ABSTRACT
This chapter records and plays back a performance co-composed by Oliveros, her friends, lovers, family, colleagues, and me. Most of this polyphonic event draws from two in-person interviews with Oliveros, performed in real time: one in 1997 at the home of Jann Pasler in Solana Beach, California, and the other in 2005 at Oliveros’s home in Kingston, New York. Letters from her friends, lovers, and colleagues, as well as some letters from Oliveros to these individuals, form the epistolary interludes of this spoken word piece. Different fonts indicate who is “speaking”—me, Oliveros, the letter-writers. I thank all the participants here and especially Oliveros for two unforgettable journeys in the art of conversation.
