Comments for RealityStudio https://realitystudio.org A William S. Burroughs Community Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:59:42 +0000 hourly 1 Comment on Tornado Alley by Alex https://realitystudio.org/bibliography/books-and-broadside-prints/tornado-alley/comment-page-1/#comment-939101 Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:59:42 +0000 https://realitystudio.org/bibliography/books-and-broadside-prints/tornado-alley/#comment-939101 I assume “simultaneous wraps” means trade paperback? That’s the version I bought at Forbidden Planet in London back in 1991.

]]> Comment on William S. Burroughs, Jacques Stern, and The Fluke by Jacques Stern https://realitystudio.org/publications/jacques-stern/william-s-burroughs-jacques-stern-and-the-fluke/comment-page-1/#comment-939045 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 00:36:16 +0000 https://realitystudio.org/?page_id=2095#comment-939045 “The Fluke” – I could barely get through 2 pages of that before tossing it aside. I didn’t necessarily agree with his dad (my grandfather) on politics but at least he knew how to write. I’m the son (or so I’ve been told) who he set out to forget about. Trust me, he got his karma on that. Anyway, he’s gone.

]]> Comment on The Digit Junkie by Demi Raven https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/the-digit-junkie/comment-page-1/#comment-939025 Fri, 19 Jun 2026 18:11:03 +0000 http://pornosec.com/bibliographic-bunker/the-digit-junkie/#comment-939025 Pedantic detail: the Ace Junkie wasn’t published dos-a-dos (sharing a central board/cover), but rather tête-a-tête (flipped and sharing a spine).

]]> Comment on William Burroughs and David Solomon by Den Browne https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/william-burroughs-and-david-solomon/comment-page-1/#comment-939014 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:31:48 +0000 https://realitystudio.org/?page_id=1408#comment-939014 Richard Mullens – I was at Jesus 70-73. Met Andy Munro thru Paul Sieveking & knew him up to the Big Bust. As far as I know he lives in Ireland now. He declined to work with a friend on writing his side o the Jukie story
I never knew Alan Terry but he was legendary among the Jesus college freak community – see slso Tim Evans
No idea if its the same guy but I remember seeing Alan Terry credited on various Peter Gabriel albums

]]> Comment on About Burroughs by Andy https://realitystudio.org/bibliography/about-burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-938889 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:59:05 +0000 https://realitystudio.org/?page_id=1456#comment-938889 “The War Universe” from Grand Street Issue 37 (1991) can be found here online for free on JSOR:

https://www.jstor.org/stable/25007430?origin=crossref

The War Universe

Raymond Foye and William S. Burroughs
Grand Street
No. 37 (1991), pp. 92-108 (17 pages)

]]> Comment on Pistol Poem No. 2 by Demi Raven https://realitystudio.org/texts/the-poetry-of-william-s-burroughs/pistol-poem-no-2/comment-page-1/#comment-938849 Sat, 30 May 2026 23:18:44 +0000 https://realitystudio.org/?page_id=1824#comment-938849 How do we know that the Pistol Poems in the Birthday Book are created by William S. Burroughs?
There is no point in that Birthday Book where William S. Burroughs is noted as the author, and Burroughs is not mentioned in its bibliographical notes, and is not noted on the cover as a contributor.

]]> Comment on My Burroughs by Ross https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/my-burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-938792 Mon, 25 May 2026 20:04:46 +0000 https://realitystudio.org/?page_id=2182#comment-938792 Speaking of September 17, 1899, do you know what (if any) significance it had for Burroughs? I know he mentions it in connection with the New York Times of that date.

]]> Comment on Association Copies by Joshua Bodwell https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/association-copies/comment-page-1/#comment-938658 Tue, 05 May 2026 20:39:28 +0000 http://pornosec.com/bibliographic-bunker/association-copies/#comment-938658 I’ve been reading a bit of correspondence from the early 1970s between James Laughlin of New Directions and John Martin of Black Sparrow Press. At one point they are both complaining about Harvey Brown.

And then I found my way to this piece.

I think the trouble with describing Brown’s copyright infringement as though he’s some joyful pirate is laid bare by Laughlin’s comment to Martin: Brown promised to pay a royalty to William Carlos William’s widow Floss…but then never paid her a cent.

Can you imagine being such a piece of shit that you won’t pay the widow of a poet (you claim to admire) some pittance of a royalty…even though you’re personally brimming with old family money?

Personally, it’s difficult for me to imagine.

]]> Comment on Beat Vinyl by Jeremy https://realitystudio.org/bibliographic-bunker/beat-vinyl/comment-page-1/#comment-938639 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 14:32:44 +0000 http://pornosec.com/bibliographic-bunker/beat-vinyl/#comment-938639 I just ran across this feed this morning. If anyone is still around for a group discussion, please email me at whistlecraft@yahoo.com. I’m a big Jack Kerouac collector and would love to connect with others! Thanks.

]]> Comment on Memories of Burroughs by Max Shpak https://realitystudio.org/biography/memories-of-burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-938588 Wed, 25 Mar 2026 13:32:59 +0000 https://realitystudio.org/?page_id=2864#comment-938588 I hadn’t heard Burroughs commenting on the works of William Saroyan (Aram’s father) before. However, I could see why he might like Saroyan’s most famous play, “The Time of Your Life”. One of the characters in the play is a corrupt, bullying but cowardly vice cop who harasses the regulars of a dive bar. Towards the end, a tall-tale spinning old fur trapper nicknamed “Kit Carson” puts a bullet in the vice cop, and then returns to the bar to spin more tall tales. Certainly a very Burroughsian ending.

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