Nanni Balestrini (1935-2019): "If you read this, you must no longer fear anything"

A selection of texts in memory of Nanni Balestrini, the Italian autonomist writer who passed away in May 2019. Originally published by Blackout, and re-shared by Enough Is Enough.

Contents:
• Extracts from We Want Everything
• Nanni Balestrini and the Poetry of the Italian Autonomia
• Extracts from Blackout
• Extracts from Carbonia (We Were All Communists)
• On Nanni Balestrini, the Most Radically Formalist Poet of the Italian Scene

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