With immense pride do I salute the good work of Cristin O’Keefe Aptowicz and the publication of her massive, canonical text Words in Your Face an essential oral history of the oftentimes misunderstood world of performance poetry. And while I’ve only had the introduction read to me, I greatly enjoyed hearing it, the work of some of the performers detailed and the following discussion at last night’s book party in Nolita. CoKA has been working on this for nine gazillion years and it is a major accomplishment. If you haven’t bought your copy yet, you should do so now.
