.
One Nation: America Remembers September 11, 2001 Little Brown & Company Photography
Featuring an Introduction by Rudolph Giuliani, the editors of Life magazine have compiled this collection of photographs as a tribute to the victims and survivors of the attack on the World Trade Center.
Out of the Blue: The Story of Sept. 11, 2001, From Jihad to Ground Zero Richard Bernstein and Staff of The New York Times Times Books Political/Historical Background
Drawing largely from The New York Times' coverage, Bernstein constructs a narrative of the events of September 11 while placing them in the context of the emergence of radical Islamist movements.
Pilgrimage: Looking at Ground Zero Kevin Bubriski (Photographer), Richard B. Woodward (Afte PowerHouse Cultural Entertainment, Incorporated. Photography
Photographer Kevin Bubriski made four trips to Lower Manhattan from his home in Vermont in the weeks following September 11. His photographs attempt to capture the gamut of emotions that New Yorkers experienced as the dust began to settle. Foreword by the Dalai Lama. To be released September 2002.
Poetry After 9-11: An Anthology of New York Poets Dennis Loy Johnson et al. Melville House Publishing Anthologies: Poetry, Prose, And More
A compilation of mostly unpublished work from prominent New York poets. Some pieces provide eyewitness accounts of the tragedy, while others offer more abstract reflections upon its ramifications for life in New York.
Portraits 9/11/01: The Collected "Portraits of Grief" from The New York Times Howell Raines, et al. Times Books Tributes And Stories About Victims
In the months following September 11, 2001, The New York Times published a widely acclaimed section devoted to illuminating the personal lives of as many victims as possible. These "Portraits of Grief" are collected in this single volume.
Report from Ground Zero: The Story of the Rescue Efforts at Ground Zero Dennis Smith Viking Press Historical Accounts
A retired firefighter documents the rescue and recovery efforts in Lower Manhattan.
Running Toward Danger: Stories Behind the Breaking News of 9/11 Rowman & Littlefield Historical Accounts
The story of 9/11 told by the journalists who covered it.
September 11 Photo Project Michael Feldschuh. HarperCollins. Photography
The culmination of a three-month exhibit in SoHo, this book collects work from more than 500 photographers. These photographs are now on a nation-wide tour.
September 11, 2001: American Writers Respond William Heyen Etruscan Press Anthologies: Poetry, Prose, And More
William Heyen asked numerous writers and poets, some renowned and some obscure, to submit pieces that would illuminate how September 11 has affected us as individuals and "shaken our senses of identity and security."

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September 11: A Testimony Prentice Hall. Photography
Drawing together worldwide reportage of September 11 and its aftermath, the staff of Reuters aims to provide a comprehensive view of the tragedy.
September 11: An Oral History Dean E. Murphy Doubleday Historical Accounts
A collection of eye-witness oral accounts of the September 11 attacks compiled by a writer for The New York Times.
Strong Of Heart: Life And Death In The Fire Department Of New York Thomas Von Essen ReganBooks Memoirs
In a memoir that "manages the neat trick of not joining the avalanche of bargain-basement pieties about Sept. 11," former Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen reconstructs the disaster amid the backdrop of his 31-year experience with the New York Fire Department.

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The Age of Sacred Terror: Radical Islam's War Against America Daniel Benjamin, Steven A. Simon Random House Political/Historical Background
The authors discuss how and why the 9/11 attacks succeeded, why the United States failed to prevent them, and why radical Islam poses a threat to western nations.
The Age of Terror: America and the World After September 11 Strobe Talbott, Nayan Chanda, eds. Basic Books Political/Historical Background
A collection of essays examining foreign policy in a post-September 11 context. Publishers Weekly calls the book "comprehensive and thoughtful" and "sure to feed some readers' newly whetted appetites for information on the post-post-Cold War world".

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The American Spirit: Meeting the Challenge of September 11 Time, Inc., Home Entertainment. Photography
Second in a two-volume series, The American Spirit revisits some of the survivors whose stories appeared in the previous volume, One Nation. Photographs document the recovery of the World Trade Center site. Also included are essays by James Bradley and David McCullough and an introduction by George Bush.
The Cell: Inside the 9/11 Plot, and Why the F.B.I. and C.I.A. Failed to Stop It. John Miller and Michael Stone, with Chris Mitchell. Hyperion Political/Historical Background
ABC journalist John Miller recounts his 1998 meeting with Osama bin Laden. He and co-author Michael Stone attribute Al Qaeda's success on September 11 to significant intelligence failures on the part of the United States. Though it lacks footnotes and is of "questionable historical value," Miller and Stone support their arguments with ample anecdotal evidence.

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The Day Our World Changed: Children's Art of 9/11 Robin F. Goodman, Andrea Henderson Fahnestock Abrams,Harry N Inc. Children/Young Adults
A collection of artwork from New York City-area children and teenagers. Proceeds will benefit the New York University Child Study Center and the Museum of the City of New York.
The Day the World Came to Town Jim Defede Regan Books Historical Accounts
This "astonishing collection of touching stories"documents the experiences of the residents of Gander, a Newfoundland town that attended to thousands of airline passengers whose flights were diverted on September 11.

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The Heart of a Soldier: A Story of Love, Heroism, and September 11 James B. Stewart Simon & Schuster Tributes And Stories About Victims
The story of Rick Rescorla, a decorated soldier and the head of security at Morgan Stanley who helped 2,700 people reach safety on September 11 before dying in the collapse.

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Understanding September 11th: Answering Questions About the Attacks on America Mitch Frank Viking Childrens Books Children/Young Adults
Intended for readers age 12 and up, this volume attempts to explain the basic issues involved in the September 11 attacks. Utilizing a question-and-answer format, the author addresses questions such as "What is terrorism?" and "Why did the terrorists target the United States?"
What We Saw: The Events of September 11, 2001--In Words, Pictures, and Video Simon & Schuster Historical Accounts
Drawing from the CBS News archives, this book documents the events of the September 11 through photography, essays, and eyewitness accounts. It includes a full-length DVD.

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What Went Wrong? Western Impact and Middle Eastern Response Bernard Lewis Oxford University Press Political/Historical Background
A respected scholar of the region discusses why and how the Middle East fell from the forefront of civilization to a state of relative disarray. Ultimately, Lewis stacks the blame solely on the Arab and Muslim nations themselves. Publishers Weekly calls Lewis' arguments "inconsistent" and "recycled."

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Why Terrorism Works Alan M. Dershowitz Yale University Press Political/Historical Background
The renowned civil liberties attorney argues that "religiously inspired, state sponsored terrorist groups" pose the most significant threat to the world today. He searches for a way to stem this threat while preserving individual freedom. Elie Wiesel describes the book as "written with great clarity and perception."

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With Their Eyes: September 11„The View from a High School at Ground Zero Annie Thoms HarperTempest, Publisher. Children/Young Adults
With Their Eyes collects the firsthand accounts of the World Trade Center attack from students at nearby Stuyvesant High School.
Writing in the Dust: After September 11 Rowan Williams Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Theology/Spirituality
An Anglican scholar and the recently appoint archbishop of Canterbury ponders what it means to be a Christian following the September 11 attacks. The essay is less a political manifesto than a catalyst of contemplation and reflection.

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· Giuliani Says City Was Prepared for 9/11 by Eric Lipton (New York Times)

· Low-key Rollout for Giuliani Book by Paul Colford (Daily News)

· "Rudy's Book: How I Kissed & Made Up With Gov" by Robert Hardt Jr. (New York Post)

· For Giuliani, 'Leadership' Has Privileges by Dan Janison (Newsday)

The first of two books contracted between former mayor Rudy Giuliani and Miramax Books was published on October 1, 2002. "Leadership", as the title suggests, provides the mayor's insight into his leadership style - a mix of strong beliefs, managing fear, trying different plans, teamwork and communication (source: New York Sun) - which he feels is applicable to all areas of management. Spanning 288 pages and employing anecdotes from childhood to present day, it covers his time as a federal prosecutor and mayor.

Coverage and reviews of the book are thus far limited, owing to a low-key release. Outside of U.S. News, who put the former mayor on its October 7 cover and published exclusive excerpts, the New York Times has given the most coverage. A lengthy Sunday article is critical of the mayor, citing disparities between Giuliani's assessment of the city's preparedness for the events of September 11 and those of independent inquiries. Later, writer Eric Lipton expresses surprise at what Giuliani has excluded in protraying himself as "nice". "There is none of the lambasting of his political opponents... (and) no sections of the book recall that a central part of his leadership style while in office was ridiculing agencies he did not like" he writes.

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September 11 Books (9/9/2002)
September 11 has spawned more books than any other single news event in history. Amazon.com lists nearly seven hundred 9/11-related titles in stock. Ingram Book Group, the country's largest book distributor, will release 150 new 9/11 books in the fall of 2002. Want something that strays from the mainstream? The Arts and Culture section of Rebuilding NYC includes a broad array of titles.

New Yorkers' Favorite Books (9/25/2000)
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Collections of September 11 In Culture

Books
Our list of September 11-related books, from former Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen's memoir "Strong of Heart" and the children's book "Bravemole" to the collected "Portraits of Grief" from the New York Times.

Film and Video Documentaries
This list of film documentariesincludes both short features and full-length documentaries made about September 11. Some include footage from that day, while other features focus on reaction after the attacks and different ways people have commemorated the date.

Museum Exhibitions
This list of museum exibitions (which ran at the time of the first anniversary of 9/11) focusing on September 11 includes all the exhibitions in New York City as well as some prominent showcases at the Smithsonian and other museums out of town.

Songs
A collection of songswritten about September 11. The songs come from many genres and include a broad range of emotional and political reactions to the September 11 attacks. Find out more about the music and listen to some audio clips.

Television After 9/11
Since the September 11 attacks, television has approached the tragedy in different ways. Aside from the 24-hour news coverage in the hours and days after, September 11 has also been addressed (and not addressed) in shows as diverse as "Third Watch" and "Politically Incorrect."

Theater
Our list of plays and other theatrical productionsthat respond to September 11 includes shows dealing with the aftermath of September 11. Previously exhibited plays are listed along with features that ran during the first anniversary of the attacks.

Visual and Performing Art
Our list of visual and performing artrelated to September 11 includes paintings and murals, photography exhibitions, dance and performance art.

 



Gotham Gazette Articles

Lincoln Center's Lessons for Ground Zero (08/20/03)
At the same time that Lincoln Center is "breaking up," there are plans to include a cultural center at Ground Zero. Martha Hostetter offers a list of mistakes made by Lincoln Center that the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation can avoid.

Building Community (09/09/02)
Martha Hostetter explains how the arts institutions suffered economically, even while artists helped build community.

Artists Talk About September 11 (05/10/02)
Five New Yorkers in the arts discussed life after September 11 in a panel that was part of the Tribeca Film Festival. Moderated by talk show host Jon Stewart, painter Karen Batten, performance artist Spalding Gray, actress Susan Sarandon, and playwright Wendy Wasserstein talked about their personal reactions to the events of September 11th and how it has affected their work as artists.

With a Collage of 9/11 Audio Clips, Artists Create a Ground Zero Walking Tour CD - Sep 11, 2004
From the hundreds of calls and audio clips they collected, the Kitchen Sisters created "The Sonic Memorial Project," created from hundreds of phone calls and audio clips related to 9/11, has been turned into an audio walking tour of the Trade Center site: "Ground Zero: A Sonic Memorial Soundwalk." (New York Times )

Marking 9/11's Anniversary on City Island - Sep 11, 2004
New York has its ends of the earth, odd little places so psychically removed from the rest of the city that they barely heed the urban scat. Places like City Island, that Bronx curio of a community lingering like an afterthought in the chop and sway of the Long Island Sound. But it is the second week in September, the third anniversary, and remote City Island is still New York City. (New York Times )

Football Star to Sing At 9/11 Anniversary Ceremony - Sep 10, 2004
A former football star, Morris Robinson will provide the soundtrack for Friday's ceremony at ground zero marking the third anniversary of 9/11. (New York Times )

Image of Twin Towers Remains Throughout City - Sep 9, 2004
They are lost, of course. But they have not disappeared. Three years after it seemed that the name and image of the twin towers would be mournfully expunged from the cityscape, the World Trade Center survives. Not on the skyline, but on street signs and shopping bags and book covers, in Fire Department insignia and the logo of the Alliance for Downtown New York, in a subway station and a parking garage, at the gateway to SoHo and in the lobby of an apartment building that was especially hard hit on Sept. 11, 2001. (New York Times )

Frederic Schwartz: Designer of Two 9/11 Memorials - Sep 9, 2004
Frederic Schwartz is standing on a peninsula at Liberty State Park where ground is to be broken tomorrow for the 9/11 memorial he has designed for New Jersey, only three-and-a-half hours after ground is broken in Westchester County for the 9/11 memorial he has designed there. But for a moment, his sad eyes are not focused on the empty sky across the Hudson River where the World Trade Center is supposed to be. (New York Times )

Art Exhibit Traces Children's Recovery from 9/11 - Sep 9, 2004
The magic marker drawing of an empty baseball diamond adorned with two little yellow crosses told Allison Hobbs just how much her 12-year-old son, Steven, misses his dad, who was killed on 9/11. (New York Daily News)

Photographing Ground Zero, Minute by Minute - Sep 8, 2004
In the fall of 2001 when the dust and ash from the World Trade Center were still in the air, Jim Whitaker, a documentary filmmaker, decided to photograph everything happening at ground zero. By the spring of 2002 three cameras were pointed at the pit, each taking one shot every five minutes, round the clock. Months later, three more cameras were added. That was the beginning of Project Rebirth, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating a historical record of the rebuilding. (New York Times )

Covering the Terror, Again - Aug 25, 2002
Media coverage of the September 11 one-year anniversary will dwarf that of previous remembrances for the Oklahoma City bombing, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. (Newsday)

Theater Artists Commemorate 9/11 - Aug 21, 2002
One year after the terrorist attacks, nearly 150 theater artists will commemorate Sept. 11 with "Brave New World: American Theatre Responds to 9/11." The star-studded theater marathon, consisting of about 50 short plays and songs responding to the tragedy, will run Sept. 9 through Sept. 11 at the midtown performance venue Town Hall. (Newsday)

More Than 150 Sept. 11 Books to Hit Shelves - Aug 19, 2002
Ranging from glossy photography books to terrorism primers, more than 150 books about Sept. 11 and every issue surrounding it are flooding bookstores for the one-year anniversary. The publishers themselves admit there are too many books, and say they expect only mediocre sales. But bookstores, buoyed by strong sales from the earlier Sept. 11 books, are ordering nearly every book out there, even if only one or two copies. (Crain's New York Business)

A TV Rush, at Times Crass, Over Sept. 11 - Aug 19, 2002
With the first anniversary of the national trauma little more than three weeks away, news organizations are gearing up. Newspapers and news magazines are planning special sections or series. But it is broadcast journalists, whose medium demands immediacy, who may be feeling most competitive for access to the people they believe can help recapture the collective memory of last year's horror. (New York Times)

Smithsonian Struggles With 9/11 - Aug 13, 2002
Former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani's cell phone and baseball cap, a stairwell sign from the World Trade Center, a piece of limestone from the Pentagon, a uniform from a Navy officer who rescued a Pentagon victim. Those are some of the items that will be on display when the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History opens its exhibit, "September 11: Bearing Witness to History," on the anniversary of the attacks. (Associated Press)

Broadway Shows To Be Closed September 11 - Aug 6, 2002
Many Broadway theaters will go dark on Wednesday, Sept. 11, the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks. Traditionally, theaters offer matinee and evening performances on Wednesdays. The following shows have announced there will be no performances that day: "Aida," "Beauty and the Beast," "Chicago," "42nd Street," "Frankie and Johnny in the Clair de Lune," "The Graduate," "Into the Woods," "Les Miserables," "The Lion King," "Mamma Mia!," "Noises Off," "Oklahoma!," "Rent" and "Urinetown." (Newsday)



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