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A Year from Monday: New Lectures and Writings Paperback – May 15, 1967

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Includes lectures, essays, diaries and other writings, including "How to Improve the World (You Will Only Make Matters Worse)" and "Juilliard Lecture."

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    May 15, 1967
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    7.25 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0819560022
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    978-0819560025
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"This book is so rich in ideas relevant to all sorts of artistic, philosophical, and social endeavors, that I doubt if any open-minded and intelligent person would not be challenged [by] this compendium of provocative aphorisms, intellectual absurdities, and formulations so original they will doubtlessly make sense to some, nonsense to others"―Richard Kostelanetz, Denver Quarterly

"Cage's writings does not tell us what to think as much as it makes us think I a particular way cage demonstrates in an unpretentious, subtle ad forceful way the profound spiritual basis of avante-garde art."―American Scholar

"A Year from Monday is a mosaic whose part and whose whole are the same thingand you had better not miss both the forest and the trees; and you better not worry about mixed metaphor along the way."―Martin Last, WBAI – FM, New York City

"This book is so rich in ideas relevant to all sorts of artistic, philosophical, and social endeavors, that I doubt if any open-minded and intelligent person would not be challenged [by] this compendium of provocative aphorisms, intellectual absurdities, and formulations so original they will doubtlessly make sense to some, nonsense to others"―Richard Kostelanetz, Denver Quarterly

"Our first and best all-American dadaist and his prose style is the finest since Gertrude Stein."―Kirkus Reviews

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7 x 8 1/4 trim. 6 facs. LC 67-24105

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wesleyan University Press; First Edition (May 15, 1967)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 179 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0819560022
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0819560025
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 9.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
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Kalankit Haseena
5.0 out of 5 stars Good addition to a Cage collection.
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2016
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Ryan Vigil
5.0 out of 5 stars or: today(?)
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2005
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The second collection of John Cage's writings to appear (after Silence), A year From Monday is indispensable to anyone wishing to have more than a passing understanding of Cage's work and thought. In usual Cage fashion, the lectures, essays, "diaries," anecdotes, and assorted miscellanea jump off the page - utilizing an increasingly diverse array of typefaces and sizes, the writings contained here blaze the trail that leads to the mesostics and other verbal experiments that characterize the remainder of Cage's literary work beginning with M: Writings '67-'72.

Including, amongst numerous other gems, the "Two Statements on Ives," "26 Statements re Duchamp," "Jasper Johns: Stories and Ideas," the "Julliard Lecture," "Lecture on Commitment," and a collection of personal reminiscences/Zen riddles entitled "How to Pass, Kick, Fall, and Run," A Year From Monday contains an overflow of priceless Cageisms.

Beginning with an unforgettable cover (three slightly-overlapping photos of Cage's face, the first serious, the second beginning to open up, the third in full cackle) and never slowing down, the collection demonstrates perfectly Cage's relevance to musicians firstly, and thinkers finally. From one of the most significant and influential composers of the 20th century, A year From Monday demonstrates the originality, openness, and precision of thought that make Cage relevant to a much broader audience than simply the avante-garde musician.
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Stephen Kerekes
4.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2005
I find his book very interesting and informative in many ways. Most of it is very difficult to read because 1. John Cage is extremely intellectual, and 2. He is very avan garde, so some of the formats in which he writes in can be very complicated. I enjoy it being complicated though because there is something you can always figure out about it or just look into very closely. My favorite subject of this book are his journal/diary entries. They include entries of him away at master classes and the things that he talks about are humorous, great to know, and interesting to think about. I recommend this selection of John Cage highly.
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GMB
3.0 out of 5 stars Challenging, dense reading
Reviewed in Canada on September 17, 2021
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I haven't read this through; it's not that kind of book. I am cherry-picking what I read, as often I don't immediately grasp what Mr. Cage was getting at. It may take a greater intellect than I possess, or perhaps just a different view of the way 'things' are. Thus my review is middle-of-the-road. This one will take time to read.
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B. G. Strand
5.0 out of 5 stars ANARCHIC ASIDES
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 29, 2018
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Cage is very well known for having 'pushed the envelope' in regard to 'music'.In these writings from the mid-sixties and earlier,he achieves something similar with these essays.
An eclectic number of topics,in an often eccentric presentation calls for some patience on the part of a reader thereof.In the same way that Cage's piano piece 'Dream'is such a reward to the persistent listener,and some similar 'gems' can beunearthed here by the 'patient at heart' amongst Cage's observations upon other artistic fields of endeavour covered in this most unusual of collection.
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Andreas Kuhn
5.0 out of 5 stars Gem
Reviewed in Germany on September 17, 2017
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A true gem of a book in very mint condition. Pure joy reading it again and again. It has been professionally preserved.
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