Sunday 15 May 2011

Correspondence between William Burroughs & Brion Gysin

Burroughs writes to Gysin in 1977 about writing songs, a possible collaboration with Patti Smith, and grabbing "a piece of the punk action." Burroughs was also working on early drafts of The Place of Dead Roads, which he refers to as "The Gay Gun."
In a letter to Gysin from 1979, Burroughs describes attending a musical, The Best Little Whore House in Texas, with Frank Zappa, who expressed interest in making a musical based on Naked Lunch.
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1 comment:

  1. Christ, that's some archive. Shame it's up for private sale and not in an academic institution where people could consult...

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