Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction: The Talk of Criticism -- 1 Stanley Agonistes: An Interview with Stanley Fish -- 2 Writing in Concert: An Interview with Cathy Davidson, Alice Kaplan, Jane Tompkins, and Marianna Torgovnick -- 3 Only Connect: An Interview with Gerald Graff -- 4 English in America Revisited: An Interview with Richard Ohmann -- 5 Between Generations: An Interview with Morris Dickstein -- 6 New New York Intellectual: An Interview with Louis Menand -- 7 Canon and Curriculum: An Interview with Paul Lauter -- 8 Instituting Cultural Studies: An Interview with E. Ann Kaplan -- 9 Theory into Practice: An Interview with Barbara Foley -- 10 From the Left: An Interview with Alan Wald -- 11 Politics and Philosophy: An Interview with Nancy Fraser -- 12 The Worldly Philosopher: An Interview with K. Anthony Appiah -- 13 Sedgwick Unplugged: An Interview with Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick -- 14 Citizen Berlant: An Interview with Lauren Berlant -- 15 Undisciplined: An Interview with Andrew Ross -- 16 History and Hope: An Interview with Robin D. G. Kelley -- About the Editor.