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David Antin

"While I don't script and I don't use other performers, I think my taste for underlying precision gives me something in common with Allan and George Brecht."

David Antin, American Poet
Brecht, Taste
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"While I don't script and I don't use other performers, I think my taste for underlying precision gives me something in common with Allan and George Brecht."

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