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July 29, 2011March 5, 2013 tjesse2 Literature, Poetics

Poetry, Politics, and Wilco

I wonder why we listen to poets When nobody gives a fuck —Wilco, “Ashes of American Flags” In “Ashes of American Flags,” Wilco engages in a project akin to that of the language poets from the 1960s and 70s: the juxtaposition of artistic sentiment with capitalist ideology as a means of critiquing a prevailing social … Continue reading Poetry, Politics, and Wilco

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