Contents -- Kathryn Born-FOREWORD -- Janet Kopolos-The Way We Were -- DEREK GUTHRIE and JANE ALLEN Founding Editors 1973-1982 -- Frank Pannier-A Painter Reviews Chicago, Part I -- Frank Pannier-A Painter Reviews Chicago, Part II -- Jane Allen and Derek Guthrie-The Tradition -- Michael Rabiger-Letter to Aspiring Filmmakers -- Peter Schjeldahl-Dear Profession of Art Writing -- Joshua Kind-The Flavin File -- Keith Morrison-Art Criticism -- Lynne Warren-N.A.M.E. at Six -- Ed Paschke-Speakeasy -- Alice Thorson-Young Chicagoans Prefer Engagement to Avant -Gardism -- II-Ann Lee Morgan, E ditor 1979-1982-THE NEW ART EXAMINER THREE DECADES AGO -- Carol E Harmel-The Word Vs . The Image -- Janet Koplos-Reflections on Glass -- Michael Starenko-A Reader's Guide to Structuralist Criticism -- Jane Allen-The (Declining) Power of Review -- III-JAMES YOOD, E ditor 1984-1987-Introduction -- Joanna Frueh-Explicit-Towards a Feminist Theory of Art Criticism -- Alice Thorson and James Yood-Who Follows the Hairy Who? -- Peter Schjeldahl-'Chicagoization' -- Hilton Kramer-The Art Scene of the '80s -- Connie Samaras-Sponsors hip or Censors hip -- The Guerrilla Girls- Speakeasy -- Donald Kuspit-The 'Madness' of Chicago Art -- IV-Ann Wiens Editor -- Ann Wiens-On View -- Steve Hohenboken- Comfort Cut on the (Gender ) Bias -- Hamza Walker-Public Domain -- Steven C . Dubin-Art's Demise -- Hamza Walker-Please Pay Attention Please -- María José Barandiarán- . . . In a Place Like This ? -- Jeff Huebner-Bigger, Better, Faster, More? -- Sarah Vowell-On View -- VJAN ESTEP, Editor-1979-1982-A Day In The Life -- Henry A . Giroux-Heroin Chic, Trendy Aesthetics ,and the Politics of Pathology -- Donald Kuspit-Art Is Dead -- Jan Estep-Ha Ha Ha -- Michelle Grabner-Test Family -- Dan S. Wang-Kerry James Marshall -- David Robbins-Notes on a Midwest Make Over -- Biographies -- Acknowledgments.