A Burroughs Compendium:
Calling the Toads
By Allen Ginsberg, Lee Ranaldo
The ultimate compendium of previously unpublished interviews, memories and messages on William Burroughs by some of the people that knew him best. This is a compelling, inspiring read with insight into aspects of Burroughs' exploits and thoughts in later life. The book also includes some rare photographs of him by Allen Ginsberg, Lee Ranaldo, John Blumb and others. This book is a treasure not to be missed and represents an outstanding addition to the deep reservoir of works on one of the most influential writers and thinkers of the 20th Century
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Headpress 25: Flicker Machine
The William Burroughs Edition
By David Kerekes, Headpress Journal
HEADPRESS JOURNAL is a distinctive, acclaimed book series devoted to all that is strange and esoteric in film, literature and art. William Burroughs, Brion Gysin and Ian Sommerville designed the Dreamachine based on the research of brain specialist Grey Walter and his book The Living Brain, published in 1953. HEADPRESS 25 celebrates the 50th anniversary of this groundbreaking book. Contents Include interviews with William Burroughs, Paul Bowles and David Woodard, composer and builder of Dreamachines, The Pros and cons of Dreamachine use, A history of Dreamachines, Brain expanding films, as well as: American War Propaganda Cinema, interview with filmmaker Michael Moore, public autopsys, Richard Kern on kinky filmmaking, a detailed look at the neglected life and career of the late Luis de Jesus, a 'star' of diminutive stature whose film appearances range from sadistic sidekick in the cult 1976 feature, Blood Sucking Freaks, to numerous hardcore porn features, of which the most notorious is The Anal Dwarf.
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Naked Lunch:
The Restored Text
This edition of the madly influential Naked Lunch corrects numerous textual errors that have accumulated over the years, and incorporates Burroughs' own notes on the text. It also includes the accompanying essays he added to later editions, plus an appendix of newly discovered material and alternate drafts from the original manuscript. The unnerving tale of a descent into the hellish world of a narcotics addict as he travels from New York to Tangiers, Naked Lunch is a unique masterpiece that is a classic of twentieth-century fiction.
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