M (John Cage book)

M (John Cage book)

"M: Writings ’67–’72" is a book by American avant-garde composer John Cage (1912–1992), first published in 1973 by Wesleyan University Press. It contains the following writings:

* "Foreword" (1973)
* "Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" (continued 1968; revised version)
* "62 Mesostics re Merce Cunningham" (1973, originally a musical composition)
* "36 Mesostics Re and Not Re Marcel Duchamp" (1970, also known as "36 Acrostics re and not re Marcel Duchamp")
* "Mureau" (1971–2)
* "Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse") (continued 1969)
* "Song" (1973)
* "Six Mesostics":
** "Present" (1970, also known as an untitled "Poem for Edwin Denby")
** "On the windshield of a new Fiat for James K. (who had not made up his mind where to go) and Carolyn Brown" (1973)
** "In Memoriam S.W." (1973)
** "July 13, 1972" (1972)
** "For A.C. on his 70th birthday" (1973)
** "Ten years before sixty-seven" (1967)
* "Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" (continued 1970–71)
* "Mushroom Book" (1972, collaboration with Lois A. Long and Alexander H. Smith)
* "25 Mesostics Re and Not Re Mark Tobey" (1973)
* "Diary: How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" (continued 1971–72)

See also

* List of compositions by John Cage


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