Part 1 Extending interaction theory: from whence, to whither, Chicago-style interactionism, Anselm Strauss; identity theory - its development, research base, and prospects, Sheldon Stryker; why I went into the laboratory and what we found, Carl J. Couch. Part 2 Review symposium: the werald, Edward Rose; the woruld, Edward Rose; the theoretic construction in the ethno-inquiries, Edward Rose; glossing the wearld, Laurel Richardson; on the wearld by Edward Rose, George Psathas. Part 3 New beginnings: sociological poetics, Stefan Timmermans; glancing off the postmodern wall - a visit to the making of "Zulu Dawn", Nate Kohn; the other end of the line, Greg Seigworth; warp speed in Barcelona - olympism, ideology and experience, Robert Rinehart; lobstering out of narrow river - minding one's grasp, Richard V. Travisano; my bloody valentine, Allen Shelton. Part 4 New empirical and theoretical inquiries: the ethical face of commonplace malice - convolutions of the divided subject, Alan Blum; experiencing Hurricane Andrew - environment and everyday life, Kenneth J. Smith and Linda Liska Belgrave; nature's a joker - self and reality worlds for Simmel, Ibsen, Dick and Durkheim, Jules Wanderer; life course as reflexive object - some constitutional elements in the life histories of working-class men, Gerald Handel.