Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies Volume 2000, Issue 19 2000 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). https://ir.uiowa.edu/ijcs
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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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.
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
Srikanth Reddy 57 Frontier Sally Keith 58 20 May 59 07 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