"The Wire, both as a critical model and as an object of criticism, matters precisely because of the emerging present and the constantly expanding footprint of its reflexive vantage point. This special issue of Criticism comprises its contributors' commitment to bring The Wire forward while looking backward."
-From the preface by Robert LeVertis Bell and Paul M. Farber 

Criticism 52.3-4 is a special double issue on The Wire, the HBO series heralded by many critics as the greatest television show of all time.  The issue first grew out of an interdisciplinary symposium at the University of Michigan called "Heart of the City: Black Urban Life on The Wire," held January 2009. Several essays in this collection were first shared at the symposium; others were written expressly for this issue. Each essay considers a formal concept or organizing principle of the series, and extrapolates and explores an argument therein.

Edited by Robert LeVertis Bell and Paul M. Farber, this issue is a must-have for any fan of the critically-acclaimed series.

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