First poetry volume in English from Italy's greatest living revolutionary novelist, iconic author of We Want Everything.

1. BLACKOUT a loss of memory or an event of fact
INSTIGATION (andante)

2. BLACKOUT the extinguishing of all stage lights to end a play or scene
INSTIGATION (andante)

3. BLACKOUT suppression censorship concealment etc.
PERSECUTION (minuet)

4. BLACKOUT a momentary lapse of consciousness or vision
REPRESSION (rondo)

COMPOSITION

Nanni Balestrini participted in revolutionary struggles in Italy, co-founded Potere Operaio, and was was forced into exile in 1979. He is the most celebrated and iconic novelist and author of this crucial period in Italian and global political history.
Peter Valente is a poet, translator, filmmaker, & photographer. Born in Salerno, Italy, he grew up in New Jersey. He is author of A Boy Asleep Under the Sun (Punctum Books, 2014), The Artaud Variations (Spuyten Duyvil, 2014), Let the Games Begin (Talisman House, 2015), and others.