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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I฀a m฀especiall y฀grateful฀to฀Michae l฀Davidson,฀Rache l฀Blau฀DuPlessis,฀Carla Harryman,฀Ly n฀Hejinian,฀Bob฀Perelman,฀Bruce฀Andrews,฀Alan฀Davies,฀Steve McCaffery,฀Ted฀Pearson,฀Ro n฀Silliman,฀and฀Charles฀Bernstein฀for฀their฀work as฀poets฀an d฀critics ;฀to฀Te d฀for฀his฀help฀wit h฀th e฀manuscript ;฀an d฀t o฀Carl a for฀man y฀mor e฀reason s฀tha n฀that .฀This฀work ,฀i n฀it s฀original฀presentations , was฀a฀response฀t o฀th e฀cal l฀from฀a ฀number฀o f฀individuals : Thanks฀t o฀Ro n฀Day ,฀whose฀proposa l฀fo r฀a ฀panel฀a t฀the฀199 2฀meeting฀of the฀Moder n฀Languag e฀Association฀inspired฀m e฀to฀writ e฀"New฀Meanin g and฀Poeti c฀Vocabulary:฀From฀Coleridg e฀to฀Jackso n฀Mac฀Low,"฀an d฀t o Gail฀Scot t฀and฀th e฀lat e฀Bil l฀Readings,฀who฀facilitate d฀its฀presentation฀a t the฀Universit é฀d e฀Montreal฀i n฀Marc h฀1993 .฀Brian฀McHale฀solicite d฀it for฀Poetics ฀Today ฀18 ,฀no.฀2 ฀(summer฀1997) ;฀reprinted฀b y฀permission฀o f Duke฀Universit y฀Press.฀Thanks฀t o฀Jackso n฀Mac฀Low,฀Herman฀Rapaport , and฀th e฀editor s฀o f฀Poetics฀Today ฀fo r฀thei r฀comments . "The฀Secre t฀History฀of฀the฀Equal฀Sign:฀L=A=N=G฀=฀U=A=G=E between฀Discours e฀an d฀Text "฀was฀written฀fo r฀the฀conferenc e฀"Poetics฀o f Avant-Garde฀Poetries"฀i n฀Tel฀Aviv,฀November฀1997 ;฀thanks฀t o฀Bria n McHale,฀Mei r฀Sternberg ,฀Karen฀Alkalay-Gut,฀an d฀Tama r฀Yacobi .฀It฀was also฀presente d฀a s฀a฀keynote฀addres s฀to฀"Traditio n฀an d฀Resistanc e฀in Contemporary฀Poetry, "฀Conference฀fo r฀English฀Studies,฀Universit y฀of London,฀Novembe r฀1998 ;฀thanks฀to฀Aliso n฀Mark฀an d฀Rober t฀Hampson . A฀sectio n฀wa s฀presented฀a t฀the฀Twentieth-Centur y฀Literatur e Conference฀a t฀the฀Universit y฀of฀Louisville,฀February฀1998;฀thanks฀t o Alan฀Golding .฀I t฀appeare d฀i n฀Jonatha n฀Monroe฀an d฀Bria n฀McHale' s special฀issu e฀"The฀Poetic s฀of฀Avant-Garde฀Poetries,"฀vol.฀1,฀Poetics Today฀20 ,฀no.฀4 ฀(winte r฀1999) ;฀reprinted฀b y฀permission฀o f฀Duk e University฀Press.฀Thank s฀to฀Charle s฀Bernstein฀for฀his฀comments . Charles฀Bernstei n฀invited฀m e฀t o฀presen t฀a ฀talk฀a t฀the฀SUN Y฀Buffalo Poetics฀Program฀i n฀Novembe r฀1996 ,฀for฀which฀I ฀am฀grateful ;฀"Th e Bride฀o f฀the฀Assembl y฀Line:฀Radical฀Poetics฀i n฀Construction "฀wa s฀th e result.฀The฀Englis h฀Department฀a t฀Temple฀Universit y฀heard฀a ฀version฀of the฀essa y฀in฀Januar y฀1997;฀my฀thank s฀to฀Rache l฀Blau฀DuPlessis.฀Steve Evans฀an d฀Jennife r฀Moxle y฀published฀i t฀i n฀th e฀Impercipient ฀Lecture Series,฀no.฀8 ฀(Octobe r฀1997) ;฀a฀section฀als o฀appeared฀i n฀Dispatch฀Detroit 4฀(2000) ,฀edite d฀b y฀Christine฀Monhollen.฀Thank s฀to฀Arthu r฀Marott i and฀Georgett e฀Fleischer฀for฀their฀comments,฀an d฀t o฀Jessic a฀Burstein and฀Nanc y฀Jones฀for฀the฀occasio n฀of฀the฀unveilin g฀of฀the฀"Bride. " "The฀Constructivis t฀Moment :฀Fro m฀E l฀Lissitzky฀to฀Detroi t฀Techno " answered฀Cary฀Nelson's฀reques t฀to฀defin e฀the฀stat e฀o f฀modernist฀studie s at฀th e฀199 7฀meeting฀o f฀the฀Moder n฀Languag e฀Association,฀where฀i t฀was presented฀wit h฀th e฀titl e฀"Fre e฀Radicals ,฀Modernist฀Examples. "฀Randolp h Starn฀the n฀sponsore d฀i t฀a s฀a฀part฀o f฀a฀two-day฀presentatio n฀a t฀th e Townsend฀Cente r฀fo r฀th e฀Humanities ,฀Universit y฀of฀California , Berkeley,฀March฀1998 ;฀after฀whic h฀i t฀wa s฀given฀to฀facult y฀in฀th e฀Englis h Department฀o f฀Wayne฀Stat e฀University,฀October฀1999.฀Thanks฀to฀th e editors฀o f฀the฀Berkele y฀journal฀Qu i฀Parle ,฀especially฀Faith฀Barrett,฀where it฀appeare d฀i n฀vol .฀11,฀no.฀1 ฀(fall/winter฀1997).฀Thanks฀a s฀well฀to฀Mik e Banks,฀Sandy฀Jaczszak,฀and฀Mar c฀Christensen฀for฀their฀insight s฀into techno. "Nonnarrative฀an d฀th e฀Constructio n฀o f฀History:฀A n฀Era฀of฀Stagnation,฀the Fall฀of฀Saigon"฀wa...

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