M: Writings ’67–’72

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M: Writings '67-'72 Other Books by John Cage from Wesleyan University Press Silence: Lectures and Writings A Year from Monday: New Lectures and Writings Empty Words: Writings '73-78 X: Writings '79-'82 WRITINGS '67-'72 BY JOHN CAGE WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY PRESS M Copyright 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 by John Cage All rights reserved. Most of the material in this volume has previously appeared elsewhere. "62 Mesostics Re Merce Cunningham" (with directions for its performance as music) was published and copyright© 1971 by Henmar Press Inc., 373 Park Avenue South, New York, N.Y. Reprint permission granted by the publisher. "Song" and "On the windshield of a new Fiat for James K. and Carolyn Brown" appeared in Song Books by John Cage; copyright © 1970 by Henmar Press Inc., 373 Park Avenue South, New York, N. Y. Reprint permission granted by the publisher. "Present" was includedin John Cage, edited by Richard Kostelanetz and issued 1970 by Praeger Publishers, New York. The first part of "Mureau" appeared in Synthesis, 1970. "36 Mesostics Re and Not Re Marcel Duchamp" appeared in Vogue, London, 1972. The first three sections of "Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" were issued respectively in Tri-Quarterly, 1969; in Liberations, edited by Ihab Hassan and published by Wesleyan University Press, 1971; and in New Literary History, 1971. "Mushroom Book," with lithographs by Lois Long and the author, was published in a limited edition by Hollanders Workshop Inc., New York, 1972. "Ten years before sixty-seven" was first printed in "Leo Castelli—Ten Years," copyright © 1967 by Leo Castelli; reprinted by permission. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Cage, John. M: writings, '67-'72. I. Title. PS3553.A32M2 818'.5'407 72-11051 ISBN 0-8915-6035-9 Wesleyan University Press Published by University Press of New England, Hanover, NH 03755 Manufactured in the United States of America 5 4 3 To us and all those who hate us, that the U.S.A. may become just another part of the world, no more, no less. (1967, repeated 1973) This page intentionally left blank ...