Sep 1, 2011 ... Distance. Between Two. Rivers. Nicholas Rinaldi. (2004). The Garden of Last
Days. Andre Dubus. III (2008). The Brooklyn. Follies. Paul Auster.
Collected Works How artists, writers, musicians, filmmakers, video-game designers, and quilters responded to the a ttacks—a selection. Fiction
Theater
Movies
Poetry
TV
Music
Art
Comic books
by hua hsu “Try to Praise the Mutilated World” Adam Zagajewski (2001)
False Impression Jeffrey Archer (2006)
Burnt Shadows Kamila Shamsie (2009)
Life on September 10
Remember Me (2010) Night Fall Nelson DeMille (2004)
“September Tenth” Third Watch (2001)
A Moment of Silence (2001)
World Trade Center (2006)
While trying to figure out the difference between Iraq and Iran:
“Where Were You (When the World Stopped Turning)” Alan Jackson (2001)
Via e-mail in Cardiff, Wales:
Eleven David Llewellyn (2007)
Let the Great World Spin Colum McCann (2009)
The Garden of Last Days Andre Dubus III (2008)
9/11: HOW IT LOOKED
In Portland, Oregon:
“Far Away” Sleater-Kinney (2002)
Witnessed From a Distance
Over a breakfast of turkey bacon in Southern California:
“Tell Me Why” Will Smith and Mary J. Blige (2005)
By a London shock jock:
Dead Air Iain Banks (2003)
By Bangladeshi immigrants in England:
Brick Lane Monica Ali (2003)
Pattern Recognition William Gibson (2003)
Tiger Cruise (2004)
TROUBLED TIMES
Finding Love in … Dealing With the I.N.S in …
Love Is the Dear John Higher Law Nicholas David Sparks Levithan (2006) (2009) “Hole in the World” The Eagles (2003)
“Hole in the Sky” Juliana Hatfield (2005)
“Fallacies of Wonder” Richard Howard (2002)
While webslinging:
Amazing From Jersey Spiderman, City: Vol. 2, #36 (2001) “Skylines and Turnstiles” My Chemical Romance (2002) From a Manhattan school:
The Sorrows of An American Siri Hustvedt (2008) From Tribeca:
Amid the rubble:
American East (2008) The Comforts of Family in …
In the throes of adulterous ecstasy: From Brooklyn Heights:
A Disorder Peculiar to the Country Ken Kalfus (2006)
The Mercy Seat Neil LaBute (2002)
Falling Man Don DeLillo (2007)
Indecision Benjamin Kunkel (2005)
From West 11th Street: Witnessed From Quite Close
3 Weeks After Paradise Israel Horovitz (2002)
From the top of the North Tower:
From the Brooklyn Bridge:
The Writing on the Wall Lynne Sharon Schwartz (2005)
Home Boy H. M. Navqi (2009)
Windows on the World Frederic Beigbeder (2005)
Chronic City Jonathan Lethem (2009) It Happened the Same, But What Followed Was Different
Netherland “The Joseph Wandering O’Neill Wingless” (2008) Philip Schultz (2007)
“The Innocent” Goldfinger, Good Charlotte, and Mest (2005)
“We’re All New Yorkers Now” Chris Barron (2001)
Angle of Yaw Ben Lerner (2006)
“The Evil Has Landed” Testament (2008) “What More Can I Give?” Michael Jackson and friends (2003)
The Comforts of Strangers in …
The Great New Wonderful (2005) Sorry, Haters (2005)
The Call of Duty (2002)
Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You Peter Cameron (2007)
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Jonathan Safran Emperor’s Foer (2006) Children Claire Messud (2006)
I Saw You Walking Deborah Garrison (2001)
“Anything Can Happen” Seamus Heaney (2004)
The Boys Wildstorm (2006)
Twilight of the Superheroes Deborah Eisenberg (2006)
Coming of Age in …
Building a Cricket Pitch in …
THE MEMORY OF THE TOWERS
In the throes of the drug ecstasy:
Saffron Dreams Shaila Abdullah (2010)
“Rules” Wu-Tang Clan (2002)
“NYC” Interpol (2002)
“This Ain’t No Rag, It’s a Flag” Charlie Daniels (2001)
“Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue (the Angry American)” Toby Keith (2002)
“Raise Up (USA Flag Remix)” Petey Pablo (2001)
“Have You Forgotten?” Darryl Worley (2003) Heroes (2001)
“Red White and Blue (Love It or Leave It)” Lynyrd Skynyrd (2003)
“Welcome to Hell” Trace Adkins (2003)
“The Guys” Anne Nelson (2001)
“Let’s Roll” Neil Young (2001)
“When the Eagle Cries” Iced Earth (2004)
To the First Responders
“Believe” Yellowcard (2003)
As 8-bit video game:
Hell for Hire Anthony Michael Sneed (2011)
THE OBJECTIFIED 9/11
Attack on WTC 9/11 Todd Webb (2007) In the Shadow of No Towers Art Spiegelman (2004)
To American Vengeance
“Prayer” Disturbed (2002)
THE SUBLIME 9/11
In Legos:
To New York
Defender (2002)
Fringe (2008–present)
WTC 9/11 Steve Reich, (2009)
“Recovering Chinatown” Museum of Chinese in America (2002)
“First Writing Since” Suheir Hammad (2002)
“The Art Of 9/11” (2005)
“The 7 Lights” Paul Chan, (2008)
Specimen Days Michael Cunningham (2005)
“Ground Zero” Cash & Computa (2001)
“Reactions” Exit Art (2002)
11’09”01 September 11 (2002)
It’s a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
It Happened Even in an Alternate Universe (Kind Of)
On the “New York Transmigration American Spell, Of Souls 2001” John Adams Tom Sleigh (2003) (2003) “Curse” Frank Bidart (2002)
It Never Happened
“When the Towers Fell” Galway Kinnell (2002)
“Isaac and Ishmael” The West Wing (2001) The 25th Hour (2002)
Man in the Dark Paul Auster (2008)
Knowing (2009)
Ex Machina (2004–2010)
Crossers Philip Caputo (2009)
Family Trauma in …
PROPHECIES, TIME TRAVEL, AND ALTERNATE HISTORIES
We Knew It Would Happen
The Domestic Crusaders Wajahat Ali (2005)
Small Town Lawrence Block (2003)
Barriers Rehana Mirza (2002)
A Gate at the Stairs Lorrie Moore (2009)
Vision Quest Road Trips in …
Emerald City John Vanderslice (2007)
The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah Stephen King (2004)
Reign Over Me (2007)
CoolHunting in …
The Good Life Jay McInerney (2006) Onboard an aircraft carrier in San Diego:
Aliens in America (2007–2008)
The Lives of Moles in …
Flight 93 (2006)
110 Stories Sarah Tuft (2001)
The Comforts of Quilting in …
Mooz-lum (2010)
Saturday Ian McEwan (2005)
Aging in …
Recent Tragic Events Craig Wright (2002)
9/11: REENACTED
Sleep “America Secure From the Nancy Heart: Buchanan Quilters (2004) Remember September 11, 2001” (2001) Amreeka (2009)
Reading the Times in …
Everyman Philip Roth (2006)
Bravemole Lynne Jonell (2002)
The Brooklyn Follies Paul Auster (2005)
Life Before September 10
Homeland Security (2004)
United 93 (2006)
14 Cows for America Carmen Agra Deedy (2009)
Between Two Rivers Nicholas Rinaldi (2004)
Fireboat Maira Kalman (2002)
The Path to 9/11 (2006)
From a village in Kenya:
Wait C. K. Williams (2010)
Not included: Nonfiction, Polemic, Trutherism
THE WAY WE WERE
We All Fall Down Eric Walters (2006)
Video games, zoetropes, and other uncategorizables
“Two Poems From ‘The Day’ ” “The New Kenneth York Times” Goldsmith Everclear (2009) (2003)
As flipbook:
9/11 Flipbook Scott Blake (2005)
As zoetrope:
“9/11 Zoetrope” Scott Blake (2011)
As handheld game:
Laden vs. USA (2005)
“An Open Sleeper Cell Letter to NYC” (2005–2007) Beastie Boys (2004) The War Within (2005) “John Walker’s Blues” Steve Earle (2002)
Rescue Me (2004–2011)
“Mychal” Black 47 (2004)
Terrorist John Updike (2006)
To “The Other”
“Song for John Walker” D.J. Krush, ft. Anticon (2002)
TRIBUTES
“Jihad” Slayer (2006)
Atta Jarett Kobeck (2011)
Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin Hamid (2007)
“El Último Adiós” Ricky Martin, Christina Aguilera, et al. (2002)
To the “American Spirit”
“Tuesday Morning” Melissa Etheridge (2004)
The Rising Bruce Springsteen (2002)
“Undivided” Jon Bon Jovi (2002) “Freedom” Paul McCartney (2001)
