The Selected Letters of John Cage
- ISBN-10
- 0819575917
- ISBN-13
- 9780819575913
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 651
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-06-07
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Author
- John Cage
Description
Letters of an avant-garde icon available to the public for the first time
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