Foreword; R.Stewart SECTION I: NEW NARRATIVES AND THE MEDIA Aggressive Action in Search of a Dominant Narrative; M.Dubnick, D.F.Olshfski & K.Callahan 9/11 and the Social Construction of a National Narrative; R.Jackson Battle of Narratives: The Real Central Front against al Qaeda; P.J.Crowley Islamic Terrorism: The Red Menace of the 21st Century; K.Wiegand Searching for the Public in a Time of Endless War; J.F.Tracy The Resurgence of U.S. Public Diplomacy after 9/11; N.Snow Leaving the Cave: Government, the Media and the Information Age; D.Bobiash & S.Moore A Distracted Media: Sidetracked and Hoodwinked; L.Finnegan SECTION II: THE ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT Reading Afghanistan post 9/11; S.McClennen 9/11 in the Novel; K.Versluys Poetry, a New Voice for Dissent; M.G.Bouvard 'all language bankrupt': The Hip Hopoetics of Suheir Hammad; M.Newman Libraries, Archives, and the Pursuit of Access; R.J.Knuth & M.V.Cloonan Hollywood 9/11: Time of Crisis; T.Pollard Screaming Her Way into the Hearts of Post-9/11 Audiences: Dakota Fanning as Child Star; K.Merlock Jackson Sporting Spectacle and the Post-9/11 Patriarchal Body Politic; M.Silk & M.Falcous NASCAR's Role Post-9/11: Supporting All Things American; P.Haridakis & L.Hugenberg