Interview with the Director of a New Documentary on the Beat Hotel William Burroughs at the Beat Hotel, 1961, photograph by Harold Chapman One of the most engaging presentations at the Naked Lunch @ 50 conference held in Paris in 2009 was given by filmmaker Alan Govenar. He presented audio excerpts from an interview with…
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A Visit to William S. Burroughs at the Beat Hotel in Summer, 1958
Extracts from a Journal, 1958 by Gael Turnbull 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. Excerpts from the journal were published in 1962 in Mica #5, a poetry magazine featuring Charles Bukowski, Ian…
Who Was Sinclair Beiles?
by Gary Cummiskey The following is an excerpt from Gary Cummiskey and Eva Kowalska, Who Was Sinclair Beiles?, published in 2009 by Dye Hard Press. The book contains interviews and essays that create a portrait of Sinclair Beiles, the South African poet who worked for Olympia Press, helped to edit Naked Lunch, and collaborated with…