Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting Welcome to the latest installment of “I Call Bullshit!” I understand that Mayfair men’s magazines with Burroughs appearances are a desirable collectible and that they are not as plentiful as they once were. I also understand that the condition of them can be…
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Evergreen Club News
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting Betsy: You got to be kidding. This is a dirty movie. Travis: No, no this is a movie that a lot of couples come to. All types of couples. Betsy: You sure about that? Travis: Yeah, I see them all…
Rush Magazine
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting I got my mitts on a run of a magazine dedicated to the good shit that once again reminded me how full of it I truly am. Paging through Malcolm Mc Neill‘s Lost Art of Ah Pook, I came across a reference to…
#15: Suck
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting #15: Suck 5 & 6 (1971). An Installment in Jed Birmingham’s series of the The Top 23 Most Interesting Burroughs Collectibles. “[C]omplete breakdown of censorship. There are shops all over town now where you can buy pictures of naked boys with hard ons…
Interview with Graham Masterton on William S. Burroughs
By Dave Teeuwen Graham Masterton is the amazingly prolific author of over a hundred horror and thriller novels, as well as self-help / how-to guides about sex. He has been publishing steadily since the mid-1970s. Earlier in his career, however, he was the editor for Mayfair magazine and later the editor of Penthouse and Penthouse…
Roy Pennington on Mayfair Academy Series More or Less
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting One of the great things about the Naked Lunch celebration in Paris was wondering whom you might bump into on any given day. At the Beat Hotel ceremony, I had the pleasure of finally meeting Roy Pennington and his brother Jim. Roy and…
William Burroughs in Mademoiselle
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting On the flipside of the men’s magazine is the fashion magazine. The porno industry represents the seedy underbelly of the seemingly glamorous fashion industry. Both worlds expressed an interest in the Beats in the 1950s and 1960s. In her landmark memoir, Minor Characters,…
William Burroughs in January 1960 Mademoiselle
W.S. Burroughs is an American in Paris whom the Saturday Review describes as “a writer of great power and artistic integrity.” Cable: “What do you want in the next decade for world, not self” Reply: Chere Mademoiselle: I am placed by you in the otherworldly, selfless and detached position of a losing better [sic] before…
William Burroughs’ Word in Swank
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting Q: What is with all the men’s magazines? A: Oh, I read them for the articles. Really? In part. Take exhibit A: the July 1961 issue of Swank. For anybody interested in the textual history of Naked Lunch, this issue proves to be…
Burroughs and Beats in Men’s Magazines: William Burroughs Appearances in Adult Men’s Magazines
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting This list is by no means comprehensive, although I attempted to make it as complete as possible. I combed through Maynard & Miles and Eric Shoaf’s Checklist marking down all the men’s magazines with William Burroughs fiction, essays, or interviews. I took adult…
Burroughs and Beats in Men’s Magazines: Burroughs
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting Continued from Part 1, Introduction to Burroughs and Beats in Men’s Magazines. From the 1950s to the late 1970s, William Burroughs supplied men’s magazines with fiction, essays, and interviews. The sheer number of pieces Burroughs provided to the skin trade is amazing. Burroughs…
Burroughs and Beats in Men’s Magazines: Introduction
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting In the last few weeks, eBay featured a couple of men’s magazines with William Burroughs appearances. A nice copy of Man’s Wildcat Adventures attracted several bidders and sold to a book dealer in California. Later, a copy of the little known British magazine…
Published High and Low: Men’s Magazines, the Pulps and Academic Journals
Reports from the Bibliographic Bunker Jed Birmingham on William S. Burroughs Collecting According to Beat legend, the shooting death of Joan Vollmer gave birth to William Burroughs, the writer. Grief and guilt forced Burroughs to the typewriter. The work of recent Beat historians, like Oliver Harris’ William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination, separates the…