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Comment on SEND CA$H: The Collected Poems of Stewart Home by S

Thu, 08 Apr 2021 12:44:07 +0000

My mother worked at Churchill’s from early 60s until mid 70s. My mother took over Mandy Rices lease on her apt on Dean St.
Just wondering if you have any contact with any of the women from that era.

Comment on William S. Burroughs at The October Gallery by Valerie Sultana

Valerie Sultana — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 12:43:28 +0000

Burroughs may be famous for cut-up novels but he wasn’t cut-up about killing his wife…

Comment on William S. Burroughs at The October Gallery by Bud Miller

Bud Miller — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:22:10 +0000

Painting? That’s so nineteenth-century!

Comment on William S. Burroughs at The October Gallery by Food Fetish Phil

Food Fetish Phil — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 21:12:37 +0000

Did anyone ever translate Naked Lunch into Japanese using the title Nyotaimori?

Comment on William S. Burroughs at The October Gallery by Lucy Johnson

Lucy Johnson — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:56:24 +0000

Mmmm yes I am thinking a half naked lunch with lots of wine and cheese and a couple of nice men would be right up my street! Ha ha. I shall investigate the kindly provided cultural references accordingly!

Comment on William S. Burroughs at The October Gallery by mistertrippy

mistertrippy — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:27:26 +0000

Chappaqua (1966) is a curious film… my mother had some dealings with writer/director Conrad Rooks, and I seem to recall Chris Gray telling me about working with Rooks too. I found the follow up Siddhartha (1972) pretty dull… but Chappaqua is worth a peak for some glimpses of early psychedelia. I know it has been issued on DVD in the USA, not sure if there is a region 2 release but then a multi-region player overcomes that minor difficulty.
@ Michael Roth – yes the Burroughs’ non-fiction is just incredibly bad. The Adding Machine is a joke. But he isn’t the only experimental novelist with this problem – for example Kathy Acker’s non-fiction never came anywhere close to being as thrilling as her fiction.

Comment on William S. Burroughs at The October Gallery by The Man in the Iron Mask

The Man in the Iron Mask — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:23:00 +0000

Ms Lucy, why don’t you start with a half-naked lunch (Manet’s Dejuener sur l’herbe) and ease yourself back in that way? Burroughs’ recordings with Bill Laswell might also be a help – ditto Bill’s appearance in the film CHAPPAQUA which also features Ornette Coleman, Allen Ginsberg and Ed Sanders with the Fugs…

Comment on William S. Burroughs at The October Gallery by Lucy Johnson

Lucy Johnson — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:31:26 +0000

Naked Lunch?

Comment on William S. Burroughs at The October Gallery by Lucy Johnson

Lucy Johnson — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 10:30:57 +0000

Actually I think it was The Naked Lunch I tried (and failed) with.

Comment on William S. Burroughs at The October Gallery by Michael Roth

Michael Roth — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:21:01 +0000

Stewart, I am surprised at how dull his nonfiction is. For someone whose fiction really opens up doors (intellectually), his nonfiction certainly fails to do the same. I might give a pass to The Yage Letters (which I think City Lights classifies as a work of fiction in any case, so there you go) and some of his interviews (if you can consider those nonfiction). I still remember my disappointment when I first read The Adding Machine …