On Nanni Balestrini's 'Blackout'
Nanni Balestrini’s Blackout is a requiem for the generation of 1968, whose hopes and ideals were exhausted by the time of the poem’s composition in 1979. The original impetus for the poem was the blackout in New York on July 13, 1977, that lasted for twenty-five hours and drew widespread media attention due to countless episodes of violence and looting.
To understand Italy one must understand the United States. — Sylvère Lotringer / Christian Marazzi
Segue Distributing catalogs 1980-1993
I worked with James Sherry in establishing Segue Distributing in 1980.
I edited the initial set of catalogs (til 1986).
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(courtesry the Digital Library at the Electronic Poetry Center)