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Paul Foss is the publishing editor of the art magazines Art & Text (Melbourne, Sydney, Los Angeles, 1981–2002) and artUS (Los Angeles, 2003-ongoing). He is a renowned translator, anthologist, and author, whose publications include Island in the Stream: Myths of Place in Australian Culture.  Robert McKenzie is an Australian artist currently based in New York. Rex Butler teaches art history at the University of Queensland, Brisbane. His published work includes Jean Baudrillard: The Defense of the Real.  Ross Chambers is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of French and Comparative Literature at the University of Michigan. His many books include Facing It: AIDS Diaries and the Death of the Author.  Simon Rees is a former curator at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth, New Zealand, and is currently curator at the Contemporary Art Center in Vilnius, Lithuania.

• Foreword : The Ampersand Years (Ross Chambers) Introduction: Explicit Content, The Early Issues (Robert McKenzie) I. Torsos in a Publisher's Gallery: An Open Letter (Paul Foss) II. Producing the Line (Paul Foss interviewed by Rob McKenzie) III. Peripheral Burnout (Paul Foss interviewed by Rex Butler) VI. Woes of the Pharisees (Paul Foss interviewed by Simon Rees)