"Line Break is the major work on poetry as social practice, and a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary criticism or poetry. For many years, James Scully, along with others, quietly radicalized American poetry - in theory and in practice, in how it is lived as well as in how it is written. In eight provocative essays, he argues for artistic and cultural practice that actively opposes structures of power too often reinforced by intellectual activities."--BOOK JACKET.