civilization and the lack of spiritual depth in mass culture, but as these essays show, there is a spark of imaginative critical thought still brewing. These essays address race, assimilation, American civilization, and broken dreams contrasted with elusive spaces for imagination in art, literature and community. We find ourselves divining madness in American values, and sanity in progressive ideals; as we find that things that sound too fair are fantastical indeed and some that smile have in their hearts millions of mischiefs. Contributors include: Mark Blickley, Robert Bly, Regina M. Buccola, Paul F. Cummins, Richard Ford, Emilio De Grazia, Steven H. Gale, Carole L. Glickfeld, David Goldstein-Shirley, Christina Gombar, Leo Haber, Paul Hansom, Martin Lopez, Naton Leslie, Nancy J. Levine, Ken McManus, Kenneth Pobo, Simone Poirier-Bures, Robert Reid, Elizabeth Ruiz, Ben Satterfield, Greg Simon, Leslie Simon, Floyd Skloot, David Starkey, Mark Terrill and Adelia Williams.

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