Poetry Cultural Writing. Phootography. SHOCK AND AWE is an abecedarian effort to reclaim language that has been debased in the politics of the "war on terror." Over 70 international scholars, artists and poets explore the political meaning of words through essays, photographs, poems and found documents. Sometimes funny, sometimes frightening, consistently informative and provocative. Contributors include: Wendy Brown, Angela Davis, Mike Davis, Jonathan Fox, Donna Haraway, Sven Lindqvist, Carole Simmons Oles, Mary Louise Pratt, Vincent Rafael, Adrienne Rich, Renato Rosaldo, Marilyn Strathern, Kath Weston.