“Have you heard any good poems over the New York telephone lately? If not, why not dial 628-0400, and hear the voices of thirteen of today’s most experimental poets reading a two-minute poem each? Dial-a-Poem is an experiment by [poet] John Giorno…It occured to him that to pre-tape poetry and connect it to six automatic answering machine sets would extend a poet’s work to a huge audience all over the world. He approached the lively Architectural League of New York, which promptly agreed to put on the project. Ever receptive to new and experimental events dealing with many sides of contemporary life, the League arranged for a telephone number, connecting ten lines to an equal number of answering sets, each containing one taped poem.” Vogue, March 1969