This volume addresses the question of the viability of avant-guarde practice under the conditions of post-modernism. *Contributors: Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Johanna Drucker, Bonita Rhoads, Michael Begnal, Lisa Jarnot, Ann Vickery, Christian Bök, Robert Archambeau, Mairéad Byrne, Ralph Berry, Trey Strecker, Keston Sutherland, Robert Sheppard.