"Erase a poem..."

I wrote this score shortly after discovering that Information as Material has published a book by Nick Thurston in which he erases Maurice Blanchot’s L’Espace littéraire, reprinting only Thurston’s marginalia. (Nick Thurston, Reading the Remove of Literature. Information as Material, 2006.) The piece should only be performed in its entirety although the actual erasing need not take place in the order implied. –Katie L. Price, 2007

“Erase a poem…”

Erase a poem written by a white male.
Erase a poem written by a rich white male.
Erase a poem written by a gay rich white male.
Erase a poem written by a poor white male.
Erase a poem written by a gay poor white male.
Erase a poem written by a white female.
Erase a poem written by a rich white female.
Erase a poem written by a gay rich white female.
Erase a poem written by a poor white female.
Erase a poem written by a gay poor white female.
Erase a poem written by a black male.
Erase a poem written by a rich black male.
Erase a poem written by a gay rich black male.
Erase a poem written by a poor black male.
Erase a poem written by a gay poor black male
Erase a poem written by a black female.
Erase a poem written by a rich black female.
Erase a poem written by a gay rich black female.
Erase a poem written by a poor black female.
Erase a poem written by a gay poor black female.
Erase a poem written by a brown male.
Erase a poem written by a rich brown male.
Erase a poem written by a gay poor brown male.
Erase a poem written by a poor brown male.
Erase a poem written by a gay poor brown male.
Erase a poem written by a brown female.
Erase a poem written by a rich brown female.
Erase a poem written by a gay rich brown female.
Erase a poem written by a poor brown female.
Erase a poem written by a gay poor brown female.
Erase a poem written by a yellow male.
Erase a poem written by a rich yellow male.
Erase a poem written by a gay rich yellow male.
Erase a poem written by a poor yellow male.
Erase a poem written by a gay poor yellow male.
Erase a poem written by a yellow female.
Erase a poem written by a rich yellow female.
Erase a poem written by a gay rich yellow female.
Erase a poem written by a poor yellow female.
Erase a poem written by a gay poor yellow female.
Erase a poem written by a red male.
Erase a poem written by a rich red male.
Erase a poem written by a gay rich red male.
Erase a poem written by a poor red male.
Erase a poem written by a gay poor red male.
Erase a poem written by a red female.
Erase a poem written by a rich red female.
Erase a poem written by a gay rich red female.
Erase a poem written by a poor red female.
Erase a poem written by a gay poor red female.