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Comment on Archival Politics, Institutional Bureaucracy: by Jared F

Jared F — Tue, 27 Oct 2026 01:23:26 +0000

I just purchased a copy this morning off of Amazon. I look forward to reading it. I fully share your ambitions that this book may help move towards opening up archival access. All the best.

Comment on Confusion’s Masterpiece by Michael J Groetzinger

Michael J Groetzinger — Sun, 25 Oct 2026 00:18:42 +0000

Gary Lee-Nova, your (seemingly) baseless rude comment to Graham Rae is jaw dropping in its
ignorance.
Graham gives Mr. Harris a very nice compliment, while managing to be charmingly self effacing
at the same time.
Your hostility is, as our Uncle Bill might well have said, “Nothing to the purpose.”

Comment on Documents on the Death of Joan Vollmer Burroughs by Graham Rae

Graham Rae — Thu, 22 Oct 2026 23:24:51 +0000

“SHOOT THE BITCH AND WRITE A BOOK!” The author of this story certainly seems to know what he thinks in the murder stakes…

http://www.vlib.us/beats/shootingjoan.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawVHd_dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBwZG9mBXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7rqZFQhH5buW69CPnH6cLOJtFRamOg5gy5EpT8AyQAa8x1Y-qMH1l9OVviwA_aem_OyjCf3Bi6GqVP1MlIHZyPA

Comment on The Archive as Method and Counterattack by Francis Poole

Francis Poole — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 23:52:04 +0000

A boost for Burroughs world and Mystical Modernism.

Comment on The David Oakey Collection of Gary Snyder by Theresa Giorgio

Theresa Giorgio — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:45:24 +0000

Scott, I never received an update that you responded to my email over a year ago. Please let me know if you would like info on other Gary Snyder/Bob Giorgio collaborations.

Comment on Archival Politics, Institutional Bureaucracy: by S. E. Gontarski

S. E. Gontarski — Mon, 19 Oct 2026 13:23:28 +0000

Thanks for such enthusiasm about my forthcoming Burroughs book, Jared, of which the article above is something of a teaser. Let’s hope the book has some impact so that institutional inertia relents and archival access opens up.

Comment on Archival Politics, Institutional Bureaucracy: by Jared F

Jared F — Sun, 18 Oct 2026 17:55:52 +0000

As an amateur researcher on Burroughs and someone who has always had a passion for preservation/collecting/hoarding, I can’t tell you how excited I am for this book. It is such an overlap of my personal interests and something I think about a lot wrt anti-intellectualism, AI dominance and institutional inertia. I have visited both the Burroughs archive at NYPL and the Kenneth Spencer research library at the University of Kansas, those experiences were wonderful and the staff extremely helpful, I wonder if the recent changes re: the Burroughs estate might help breathe in life into finding solutions to the problems you outlined in your article or only exacerbate them.

Comment on The Death Dwarf in the Street by Thingol Industries

Thingol Industries — Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:56:04 +0000

“noxious LLM’s can spit out a whole newspaper in ten seconds imitating your words after you and sliding in suggestion insults ”

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Comment on Fuck You Press Archive by Agent John Squire

Agent John Squire — Thu, 24 Sep 2026 22:42:59 +0000

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Comment on William Burroughs and David Solomon by Merrick Spiers

Merrick Spiers — Sun, 20 Sep 2026 03:15:29 +0000

From many conversations with David, and other sources, I think the legend of Crick’s visualizing the structure of DNA while under the influence of LSD is most likely true. His version of the operation Julie bust involved not amateur production of the substance but rather material from a European pharmaceutical company ‘which was pleased to be supplying the Cambridge professor’ he was impersonating. Of course I have no idea whether that story is true. Now that scientific consensus is growing that LSD is in fact an important medical breakthrough, it should be recognized that David was no “schlemiel”, rather a brilliant activist and publicist who was just plain ahead of his time.