The Selected Letters of John Cage, Laura Kuhn

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The Selected Letters of John Cage
By John Cage; Edited by Laura Kuhn — Hardcover (Illustrated, Remainder Copy), June 7, 2016

A sweeping, intimate portrait of one of the twentieth century’s most enigmatic and influential avant-garde artists. In this monumental volume, The Selected Letters of John Cage gathers more than five hundred pieces of Cage’s personal correspondence—each one revealing the wit, curiosity, and radical imagination that shaped his music, his collaborations, and his worldview.

Spanning decades, these letters carry readers from Cage’s formative travels through 1930s Europe to his groundbreaking creative partnership with dancer Merce Cunningham, and onward through his rise as a pioneering force in American experimental art. Fully annotated and meticulously edited by Laura Kuhn, the collection showcases a mind alive with inquiry and delight, offering candid exchanges with Peter Yates, David Tudor, Pierre Boulez, and many others who helped define the artistic landscape of their era.

Cage’s voice—philosophical, mischievous, reverent, irreverent—comes through on every page. His reflections on sound, silence, people, and possibility illuminate not only a transformative period in modern art, but the inner life of a man who insisted on seeing the world differently.

This discounted remainder hardcover may show light shelf wear, but the pages inside remain a treasure: insightful, surprising, and deeply pleasurable to read. A must-have volume for musicians, artists, scholars, and admirers of Cage’s boundary-breaking legacy.

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