Aerial 9

by Bruce Andrews

Literary Criticism. Poetry. Writing about and by Bruce Andrews, former co-editor with Charles Bernstein of L-A-N-G-U-A-G-E magazine and infamous author of innumerable books. "I cannot think of a twentieth century artist that approximates Andrews' breath of critical reference.... His rabidly articulate criticality negates those that would frame politics (i.e. this life) as anything other than a struggle, with stakes" Rod Smith ("introduction"). Among the stellar contributors, listed by last name in the contents page, are Rasula, Sala, Lazer, DuPlessis, Freidlander, Hejinian, Piombino, Levy, Inman, Silvers, Fuller, Darragh, Marriott, Bellamy, Retallack, Perloff, Evans Quartermain and others.

288 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1999

About the author

Bruce Andrews is an experimental poet, performance artist, literary theorist & recently retired (after 38 years) left-wing professor of political science. As Musical Director for Sally Silvers & Dancers, he has created sound designs and, in performance, live mixes of music & text for over two decades of performances.Most recent of a dozen or so big books is last year’s "You Can’t Have Everything… Where Would You Put It!", followed by a chapbook, "Yessified (Sally’s Edit)" celebrating the Andrews Symposium and its expanded archive, online at www.fordhamenglish.com/bruce-andrews, with links to interviews, performance texts, poetry, collaborations, and critical essays on his work. Another online archive (and interactive project) materialized on April 1, 2014 as a curated 25 hour ‘twitter sculpture’ [Twitter.com @BruceAndrews25h], a 300 poem sequence.