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When Dana Gioia's essay "Can Poetry Matter?" appeared in the Atlantic in 1991, it sparked a firestorm of debate and discussion over the role of the poet in today's world - a dialogue in which Gioia participated on radio, television, and in print. One of the more stimulating and provocative figures on our literary horizon, and the author of two widely praised books of poems, Gioia is also an essayist of wide renown. This collection of essays demonstrates...
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In this lively contribution to public dialogue on macroeconomic policy, Nossiter presents a journalistic look at economic policy across a span of 60 years, with particular focus on the last few decades. The author addresses with style and wit such liberal concerns as the failure of monetarism, the defense establishment, and growing inequality, citing illustrations rather than statistics. ISBN 0-06-435853-4: $22.50.
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Brian Attebery's "strategies of fantasy" include not only the writer's strategies for inventing believable impossibilities, but also the reader's strategies for enjoying, challenging, and conspiring with the text. Drawing on a number of current literary theories (but avoiding most of their jargon), Attebery makes a case for fantasy as a significant movement within postmodern literature rather than as a simple exercise of nostalgia. Attebery examines...
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In this illuminating look at two Chicano gangs in East Los Angeles, Joan W. Moore examines the changes and continuities among three generations of barrio gangs. As a sequel to the author's award-winning study, Homeboys (Temple, 1979), this book returns to the same neighborhoods to chart the development of gang behavior, especially in terms of violence and drug use, and to compare experiences of male and female gang members. In a remarkable research...
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As American as jazz or rock and roll, comic books have been central in the nation's popular culture since Superman's 1938 debut in Action Comics #1. Selling in the millions each year for decades, comic books have figured prominently in the childhoods of most Americans alive today. The author offers a history of the comic book industry within the context of twentieth-century American society. From Batman's Depression-era battles against corrupt local...
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