ModPo Database Artist: John Cage

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text of an excerpt from Cage's "Writing through Howl"

text of an excerpt from Cage’s “Writing through Howl”

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text: poem or poems
text of three pages on "Writing through Howl" by Marjorie Perloff

text of three pages on “Writing through Howl” by Marjorie Perloff

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text: criticism or other
text of Cage's adagia

text of Cage’s adagia

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text: poem or poems
discussion of Cage's adagia

discussion of Cage’s adagia

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video: further poem discussion
0:20:38
John Cage discusses why he seeks to "mak[e] English less understandable"

John Cage discusses why he seeks to “mak[e] English less understandable”

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audio: discussion
0:01:50
discussion of Cage's "Writing through Howl"

discussion of Cage’s “Writing through Howl”

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video: primary poem discussion
0:17:46
text of Cage's "Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake"

text of Cage’s “Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake”

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text: poem or poems
John Cage performs "Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake"

John Cage performs “Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake”

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video: performance
0:57:59
PoemTalk on Cage's "Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake

PoemTalk on Cage’s “Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake

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video: primary poem discussion
1:13:33
PoemTalk on Cage's "Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake" (program notes)

PoemTalk on Cage’s “Writing for the Second Time through Finnegans Wake” (program notes)

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audio: PoemTalk
discussion of John Cage's ideas about making English less understandable and teaching

discussion of John Cage’s ideas about making English less understandable and teaching

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video: further poem discussion
0:08:44
discussion of John Cage's idea of demilitarizing language through poetry

discussion of John Cage’s idea of demilitarizing language through poetry

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video: further poem discussion
0:11:59
discussion on John Cage's conception of beauty

discussion on John Cage’s conception of beauty

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video: further poem discussion
0:10:13
John Cage's "An Autobiographical Statement"

John Cage’s “An Autobiographical Statement”

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text: biography or profile
Oral history interview with John Cage, May 2, 1974

Oral history interview with John Cage, May 2, 1974

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audio: discussion
0:05:00
discussion of Cage's ideas about making English less understandable & teaching

discussion of Cage’s ideas about making English less understandable & teaching

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video: further poem discussion
0:08:44