Poems

Choreographer and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer reads from her first book of poems, published by artist Paul Chan’s Badlands Unlimited. Written mostly during the late 1990s, Rainer’s verse has a great deal in common with her choreography, with a simple, steady cadence often providing procedural measure for pared-down words and elegant turns moving readers' eyes forward, across, and down the page. A conversation follows between Rainer and The Kitchen Executive Director and Chief Curator Tim Griffin, who penned an introduction to the volume.
Poems is a collection of never before published poems by choreographer and filmmaker Yvonne Rainer. Full of wit and candor, they offer a window into the life and mind of one of America’s greatest living artists.