David Antin

Growing up in Brooklyn in the '40s and following the war in the papers and on the radio every day, read more

Growing up in Brooklyn in the '40s and following the war in the papers and on the radio every day, the world looked very different to us then.

Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing read more

Children frequently sing meaningful phrases to themselves over and over again before they learn to make a distinction between singing and saying.

For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for read more

For several centuries what has passed for song in literary circles was any text that looked like the lyrics for a commonplace melodic setting.

A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in read more

A myth is the name of a terrible lie told by a smelly little brown person to a man in a white suit with a pair of binoculars.

I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate.

I am quite unsatisfied by the distinctions between the oral and literate.