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Interview with Johnny Strike

Author Marcus D. Niski
Date 15 May 2012
Subject Marcus D. Niski interviews Johnny Strike about William Burroughs, Herbert Huncke, punk, and Crime.
Link Interview with Johnny Strike

A Daniel Kane 6″ X 9″ Punk Bootleg: A Side: “Everyday I Write The Book” / B Side: “Punk Buy The Book”

Author Jed Birmingham
Date 11 May 2012
Subject Jed reviews three essays by Daniel Kane about poetry, punk, rock, Richard Hell, Patti Smith, and the Royal Albert Hall poetry reading in 1965.
Link A Daniel Kane 6″ X 9″ Punk Bootleg: A Side: “Everyday I Write The Book” / B Side: “Punk Buy The Book”

Ace Junkie Binding

Author Jed Birmingham
Date 30 April 2012
Subject Jed discovers that the binding of the Ace Double Junkie isn’t quite what we take it to be.
Link Ace Junkie Binding

Interview with Alan Govenar

Author RealityStudio
Date 3 April 2012
Subject Filmmaker Alan Govenar speaks to RealityStudio about his new documentary The Beat Hotel
Link Interview with Alan Govenar

Two Drive Suites

Author Jed Birmingham
Date 26 March 2012
Subject Jed unravels a literary mystery — one book of poetry attributed to two different poets associated with Floating Bear.
Link Two Drive Suites

The Writer’s Notebooks of Herbert Huncke

Author Marcus D. Niski
Date 26 March 2012
Subject Marcus D. Niski offers a glimpse into Herbert Huncke’s unpublished notebooks.
Link The Writer’s Notebooks of Herbert Huncke

William S. Burroughs and J.G. Ballard

Author RealityStudio
Date 7 March 2012
Subject RealityStudio offers an in-depth look at the relationship of William S. Burroughs and J.G. Ballard. The text draws on interviews, correspondence, and unpublished documents to provide a detailed account of the interactions between the two writers.
Link William S. Burroughs and J.G. Ballard

Terry Wilson: Cutting Up for Real

Author Ian MacFadyen
Date 20 Feb 2012
Subject Ian MacFadyen discusses William Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Third Mind techniques, and the book Perilous Passage with Terry Wilson.
Link Terry Wilson: Cutting Up for Real

A Bibliography of Carl Weissner Translations

Author Matthias Penzel
Date 7 Feb 2012
Subject Matthias Penzel offers a bibliography of translations by Carl Weissner.
Link A Bibliography of Carl Weissner Translations

In Memory of Carl Weissner

Author RealityStudio
Date 25 Jan 2012
Subject RealityStudio offers a few thoughts on the passing of Carl Weissner.
Link In Memory of Carl Weissner

Burroughs in Men’s Mags – Update

Author Jed Birmingham
Date 1 Nov 2011
Subject RealityStudio is continually updating its various archives of Burroughs-related material. A number of updates have been added to the Men’s Mag archive in the last year. Be sure not to miss it.
Link Burroughs in Men’s Mags Archive

Mimeo Mimeo 5

Author Jed Birmingham
Date 19 Sept 2011
Subject Mimeo Mimeo 5, edited by Jed Birmingham and Kyle Schlesinger, is now available. Mimeo Mimeo is a forum for critical and cultural perspectives on artists’ books, typography, and the mimeograph revolution. Issue 5 features Larry Fagin, Lyn Hejinian, Charles Bukowski, Robert Creeley, Vamp & Tramp, The Gallery Upstairs, Alice Notely’s CHICAGO and cover art by Buzz Spector. Available now from the Mimeo Mimeo website.

Pry Yourself Loose and Listen

Author Jed Birmingham
Date 19 Sept 2011
Subject Jed presents scans of a rare offprint featuring four texts by Burroughs previously published in Ira Cohen’s Gnaoua.
Link Pry Yourself Loose and Listen

My Burroughs

Author Jed Birmingham
Date 29 August 2011
Subject Burroughs means different things to different people. Jed gives his take.
Link My Burroughs

In Cold Blood: William Burroughs’ Curse on Truman Capote

Author Thom Robinson
Date 11 July 2011
Subject Thom Robinson explains how, in an unpublished “Open Letter to Truman Capote,” William Burroughs placed a curse on the author of In Cold Blood.
Link In Cold Blood: William Burroughs’ Curse on Truman Capote

A Word Is a Word Is a Collage (1965)

Author Bill Butler
Date 28 June 2011
Subject The American poet and bookseller Bill Butler interviewed William Burroughs in 1965 for this previously uncollected profile, which first appeared in the Guardian newspaper.
Link A Word Is a Word Is a Collage (1965)

William S. Burroughs, Jacques Stern, and The Fluke

Author RealityStudio
Date 4 April 2011
Subject RealityStudio is thrilled to offer an incredible archive of materials by and about Jacques Stern, whom William Burroughs once called “the greatest writer of our time.” The archive includes the complete text of the legendary novel The Fluke; a previously unpublished foreword by Burroughs; a biographical and critical essay about Stern; Stewart Meyer’s memoir of his first meeting with Stern; mp3 audio of Stern and Burroughs reading from cut-ups; and more.
Link William S. Burroughs, Jacques Stern, and The Fluke

Thoughts on the Burroughs Archive

Author Thom Robinson
Date 7 Feb 2011
Subject Thom Robinson describes how a visit to the archive at the New York Public Library expanded his conception of Burroughs’ work.
Link Thoughts on the Burroughs Archive

Archive Updates

Author RealityStudio
Date 25 December 2010
Subject RealityStudio has been continuing to flesh out its archives of important small mags. There is now an archive of Arcade that includes scans of the entire first issue. The Yugen archive now includes two complete issues, and the Kulchur archive contains one complete issue. All of these feature contributions by William Burroughs. The archive of anthologies has also been updated with scans contributed by BigCrux.
Link 1 Arcade Archive
Link 2 Kulchur Archive
Link 3 Yugen Archive
Link 4 William Burroughs in Anthologies

Confusion’s Masterpiece: Re-Editing William S. Burroughs’ First Trilogy

Author Oliver Harris
Date 10 October 2010
Subject In the text of his recent talk at Columbia University, Oliver Harris describes the confused history behind the writing and publishing of William S. Burroughs’ Junkie, Queer, and Yage Letters. Professor Harris also responds to a few interview questions about his work on the new edition of Queer.
Link Confusion’s Masterpiece: Re-Editing William S. Burroughs’ First Trilogy

William S. Burroughs, Charles Gatewood, and Sidetripping

Author Charles Gatewood
Date 22 Sept 2010
Subject In an excerpt from his nearly completed memoir Dirty Old Man, photographer Charles Gatewood describes meeting William Burroughs, photographing him for Rolling Stone, and asking him to write an introduction for his book Sidetripping.
Link William S. Burroughs, Charles Gatewood, and Sidetripping

Dave Moore’s Gallery of Burroughs Book Covers

Author Dave Moore
Date 10 Sept 2010
Subject Dave Moore’s incomparable gallery of William Burroughs book covers has moved to a new location.
Link Dave Moore’s Gallery of Burroughs Book Covers

The Poetry of William S. Burroughs

Author RealityStudio
Date 5 August 2010
Subject Although his work defied genres and most readers consider him a novelist, William S. Burroughs also wrote poetry. With a small compilation that includes cut-ups and permutations, RealityStudio is beginning what will be an ongoing attempt to collect Burroughs’ poetry. This compilation also includes an insightful essay by scholar Oliver Harris titled “‘Burroughs Is a Poet Too, Really’: The Poetics of Minutes to Go.”
Link The Poetry of William S. Burroughs

Interview with Victor Bockris on William Burroughs

Author Dave Teeuwen
Date 27 May 2010
Subject Victor Bockris talks Burroughs, Warhol, Punk, selling out, dope, glamor, and the difficult art of biography.
Link Interview with Victor Bockris on William Burroughs

A Visit to William S. Burroughs at the Beat Hotel in Summer, 1958

Author Gael Turnbull
Date 19 May 2010 [1958]
Subject Vacationing in Paris in the summer of 1958, the Scottish poet Gael Turnbull kept a journal documenting his visits to William Burroughs and Gregory Corso at the Beat Hotel.
Link A Visit to William S. Burroughs at the Beat Hotel in Summer, 1958

The Frisco Kid He Never Returns: Naked Lunch and San Francisco

Author Oliver Harris
Date 21 November 2009
Subject Oliver Harris looks at the relationship — or non-relationship? — between Naked Lunch and San Francisco in a transcript to the talk given at the San Francisco Art Institute during the NL@50 homage.
Link The Frisco Kid He Never Returns: Naked Lunch and San Francisco

From Dr Mabuse to Doc Benway: The Myths and Manuscripts of Naked Lunch

Author Oliver Harris
Date 26 October 2009
Subject Oliver Harris dissects the myths behind the creation of Naked Lunch in a transcript to the talk given recently at Columbia University during the NL@50 homage.
Link From Dr Mabuse to Doc Benway: The Myths and Manuscripts of Naked Lunch

Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, and the Computer

Author Jed Birmingham
Date 10 September 2009
Subject Charles Bukowski wrote on an Apple computer. William Burroughs apparently didn’t use a computer at all. Jed offers some thoughts on writers, their machines, and literature in the digital age.
Link Charles Bukowski, William Burroughs, and the Computer

RealityStudio Highlights

Archives and Scans

Author Jed Birmingham
Subject RealityStudio has a vast archive of incredible Burroughs and small-press rarities that includes complete scans of William S. Burroughs’ Time and APO-33, as well as a number of little mags.
Link 1 William S. Burroughs’ Time
Link 2 William S. Burroughs’ APO-33
Link 3 Complete My Own Mag Archive
Link 4 Fuck You Press Archive
Link 5 Kulchur Archive
Link 6 Floating Bear Archive
Link 7 Rhinozeros Archive
Link 8 Locus Solus Archive
Link 9 Evergreen Review Archive
Link 10 Burroughs in Men’s Mags Archive
Link 11 The Word (Naked Lunch Outtake) in Swank
Link 12 Bulletin from Nothing Archive
Link 13 Burroughs Text in January 1960 Mademoiselle
Link 14 Black Mountain Review Archive

Death in Paris by Carl Weissner

Author Carl Weissner
Date 24 July 2009
Subject RealityStudio is very proud to present a previously unpublished text by Carl Weissner, along with an archive of materials celebrating his achievements in the avant-garde press
Link Death in Paris by Carl Weissner

Hikuta!: Burroughs and His Guns

Author Tom Peschio
Date 12 March 2009
Subject Tom Peschio provides an insider’s glimpse of a “dangerous guy” and his guns.
Link Hikuta!: Burroughs and His Guns

William S. Burroughs and Joy Division

Author RealityStudio
Date 29 May 2008
Subject Literary references are frequent in the work of seminal post-punk band Joy Division, and singer Ian Curtis greatly admired William Burroughs in particular. Both the band and the author appeared at a 1979 performance, after which Curtis introduced himself to the famous author. Was the meeting, as legend has it, a disappointment? RealityStudio pieces together the story with recollections from those who were there…
Link William S. Burroughs and Joy Division

David Britton and Michael Butterworth on William S. Burroughs

Author RealityStudio
Date 24 March 2008
Subject To mark the publication of Horror Panegyric, an essay by Supervert (creator of RealityStudio) on their Lord Horror novels, David Britton and Michael Butterworth — writers both and founders of Savoy Books — expand on their thoughts about William S. Burroughs.
Link David Britton and Michael Butterworth on William S. Burroughs

Everything Lost, The Latin American Notebook of William S. Burroughs: The Inside Story

Author Oliver Harris
Date 17 Dec 2007
Subject Everything Lost, The Latin American Notebook of William S. Burroughs is due to be released on 17 December 2007. In honor of the occasion, Volume Editor Oliver Harris offers the inside story — how the notebook was discovered, deciphered, transcribed, and prepared for publication. (And be sure to order your copy of Everything Lost at Amazon.)
Link Everything Lost, The Latin American Notebook of William S. Burroughs: The Inside Story

Henry Miller and William Burroughs

Author RealityStudio
Date 18 July 2007
Subject Astonishingly, the relationship between Henry Miller and William Burroughs has gone largely unmapped in literary scholarship. Seeking to rectify this omission, RealityStudio surveys the relationship of the two writers in an overview and Ian MacFadyen adds further insights in a response.
Link 1 Henry Miller and William Burroughs: An Overview
Link 2 Henry Miller and William Burroughs: A Letter

Cutting up the Archive: William Burroughs and the Composite Text

Author Oliver Harris
Date 11 Jun 2007
Subject RealityStudio is proud to present the text of a talk recently given by Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris, author of William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination, editor of Burroughs’ letters, Junky: The Definitive Text of “Junk”, and most recently Yage Redux.
Link Cutting up the Archive: William Burroughs and the Composite Text

A William S. Burroughs Bibliography

Author Eric C. Shoaf
Date April 2007
Subject Eric C. Shoaf, author of Collecting William S. Burroughs in Print: A Checklist, has very kindly contributed his bibliography of books and broadside prints to RealityStudio.Alongside the Maynard & Miles bibliography published in 1978, the Shoaf checklist has long been the most definitive listing of Burroughs publications available. In addition to books and broadsides, the printed checklist also itemizes Burroughs contributions to other books and periodicals, criticism, and miscellanea. This online edition, prefaced and updated by Mr. Shoaf, will no doubt be a tremendous asset to the community of Burroughs scholars and enthusiasts.
Link A William S. Burroughs Bibliography

Jan Herman’s Burroughs / Balch Video

Author Jan Herman
Date Sept 2006
Subject Jan Herman has worked all summer with RealityStudio to recover a video experiment he created in 1971 with William S. Burroughs and Antony Balch. Never before seen by anyone but the participants, the video is presented here to the public for the first time.
Link Burroughs / Balch Video Experiment

Transitional Period vs Gongs of Violence

Author RealityStudio
Date 15 August 2006
Subject RealityStudio provides a side-by-side comparison of a 1961 Burroughs cut-up and a later version of the (same?) text from The Soft Machine.
Link Transitional Period vs Gongs of Violence

The Mouth Inside: The Voices of Naked Lunch

Author Ian MacFadyen
Date 7 Dec 2009
Subject Ian MacFadyen offers a brilliant meditation on the role of the voice and the mouth in William Burroughs’ magnum opus. Accompanying the text are paintings from Phil Wood’s “Postcards from Purgatory.”
Link The Mouth Inside: The Voices of Naked Lunch

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