Disappearance of the Outside: A Manifesto for Escape

Codrescu warns of a ``new electronic globe'' where machines and gadgets are stifling creativity, thought and imagination. These are ``acute if alarmist essays for a rebirth of the imagination, with a nod to surrealism and Dada,'' said PW. Codrescu ``maps a terrain where life seems increasingly devoid of meaning.'' (Apr.)