After the seventies, after a celebration of post-modernism' which reflected the experimentation of the times, American fiction returned to a more literal form. Juncture is a book of writers who have skipped a generation and embraced literary experimentation: absurdist, stream-of-consciousness, science fiction, based in rhythm with the influence of poetry. This collection reflects not only the jagged rhythms of contemporary American writing, but also of American life itself with all its hyphenations, its immigrants and its migrants.'