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This volume gathers writing on artists who changed cultural discourse, from performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson to contemporary avant-garde playwright Robert Wilson. We are indebted to Bonnie Marranca for her lifetime of astute observation and critical thought. * Martha Wilson * Over the years I have been drawn to Bonnie Marranca's writings and to her sensibilities, which are always exquisitely informed, personally engaged, theoretically penetrating, and poetically illuminating. Her new book of reflections and conversations is a welcome arrival at this moment of great social and political change. The breadth of her interests originates in the cultural life of New York City and then spreads out into the world. She tosses a wide net across the cultural waters, giving us access to her encounters with some of the most compelling artists of the past several decades. * Anne Bogart *