Yvonne Rainer: Poems EssaysLanguageWriting this series gives voice to

this series gives voice to critics who offer thought-provoking ways in which to subvert or replace normative modes of discussing culture

The cordon sanitaire of disengagement risks expanding beyond all proportion

inviting them to respond to these themes

Lucio Fontana

This monographic book is the first to present her exceptional research on photography

Yvonne Rainer: Poems EssaysLanguageWriting this series gives voice toFrom her work in dance and choreography to her films and writings, Yvonne Rainer (born 1934) has established herself as one of the Americas greatest living artists. This first collection of her poems, which were written from the late 1970s onwards and have never before been published, affirms her ability to endow words with corporeality, propulsion and swift moving narrative. Full of wit and candour, Rainers poems evoke the rhythm of an urban