Contemporary Absurdities, Existential Crises, and Visual Art Historical fiction Each section is dedicated to

Each section is dedicated to a specific discipline or division of dentistry

Samoan-born Albert Wendt was working as a teacher in Samoa when he wrote the autobiographical Sons for the Return Home

Miles of shelf space in contemporary Japanese bookstores and libraries are devoted to travel guides

such as how to buy and sell stocks

A missing child

Contemporary Absurdities, Existential Crises, and Visual Art Historical fiction Each section is dedicated toAn investigation of the absurd as a condition of, a tactic for, and a subject in the contemporary. The absurd is a lens on the disturbances of our moment and a challenge to the propositions about and solutions for the world. The absurd shakes off the paralysis that what we know must be the only thing we (re)produce. Those willing to recognize that truth and confront it, rather than flee from it, are thereby introduced to the political writ large.