M (John Cage book)

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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)

[edit] See also

• List of compositions by John Cage

v • d • e Books by John Cage Silence (1961) • A Year from Monday (1968) • M (1973) • Empty Words (1979) • X (1983) • Anarchy (1988)