We are pleased to share that Ulla Stackmann will publish her forthcoming book, Sonic Stagings of U.S. Postwar Audiopoetry, with Brill. It is the second volume of the new book series DQR: Studies in the Lyrical. The book explores the performative and auditory dimensions of postwar American audiopoetry, offering fresh insights into the intersections of sound, text, and performance. Combining approaches from media and literary studies, it explains why labels and individuals like Amiri Baraka, Bernadette Mayer, or John Giorno straddled the lines between music, poetry, and visual arts using audio recording and playing devices. It sheds light on the sonic imaginaries that commercial and avant-gardist recording projects sought to mobilize and sometimes also unwittingly reproduced in this context.
The official release date is September 25, 2025.
Visit the publisher’s website to stay tuned!