Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies

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1 Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies Volume 2000, Issue Article 1 Front matter, Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 19 (2000) Copyright c 2000 by the authors. Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies is produced by The Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress).

2 2000 David Banash on Activist Desire, Cultural Criticism, and the Situationist International Drama: Bronwen Bitetti s Halfway to Florida and Joseph Ferron Hiatt s A Thorough Drowning Photo essays by Sok Lin Lim, Andrew Steele, and Conrad Brent Schmidt Nonfiction Essay by Michelle Morano Poems by One Buchanan, Tanya Larkin, Mathew Miller, Suzanne Buffam, Sally Keith, Srikanth Reddy, Angus Bennett, Leslie Madsen, Brian Waniewski, Christine Kuan, Gene Tanta, John Harper, Joyelle McSweeney, Karla Kelsey, and Laurel Snyder Book Reviews

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4 UNIVERSITY OF IOWA IOWA JOURNAL OF CULTURAL STUDIES I University of Iowa Iowa City, Iowa

5 Cover design: Bruce McLeod. The Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies is managed and edited by graduate students at The University of Iowa. We publish the work of people currently or recently enrolled in graduate programs at the university. We publish one issue annually and accept submissions from August through February each year. T o submit work, send two hard copies of your manuscript and a 3.5" disk containing your manuscript. Do not include your name on the manuscript, as all submissions are viewed anonymously. Include a cover letter indicating your name, address, title(s) of your work, and when you attended The University of Iowa. Critical essays and book reviews should follow the guidelines of the M IA Style Manual. Submissions of poetry should be limited to seven poems. The editors cannot accept responsibility for copies of work submitted. We return copyrights to authors for a small fee. Submissions and inquiries should be directed to The Editor, Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, 308 EPB, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa Telephone (319) Copyright 2000 by the University of Iowa All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America

6 Editor. Assistant Editor. Critical Essay Editor: Drama Editor. Photo Essay Editor. Poetry Editor. Book Review Editor: Michael Lewis Kevin Quirk Michael Augspurger Scott Working Ayana Abdallah Dan Beachy-Quick Sophie Lesinska Acknowledgments: Sincere thanks goes to the faculty and staff of the English Department for their continuing support and the Association of Graduate Students in English (AGSE). Thanks also to the University of Iowa Student Government (UISG), an organization which contributes to our funding, and to Diane Thomas of the University of Iowa s Department of Printing.

7 VOLUME 19 CONTENTS Leslie J. Madsen David Banash Angus Bennett Brian Waniewski Conrad Schmidt Christine Kuan Gene Tanta Bronwen Bitetti John Harper Joyelle McSweeney Michelle Morano Karla Kelsey Laurel Snyder Sok Lin Lim 1 Sculling 2 Activist Desire, Cultural Criticism, and the Situationist International 18 Sonnet with Dark Woman, Approximately 19 7: Match Moral 20 Photoessay 23 Absence 24 My Milkman's Passage of Remorse Through Milkweed 26 Halfway to Florida 40 The Police Caves 41 'From fairest creatures we desire increase' 42 Against Loss: Choosing Non-Fiction 46 Remembered/Replayed (or Britt and Alex's Abandoned Objects) 48 Long Walk: The Day Before 49 Photoessay

8 Srikanth Reddy 57 Frontier Sally Keith May October Joseph Ferron Hiatt 60 A Thorough Drowning Suzanne Buffam 67 The Rendition Mathew Miller 68 Two Signs Tanya Larkin 70 Math of the Hunt One Buchanan 72 Cryptography Andrew Steele 74 Photoessay Patrick Muller Eleanor Hayes McConnell J.P. Craig 77 Book Reviews 86 Notes on Contributors

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