Tag Archives: Burroughs

Detroit Artist’s Workshop

Posted on June 29, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Red Door Gallery – 1964 Archie Shepp: “On November 1st, the Detroit Artist’s Workshop, now defunct, celebrated its tenth anniversary. Not exactly an earth-shattering event, this anniversary, but one with great significance for those of us whose daily cultural practice … Continue reading →

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No Sleep till Gloucester

Posted on May 20, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

Charles Olson’s Table “Standing in line early in the morning at the Dunkin Donuts located at the service area on Route 128 North heading into Gloucester, I thought to myself that this ‘mole’ brought into town, not just the tourists, … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Found Poetry

Posted on April 26, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

A piece of blackout poetry, created by blocking out words from a found piece of newsprint W – Found poetry, W – Erasure (artform) “Poetry is everywhere, and it hides in plain view. Everyday writing like catalogs and tax forms … Continue reading →

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“To say it country simple, most folks enjoy junk”: William S. Burroughs on addiction, rehab and Opium Jones

Posted on March 30, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“I was on junk for almost 15 years. In that time I took 10 cures … In every case I relapsed at the first opportunity.” William S Burroughs: “Junk is a generic term for all habit-forming preparations and derivatives of … Continue reading →

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Nothing Here Now But the Lost Recordings: The Lost Tapes of Carl Weissner, Claude Pélieu and Mary Beach, 1967-1969

Posted on February 17, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“For academics and fans alike, the archives of the pivotal beat triumvir of William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac have long been a source of fascination and a continued wealth of lost texts. Despite the excavation of a large … Continue reading →

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Fuck You: A Magazine of the Arts (1962-1965)

Posted on January 24, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“In February of 1962 I was sitting in Stanley’s Bar at 12th and B with some friends from the Catholic Worker. We’d just seen Jonas Mekas’s movie Guns of the Trees, and I announced I was going to publish a … Continue reading →

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Jajouka Or Joujouka? The Conflicted Legacy Of The Master Musicians

Posted on January 22, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“‘Telephone Man’ was a gimbri player who used to play in the village of Joujouka (just as often spelled Jajouka), decades before mobile phones finally connected the hilltop base to the outside world around ten years ago. He would visit … Continue reading →

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Crawdaddy

Posted on January 21, 2022 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Crawdaddy was an American rock music magazine launched in 1966. It was created by Paul Williams, a Swarthmore College student at the time, in response to the increasing sophistication and cultural influence of popular music. The magazine was named after … Continue reading →

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“Burroughs Is a Poet Too, Really”: The Poetics of Minutes to Go

Posted on December 11, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“The long and intimate association of William Burroughs with poets is well known: Ginsberg, most obviously, as well as Corso, Creeley, Ferlinghetti, Leroi Jones, John Giorno, and so on. But to talk of Burroughs’ own material engagement with poetic form … Continue reading →

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Sylvère Lotringer (1938 – 2021)

Posted on November 19, 2021 by 1960s: Days of Rage

“Sylvère Lotringer (15 October 1938 – 8 November 2021) was a French born literary critic and cultural theorist. Initially based in New York City, he later lived in Los Angeles and Baja California, Mexico. He is best known for synthesizing … Continue reading →

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