Better Read Than Dead was the title Seth Siegelaub had chosen for an anthology of his own
writing-one of the projects for which he never found the time busy as he was running his
global one-man operation. The selected writings interviews extended bibliography and
chronology in this source book fill historical gaps in the sprawling network of exhibitions
publications projects and collections that constitute Siegelaub's life's work. Siegelaubian
paperwork comprises Siegelaub's writings which are reproduced as scans in order to convey the
variety of the documents and to give a sense of archival immersion. Interspersed with these
writings are interviews and talks several newly transcribed. The majority of interviews from
1969-1972 are reprinted here.
