Presents a collection of critical essays on poetry, art, culture, and politics that investigates the state of these fields by bringing together writings on the work of a number of poets and artists. This book covers authors, artists, and topics such as the Barbie Liberation Organization, globalization, Allan Sekula, September 11th, and more.

Essays cover authors, artists, and topics such as the Barbie Liberation Organization, Anselm Berrigan, Brenda Coultas, documentary aesthetics, Benjamin Friedlander, globalization, Andreas Gursky, Renee Gladman, Kevin Killian, David LaChapelle, Harryette Mullen, Mark Nowak, Keith Piper, pirate radio, "post-black" art, Martha Rosler, Edward Sanders, Andrew Schelling, Allan Sekula, September 11th, Prageeta Sharma, Roberto Tejada, Lorenzo Thomas, Anne Waldman, and the Zapatistas.