Table of Contents
Readings
Michael Shilling, The Greatest Cold War Albums
Vanja Thompson, My Life In Fashion
David Greenberger, Whats the Worst Trouble You Were Ever In?
Jules Price, The Index Of Contemporary Literature
David David Katzman, Blank
Mike Topp, All Up In Your Business
Nato Thompson, Cultural Nausea: Taking On the Real World
Fiction
Five Short Fictions by John Keene:
Out There
Bonnie Jack: The Next Time (1918)
The African Roebling
To Karl Van B.
Wittgenstein On Beauty (After Socrates)
Cris Mazza, Sister, Daughter, Wife
Caitlin ONeill, Gravity
Frances Sherwood, No Sniveling: Heartland History In the Making
Mike Newirth, The Hedon
Gary Pike, Gary Pike Letters
Gary Pike, Jr., Gary Pike and the Gary Pike American Writers Workshops Present Proudly...This Is About My Big Paintball Experience
Jim Gladstone, Three Boys, Playing Rough
Tim W. Brown, Walking Man
Essays
M.D. Tschaepe, Eat Your Phallus! A Lacanian Interpretation Of Corporate Restaurants
John Commorato, Jr., The Lucky Steer Goes Fishing: The Buffeting Of America
David Andrews, Some Obstacles To Innovation In the Novel
Wayne C. Booth, Sayvray, OR: Ten Easy Lessons in How the Hearing-Challenged Can Survive a Cocktail Party, Whether the Hearing-Aid is Working Or Not
Poetry
Two poems by Rebecca Wolff:
Another Brainless Preadolescent Says My Ass Is For Sale
In Egypt the Traveler Falls Into the Arms of a Despairing Stranger
Three poems by Mark Wallace:
New Misdemeanors
Romanticism & Wal Mart
Daredevil
Two poems by Wislawa Szymborska, Translated by Joanna Trzeciak:
Bruegels Two Monkeys
On the Tower Of Babel
Project Pages & Art
Phil Bristow, LSD Ride
Patrick Welch, P-Head Invasion
Joe Baldwin, Project:
Singer
Singers
Holes
Strategic Hamlets
Jackfrost
Flower Cult
Vince Dermody, 33 Jobs I Was Fired From
Art Shay, Nelson Algren Photo Narrative
Jonathon Keegan, Sketchbook Pages
Michael Bonfiglio, Its the Thought Of the Night
Illustrations
Derek Van Geison
Ralph Syverson
Cover by Patrick Welch
CD image by Marcel Dzama
Tracks on the CD
1. Michael Workman, Bells of Strasbourg Cathedral
2. Joshuah Bearman, Dungeon Level, Lento
3. Michael Andor Brodeur & Klaus Hubben, Now Appearing
4. Danny Black & Kevin McDonough, Im Hostile?
5. Jon Langford, Digging A Hole
6. Frank DiCostanzo, Rendezvous With You
7. John Greenfields Rock Band, Womens Ultimate Frisbee
8. Cheryl Trykv, Maxi Pad
9. Eiren Caffall, Childs Pose
10. Geoff Greenberg, Wannabe Superhero
11. Jim Munroe & Susan Bustos, Royalty-Free Images
12. The Goblins, The Lord Pursued
13. Andy Hopkins, Rock Wont Save the World
14. Janice Eidus, Phone Chat
15. L.D. Beghtol & Moth Wranglers, Pledge
16. Joshuah Bearman, Desert Level, Allegretto
17. Jason McDermott & Julie Liu, Exercise in Feedback Experiment #1
18. Jake Juros, Interview with Andrei Codrescu
19. T.V. Pow, T.V. Pow Plays Instruments
20. John Barth, A Detective & A Turtle
21. Andrew Creighton, Jogging Suit
22. Todd Dills, Triptych: On the Front Lines of City Planning
23. FuzFon, The Garden
24. Negativland, Ezekial Tacker, Triangularists Society
25. Ashtray Boy, Outdoor Cinema
26. Colette Inez, Ernie & Catherine Awash In Lucerne
27. Lawrence Krauser, Linister Noon
28. Paul McComas, (You Killed My) Goldfish
29. Michael Workman, Organ Grinder in Paris