Foreword by J. Hoberman; Preface; Binghamton Babylon: (a nonfiction novel); Introduction; The Voices; The Weave; 1. Emergence; 2. First Flush; 3. Maelstrom; 4. Collision; 5. New Directions; 6. Younger Colleagues and More Visitors; 7. Politics; 8. Denouement; Appendix 1: "A Pedagogical Cinema"; Appendix 2: Ken Jacobs by Art Spiegelman; Acknowledgments; Index