Michael Andre – John Cage Shoes Story
Sunday, August 29th, 2021Interview – Michael Andre Talks about his Poetry Photo via
Michael Andre: Years Skip By Like a Stone Across a Pond
Michael Andre is a Canadian, poet, critic and editor living in New York City. Andre hosted radio shows in Chicago and New York. He interviewed, published, and occasionally socialized with W. H. Auden and Eugene McCarthy, Beats like Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, John Cage and Andy Warhol.
Andre is the editor of Unmuzzled OX, an occasional magazine of poetry, art and politics which began in 1971 as a quarterly and has produced 16 volumes. Andre edited and published two books by Gregory Corso, Earth Egg and Writings from OX.
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John Cage took me to a party for Buckminster Fuller. I was surprised to meet my friend Ellen Burstyn, and introduced her to John. We gabbed until Merce Cunningham arrived. John excused himself. “Who was that?” hissed the Oscar-winning actress. A month later I read in The Times that Burstyn and Cage had hosted a lavish party for Fuller. They forgot to invite me.John Cage Shoes blog“>Merce danced in John Cage shoes.
Happy birthday-Michael Andre
Michael Andre told me about Benedetta Barzini’s father.
This is an amazing book
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Beyond Realism
You Know the details of the kangaroo. – Leonard Cohen.