David Antin

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.

From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us.

From this entertainment industry, may the gods of language protect us.

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.

Disney made a fortune out of inventing the businessman's idea of the imaginary as the contradictory of the businessman's idea read more

Disney made a fortune out of inventing the businessman's idea of the imaginary as the contradictory of the businessman's idea of the real.

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

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