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The Artist as Coauthor

Siebren de Haan and Lonnie van Brummelen

  In the essay “The Author as Producer,” which was written as a speech but never delivered to an actual audience, Walter Benjamin distinguishes two types of authors: the writer who informs, and the “operative writer.” Both are engaged in the … Continue reading “The Artist as Coauthor”

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Introduction

alex wescott

  This book, being about work, is, by its very nature, about violence–to the spirit as well as to the body. It is about ulcers as well as accidents, about shouting matches as well as fistfights, about nervous breakdowns as … Continue reading “Introduction”

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