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Do-It

1. DO-IT!, No. 1, edited by Matt Shulman
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Omaha: Do-It, 1966

First edition, side-stapled in printed and illustrated cover, 8.5″ x 11″, 16 leaves printed recto only, mimeograph printed. Cover art by d.a. levy.

  • Contents:
    1. d.a. levy – “The Suburban Prophets”
      Matt Shulman – “1966 #8”
      Matt Shulman – “1966 #12”
      Allen Ginsberg – “Auto Poesy to Nebraska”
      D.r. Wagner – “from The Septic Kaddish”
      Randy Rhody – “Destination”
      d.a. levy – “Light on, The Old Test (for Charles Olson)”
      John Giorno – “from American Book of the Dead”
      Freda Norton – “They Slaughtered Heaven to Death”
      Randy Rhody – “Dedicated to Darlene”
      Matt Shulman – “1966 #5”
      Clarence Major – “Vietnam #6”
      Clarence Major – “She, America & Death”
      Matt Shulman – “1966 #2”
      Matt Shulman – “1966 #10”
      Hugh Grayson – [untitled] “She bristled all up and said…”
      d.a. levy – “The Ballad of No Berets”

2. DO-IT!, Vol. 1, No. 2, edited by Matt Shulman
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Omaha: Do-It, August 1966

First edition, side-stapled in printed and illustrated cover, 8.5″ x 11″, 15 leaves printed recto only, mimeograph printed with some offset printed inserts. Published as a “Viet Nam Workbook”.

  • Contents:
    1. Clarence Major – “Viet Nam #3”
      Paul Mariah – “Klyptic Seventy-One”
      J.T. Hartmann – [untitled] “I’m an American, I am!”
      Paul Mariah – “Carnal Knowledge”
      d.a. levy – “A Mantra to Protect One from the Viet Cong (North and South)”
      Students for a Democratic Society – [offset printed insert] “National Vietnam Examination”
      W.E. Wyatt – “The Martyr”
      Robert Lowry – “Today is Dying”
      Clarence Major – “Vietnam #4”
      John Giorno – “from American Eagle”
      d.a. levy – “A Non of Viet Nam Gothic for the Alamo”
      r.j. sigmund – [letter] “Dear local draft board No. 32”
      Clarence Major – “Vietnam #2”
      Clarence Major – “Vietnam #5”

3. DO-IT!, Vol. 1, No. 3, edited by Matt Shulman
Omaha: Do-It, January 1967

First edition, side-stapled in printed and illustrated cover, 8.5″ x 11″, 35 leaves printed recto only, spirit-duplicator printed. Published “thru the facilities of Free Love Press”

  • Contents:
    1. Don Thomas – “The Unforgiven”
      Don Richie – “Letter from a Visitor to Greece”
      Rainer Maria Rilke – “Letter to a Young Poet”
      Dennis Saint-Eden –  “Rosary for Lovers”
      David R. Bunch – “Address”
      Peter Wild – “Santa Cruz”
      Matthew Shulman – “1966 #14”
      Matthew Shulman – “1966 #11”
      IBM Computer – [untitled] “Wild red dreams hovered…”
      Ottone M. Riccio – “Office of the Commissioner of Segregation”
      Duane Locke – “Another Image Series: Nos. 9 & 10”
      Ronald Davis – “The Cuzle and the Lokebub”
      Christine E. Fisher – “5 1/2 Years”
      Kell D. Robertson, Jr. – “Go Ahead”
      Matt Shulman – “1966 #13”
      d.a. levy – “Great Man Sleeping in a Closet”
      Harland Ristau – “End of the Line”
      William A. Mathewson – “Two Poets Trying”
      Seamus Finn – “Suck”
      W.E. Wyatt – “On Avalokita’s Enlightenment”
      Edward Oster – “The Hurricane”
      Samuel David Klein – “Ode to Summer”
      Terry T. Tilford – “2nd Poem for Ho Chi Minh”
      D.r. Wagner – [letter to the editor]
      J.T. Hartman – “Tone Poem”
      Raquel Jodorowsky – Johnny Gin”
      Reva Basch – [illustration]
      Randy Rhody – “Sparkling”
      H.B. Kaplan – “Coup D’Etat”
      Albert Drake – “In Dubious Battle”
      Will Inman – “Root of the Rebel Tree”

Shit Sheet

1. SHIT SHEET, No. 1, edited by d.a. levy *
First edition:
Cleveland: The University Fringe Anti-Christian Movement – Cleveland Branch, 1966
Side-stapled sheets, 8.5″ x 11″, 6 pages, mimeograph printed by d.a. levy. (T&H P-122)

2. SHIT SHEET, No. 2, edited by d.a. levy
Cleveland: The Militant Pseudo-Buddhist Council of America, 1966

First edition, side-stapled in printed and illustrated cover, 8.5″ x 11″, 4 pages, mimeograph printed by d.a. levy. (T&H P-123)

Contents:
Richard Krech – [untitled] “Galactus sat hurling thunderbolts…”
Boris de Rachewiltz – “Yoruba Legend from Black Eros”
unattributed – “England Debates Problems of Sex”
George Montgomery – “Picture of a Woman I Love”

Poets at the Gate

The Gate was a coffeehouse located in the basement of Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio. Poems in the first issue were gathered from the first reading in the series which occurred on March 25, 1966. Poems in the third issue were gathered from the second reading in the series which occurred on April 29, 1966. The featured reader was Kent Taylor, and The Jug Band performed. The fourth issue includes poems gathered at the third reading in the series which occurred on July 1, 1966. Featured readers were D.r. Wagner, Joe Walker and rjs. rjs continued publishing poetry from this reading series with Free Love Periodically volumes 1 and 2.


1. POETS AT THE GATE , Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by d.a. levy
Cleveland: d.a. levy, March 1966
First edition, corner-stapled, 8.5” x 11″, 10 leaves printed recto only, spirit duplicator printed by d.a. levy. (T&H P-79)

“…the editors of Weed, Free Lance, The Beginning, American Weave, and The Marrahwannah Quarterly were present… in all 25 poets read to an audience of approx. 100…”

  • Contents:
    1. John Cornillon – “from No Hiding Place”
      Kent Taylor – [untitled] “my poems are…”
    2. Kent Taylor – [untitled] “tonight some people…”
      Adelaide Simon – “Museum Tour – Piazzetta”
      Grace Butcher – [untitled] “Touched by the shadows…”
      d.a. levy – “from The North American Book of the Dead”
      Joe Walker – “Lake Street Bridge”
      John R. Wherry – “3/5/66”
      Geoffrey A. Cook – “Om Sound”
      Eric K. Albrecht – [untitled] “sometimes i think…”
      Norman Jordan – “Toms”
      E. Hale Chatfield – “In The Navy Yard”
      r.j.s. – “In Co-operation with d.a. levy’s 30 Day War”
      Thom Szuter – “Lost Barn”
      Walter R. Keller – “Christmas in Cleveland”

2. POETS AT THE GATE, Vol. 1, No. 2, edited by d.a. levy
Cleveland: d.a. levy, April 1966First edition, corner-stapled, 8.5″ x 11″, 11 leaves printed recto only, spirit duplicator printed by d.a. levy. (T&H P-80)

  • Contents:
    1. Joe Walker – “1966: First Poem”
      Bennet Hassink – “from The Notebooks of Bennet Hassink”
      J.T. Hartmann – [untitled] “I’m an American…”
      Kent Taylor – [untitled] “pieces of me…”
      d.a. levy – “from Cleveland The Rectal Eye Visions”
      d.a. levy – “from The Book of the Dead”
      W.E. Wyatt – “from A Marriage of Words”
      Roger Sauls -“Chikhai Bardo”
      Margaret Randall – “from Unside”
      Thom Szuter – “The Fall Sky”

3. POETS AT THE GATE, Vol. 1, No. 3, edited by d.a. levy
Cleveland: d.a. levy, April 1966
First edition, side-stapled, 8.5″ x 11″, 13 leaves printed recto only, spirit duplicator printed by d.a. levy. (T&H P-81)

  • Contents:
    1. E.R. Baxter – “A Son”
      D.r. Wagner – “Holy Man Eating”
      D.r. Wagner – “Letter from the Embalmer”
    2. Tod Roy – “from The Dope Stream Meaning Breathlessness”
      Richard Barker – “Jon Paul Says”
      d.a. levy – [untitled] “it looks like an amphetamine rain…”
      Eric Albrecht – “American Haiku”
      R. Crumb – [comic strip] “Cheesis K. Reist in the Detroit Avenue Story”

4. POETS AT THE GATE, Vol. 1, No. 4, edited by d.a. levy
Cleveland: Free Love Press, July 1966
First edition, side-stapled, 8.5″ x 11″, 11 leaves printed recto only, spirit duplicator printed. (T&H P-92)

“On July 1st, 1966, 24 poets disguised as angels came up from hell to visit Cleveland…”

  • Contents:
    1. Kent Taylor – “A Call to Arms”
      D.r. Wagner – “For Barb”
      D.r. Wagner – “Portrait of the Dust Man”
      Randy Rhody – “Orphans”
      E.R. Baxter – “All Returns are not Glorios”
      d.a. levy – “R.E. Vision #7 Part II for Art Kleps”
      J.T. Hartmann – “Viet Diet”
      r.j.s. – “Dogs of Tex Ass”
      Mike Nelson – “Climb”
      Joel Friedman – “A. Dream”
      Dagmar – “The Adventures of Super Gorge”
      J.T. Hartmann – [untitled] “stop and kill and lose…”

The Floating Bear

THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 24, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones (New York, September-October 1962)

The subtitle “A Newsletter” is the key to The Floating Bear’s chief contribution to literature of the 1960’s; it was a newsletter, a speedy line of communication between experimental poets. Diane di Prima, in the introduction to the reprint edition of Floating Bear, recalls Charles Olson’s tribute to the magazine: “The last time I saw Charles Olson in Gloucester, one of the things he talked about was how valuable the Bear had been to him in its early years because of the fact that he could get new work out that fast. He was very involved in speed, in communication. We got manuscripts from him pretty regularly in the early days of the Bear, and we’d usually get them into the very next issue. That meant that his work, his thoughts, would be in the hands of a few hundred writers within two or three weeks. It was like writing a letter to a bunch of friends.”

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The Spicer Circle’s J

Cover of Jack Spicer’s J, No. 4. San Francisco 1959

Jack Spicer’s J ran for eight issues: Nos. 1–5 were edited by Spicer in North Beach where contributions were left in a box marked “J” in The Place, a bar on Grant Avenue in San Francisco; Nos. 6 and 7 (an Apparition of the late J) were edited by George Stanley in San Francisco and New York City respectively while no. 8 was edited by Harold Dull in Rome. Spicer believed that poetry was for poets and the magazine had a small circulation but cast a long shadow.

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William S. Burroughs – Translations into Foreign Languages

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SECTION D:
This index includes contributions to periodicals that have been translated into foreign languages by a third party from 1957 to 1973: roughly the period of time covered by the Maynard and Miles Bibliography.


1. LA NOUVELLE REVUE FRANÇAISE, No. 85, edited by Jean Paulhan
Paris: Éditions Gallimard, January 1960

Burroughs contribution: “Témoignage a propos d’une Maladie”
(M&M C13) *

Note: French translation of “Deposition: Testimony Concerning a Sickness” by Eric Kahane; published concurrently with the English-language version in the Evergreen Review [see (M&M C12)]

2. HAUTE SOCIÉTÉ, No. 1, edited by Jacques Houbart 
Paris: Haute Société, June 1960

Burroughs contribution: “Nothing Is True, Everything Is Permitted”
(M&M C18) *


3. HAUTE SOCIÉTÉ, No. 2, edited by Jacques Houbart 
Paris: Haute Société, September 1960

Burroughs contribution: “The Naked Lunch (fragment)”
(not in M&M) *

Note: French translation by Jacques Houbart.

4. NUL, No. 5, edited by Dirk Claus 
Sint Niklaas: Paradox Press, January 1962

Burroughs contribution: “Take That Business to Wallgreens”
(M&M C40)

5. NUL, No. 6, edited by Dirk Claus 
Sint Niklaas: Paradox Press, 1962

Burroughs contribution: “Routine: Roosevelt After Inauguration” *
(M&M C41)

6. BONNIERS LITTERÄRA MAGASIN, No. 6, edited by Daniel Hjorth 
Stockholm: Albert Bonniers: July–August 1962

Burroughs contribution: “Novia Express”
(not in M&M) *

Note: Swedish translation by Lars Wilson.

7. AKZENTE, Vol. 9, No.6, edited by Walter Höllerer and Hans Bender 
Munich: Carl Hanser, December 1962

Burroughs contribution: “The Photograph Crashes – The Word Crashes”, “Last Rays of Dusk”
(not in M&M) *

Note: excerpts from Naked Lunch.

8. RANDSTAD, No. 4, edited by Hugo Claus, Ivo Michels, Harry Mulisch, Simon Vinkenoog 
Amsterdam: De Bezige Bij, January 1963

Burroughs contribution: “Outskirts of the City”
(M&M C52)

Note: Dutch translation by Cornelis Bastiaan Vaandrager and Simon Vinkenoog.

9. IL VERRI, No. 8, edited by Luciano Anceschi 
Milan: Feltrinelli, June 1963

Burroughs contribution: “Le Censura e il Romanzo”
(M&M C61) *

Note: Italian translation of “Censorship”, which first appeared in Transatlantic Review, No. 11 (Winter 1962) [see (M&M C51)].

10. AKZENTE, Vol. 10, No. 3, edited by Walter Höllerer and Hans Bender 
Munich: Carl Hanser, June 1963

Burroughs contribution: “Grenzstadt”
(M&M C62) *

Note: German translation  of “The Border City” by Katharina and Peter Behrens.

11. RANDSTAD, No. 9, edited by Hugo Claus, Ivo Michels, Harry Mulisch, Simon Vinkenoog 
Amsterdam, De Bezige Bij, 1965

Burroughs contribution: “Beedige verklaring: Een getuigenis over een ziekte”
(M&M C126) *

Note: Dutch translation of “Deposition: Testimony Concerning a Sickness”.

12. KREA, No. 6 
‘s-Hertogenbosch: Krea, 1965

Burroughs contribution: “The Coldspring News (op de veranda achtrer zijn brerderij…)”
(M&M C130) *

Note: Dutch translation by Peter H. Van Lieshout.

13. MAMA, No. 16, edited by Klaus Lea 
Munich: Mama, March 1966

Burroughs contribution: “Martins Torheit”
(M&M C133) *

Note: German translation of “Martin’s Folly”.

14. OPUS INTERNATIONAL, No. 4, edited by Jean-Clarence Lambert
Paris: Editions Georges Fall, December 1967

Burroughs contribution: “Cieux brûlants, idiot”
(M&M C181) *

Note: French translation of “Burning Heavens, Idiot” by Mary Beach and Claude Pélieu, first published in Insect Trust Gazette, No. 1 (1964).

15. LA QUINZAINE LITTÉRAIRE, No. 40, edited by François Erval and Maurice Nadeau
Paris: Bureau du journal, 1-15 December 1967

Burroughs contribution: “L’Avenir du Roman”, “Censure”
(M&M C182-183) *

Note: French translation of “The Future of the Novel” and “Censorship” by Mary Beach and Claude Pélieu.

16. PLANETA FRESCO, No. 1, edited by Ettore Sottsass and Fernanda Pivano
Milano, Edizioni East 128, 12 December 1967

Burroughs contribution: “Accademia 23: Un Decondizionamento”
(M&M C184) *

Note: Italian translation of “Academy 23: A Deconditioning” by Giulio Saponaro.

17. PLANETA FRESCO, Nos. 2-3, edited by Ettore Sottsass and Fernanda Pivano 
Milano, Edizioni East 128, 1968

Burroughs contribution: “23 skidoo Elite Eristica”
(M&M C195) *

Note: Italian translation of “23 Skidoo Eristic Elite” by Giulio Saponaro.

18. VIBRA, FRI NORSK PRESSE, No. 1, edited by Johannes Rasmussen 
Oslo: Vibra, 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Flesket son Eksploderte”
(M&M C197) *

Note: Norwegian translation of excerpt from The Ticket That Exploded.

19. REVISTA DE BELLAS ARTES, No. 23, edited by Huberto Batis
Mexico City: Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, September 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Censura”, “La novela del porvenir”
(M&M C205-206) *

Note: Spanish translation of “Censorship” and “The Future of the Novel” by Roberto Baresa.

20. SVÊTOVÁ LITERATURA, Vol. 13, No. 4, edited by Josef Kadlec 
Prague: Odeon, 13 April 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Smrt Opiového Jonese”
(M&M C213) *

Note: Czech translation of “The Death of Opium Jones”.

21. HOTCHA!, No. 39, edited by Urban Gwerder 
Zurich: Hotcha, April 1970

Burroughs contribution: “Akademie 23—eine Entwöhnung”
(M&M C273) *

Note: German translation of “Academy 23: A Deconditioning.”

22. ACTUEL, NOUVELLE SERIE, No. 2, edited by Jean-François Bizot
Paris: Actuel: November 1970

Burroughs contribution: “Ecoutez Mes Derniers Mots”
(M&M C297) *

Note: an excerpt from Nova Express, translated by Mary Beach and Claude Pélieu. According to Maynard and Miles, the magazine mistakenly credits Bob Kaufman instead of Claude Pélieu.

23. ZOOM, No. 1 
Frankfurt: Zoom, May 1971

Burroughs contribution: “Top Secret M.O.B.”
(M&M C305) *

Note: German translation of “M.O.B.” from Contact (1970).

24. LA VEUVE JOYEUSE—JOURNAL SOUTERRAIN POUR ADULTE ECLAIRE, Nos. 1-3 
Paris: La Veuve Joyeuse, Spring 1971

Burroughs contribution: “M.O.B.”
(M&M C306) *

Note: French translation of “M.O.B.” from Contact (1970).

25. UFO, No. 1, edited by Udo Berger, Carl Weissner, Jürgen Ploog, and Jörg Fauser 
Göttingen: Expanded Media Editions, June 1971

Burroughs contribution: “UFO Space Bulletin—‘Revolution durch Information’”, “Deconditioning—der nicht-chemische Trip”
(M&M C307-C309) *

Note: German translation by “Bradley Martin / Space Agent 23”.

26. GUMMIBAUM 
Frankfurt: Frankfurter Autorenkollektiv, 1971

Burroughs contribution: “Windhand in die Tür verklemmt”
(M&M C312) *

Note: German translation of “Wind Hand Caught in the Door”.

27. UFO, No. 2, edited by Udo Berger, Carl Weissner, Jürgen Ploog, and Jörg Fauser 
Göttingen: Expanded Media Editions, October 1971

Burroughs contribution: “Blutiger Mittwoch”
(M&M C317) *

(… to be continued)

William S. Burroughs – Contributions to Periodicals

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SECTION C:
This index includes contributions to periodicals (excluding foreign language translations, interviews and some miscellaneous prose) from 1957 to 1973: roughly the period of time covered by the Maynard and Miles Bibliography (ref. M&M).


1957

1. THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF ADDICTION, Vol. 53, No. 2, edited by John Yerbury Dent
Shrewsbury: Society for the Study of Addiction, January 1957

Burroughs contribution: “Letter from a Master Addict to Dangerous Drugs”
(M&M C1) *

2. THE BLACK MOUNTAIN REVIEW, No. 7, edited by Robert Creeley
Black Mountain: Black Mountain College, Autumn 1957

Burroughs contribution: “from Naked Lunch, Book III: In Search of Yage”
(M&M C2)

Note: published under the pseudonym William Lee.


1958

3. YUGEN, No. 3, edited by LeRoi Jones
New York City: Totem Press, Spring 1958

Burroughs contribution: “Have You Seen Pantapon Rose?”
(M&M C3)

Note: excerpt from Naked Lunch.

4. CHICAGO REVIEW, Vol. 12, No. 1, edited by Irving Rosenthal
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Spring 1958

Burroughs contribution: “Excerpt: Naked Lunch
(M&M C4)



5. CHICAGO REVIEW, Vol. 12, No. 3, edited by Irving Rosenthal
Chicago: University of Chicago Press, Autumn 1958

Burroughs contribution: “Chapter 2 of Naked Lunch
(M&M C5)

Note: The printing of this excerpt from Naked Lunch caused the next issue of Chicago Review to be suppressed, as a result, the editor, Irving Rosenthal, started Big Table.


1959

6. BIG TABLE, No. 1, edited by Irving Rosenthal
Chicago: Big Table, Spring 1959

Burroughs contribution: “Ten Episodes from Naked Lunch
(M&M C6)

Note: Episodes 2 and 5 reprinted from Chicago Review, Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 1958) [see (M&M C4)].

7. MAN’S WILDCAT ADVENTURES, Vol. 1, No. 1
New York City: Candar Publishing Company, June 1959

Burroughs contribution: “The Amazing Truth About a Junkie”
(Not in M&M) *

Note: published under the pseudonym William Lee.

8. BIG TABLE, No. 2, edited by Paul Carroll
Chicago: Big Table, Summer 1959

Burroughs contribution: “In Quest of Yage”
(M&M C7)



9. NEW DEPARTURES, No. 1, edited by Michael Horovitz
Oxford: New Departures, Summer 1959

Burroughs contribution: “Two Scenes: The Exterminator Does a Good Job, Coke Bugs”
(M&M C8)

Note: excerpts from Naked Lunch.

10. JABBERWOCK, edited by Alex Neish
Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, 1959

Burroughs contribution: “And Start West”
(M&M C9)

Note: excerpt from Naked Lunch.

11. NOMAD, Nos. 5/6, edited by Donald Factor and Anthony Linick
Culver City: Nomad, Winter 1959

Burroughs contribution: “Open Letter to Life Magazine” [co-authored with Brion Gysin, Sinclair Beiles, and Gregory Corso]
(M&M C10)

12. SEMINA, No. 4, edited by Wallace Berman
San Francisco: Semina, 1959

Burroughs contribution: “excerpt from Pantapon Rose”
(M&M C11)

Note: excerpt from Naked Lunch.


1960

13. EVERGREEN REVIEW, Vol. 4, No. 11, edited by Barney Rosset
New York City: Evergreen Review, January-February 1960

Burroughs contribution: “Deposition: Testimony Concerning a Sickness”, “Newspeak Précis”
(M&M C12, C14) *

14. MADEMOISELLE, Vol. 50, No. 3, edited by Betsy Blackwell
New York City: Conde Nast, January 1960

Burroughs contribution: “Quo Vadis?”
(M&M C15) *



15. BIG TABLE, Vol. 1, No. 4, edited by Paul Carroll
Chicago: Big Table, Spring 1960

Burroughs contribution: “But Is All Back Seat of Dreaming”
(M&M C16)


16. KULCHUR, No. 1, edited by Marc D. Schleifer
New York City: Kulchur, Spring 1960

Burroughs contribution: “The Conspiracy”
(M&M C19)

Note: a section from the original manuscript of Naked Lunch; it does not appear in the otherwise complete edition of Naked Lunch, published by Olympia Press, Paris, 1959.

17. BETWEEN WORLDS, Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by Dr. Gilbert Neiman
San German: Inter American University, Summer 1960

Burroughs contribution: “Ten Age Future Time”
(M&M C17) *

Note: excerpt from Minutes to Go.

18. SIDEWALK, Vol. 1, No. 2, edited by Alex Neish
Edinburgh: Sidewalk, 1960

Burroughs contribution: “Have You Seen Slotless City?”
(M&M C20)


19. BIRTH, No. 3, edited by Tuli Kupferberg 
New York City: Birth Press, Autumn 1960

Burroughs contribution: miscellaneous quotes
(M&M C21-C23) *

Note: excerpts from British Journal of Addiction, and The Naked Lunch.


1961

20. EVERGREEN REVIEW, Vol. 5, No. 16, edited by Barney Rosset
New York City: Evergreen Review, January-February 1961

Burroughs contribution: “Meeting of International Conference of Technological Psychiatry”, “The Country Clerk”, “Interzone”
(M&M C24)

Note: excerpt from Naked Lunch

21. METRONOME, Vol. 78, No. 5, edited by David Solomon
New York City: Metronome, May 1961

Burroughs contribution: “No Bueno, from The Soft Machine
(M&M C25) *


22. LOCUS SOLUS, No. 2, edited by Kenneth Koch
Lans-en-Vercors: Locus Solus, Summer 1961

Burroughs contribution: “Everywhere March Your Head”, “Sons of Your In”
(M&M C26-C27)

Note: cut-ups of Arthur Rimbaud’s “To a Reason”; arranged by Burroughs and Gregory Corso.

23. TWO CITIES, No. 6, edited by Jean Fanchette 
Paris: Mistral Bookshop, Summer 1961

Burroughs contribution: “Transitional Period”
(M&M C28) *



24. METRONOME, Vol. 78, No. 8, edited by David Solomon
New York City: Metronome, August 1961

Burroughs contribution: “This Is the Time of the Assassins”
(M&M C29) *


25. EVERGREEN REVIEW, Vol. 5, No. 20, edited by Barney Rosset
New York City: Evergreen Review, September-October 1961

Burroughs contribution: “Comments on ‘The Night Before Thinking’”
(M&M C30)

Note: commentary by Burroughs on Ahmed Yacoubi’s “The Night Before Thinking”, included in the same issue.

26. THE FLOATING BEAR, No. 5, edited by Diane Di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York City: The Floating Bear, April 1961

Burroughs contribution: “Out Show Window and We’re Proud of It”, “Dear Allen: There is no thing to fear. . . .” [letter dated 21 June 1960]
(M&M C31-C32) 

27. THE FLOATING BEAR, No. 9, edited by Diane Di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York City: The Floating Bear, June 1961

Burroughs contribution: “Routine: Roosevelt After Inauguration”
(M&M C33)

According to Maynard & Miles: An obscenity case resulted from the publication of this item in this issue of [The] Floating Bear, and the same piece was also censored by the Villiers Press in London when they printed The Yage Letters for City Lights Books. It was eventually published separately by Ed Sanders.

28. SWANK, Vol. 8, No. 3, edited by Jonathan Starr
New York City: Royal Publications, July 1961

Burroughs contribution: “The Word”
(M&M C34) *

Note: excerpt from Naked Lunch.

29. THE OUTSIDER, Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by Jon Edgar Webb and Gypsy Lou Webb
New Orleans: Loujon Press, Fall 1961

Burroughs contribution: “Operation: ‘Soft Machine’/Cut”
(M&M C35)


30. KULCHUR, No. 3, edited by Marc Schleifer
New York City: Kulchur Press, 1961

Burroughs contribution: “In Search of Yage”
(M&M C36)



31. OLYMPIA, No. 1, edited by Maurice Girodias and Iris Owens
Paris: Olympia, December 1961

Burroughs contribution: “Ten Episodes from The Soft Machine
(M&M C37) *


32. RHINOZEROS, No. 5, edited by Rolf and Gunter Dienst
Itzehoe: Rhinozeros, 1961

Burroughs contribution: “Wind Hand Caught in the Door”
(M&M C38)

Note: excerpt from The Soft Machine; text in English and German with German translation by Anselm Hollo.


1962

33. EVERGREEN REVIEW, Vol. 6, No. 22, edited by Barney Rosset
New York City: Evergreen Review, January-February 1962

Burroughs contribution: “Introduction to Naked Lunch, The Soft Machine, Novia Express”, “Episodes from Novia Express
(M&M C39)

34. THE SECOND COMING MAGAZINE, Vol. 1, No. 3, edited by Samuel Pitts Edwards 
New York City: The Second Coming Magazine, March 1962

Burroughs contribution: “One Chapter from The Novia Express
(M&M C42) *

35. RHINOZEROS, No. 6, edited by Rolf and Gunter Dienst
Itzehoe: Rhinozeros, July 1962

Burroughs contribution: “Novia Express”
(M&M C43) 



36. EVERGREEN  REVIEW, Vol. 6, No. 25, edited by Barney Rosset
New York City: Evergreen Review, July-August 1962

Burroughs contribution: “Outskirts of the City”
(M&M C44)

Note: excerpt from Novia Express.

37. RHINOZEROS, No. 7, edited by Rolf and Gunter Dienst
Itzehoe: Rhinozeros, 1962

Burroughs contribution: untitled [“Be cheerful sir, our revels touching circumstance…”]
(M&M C45) 


38. THE OUTSIDER, Vol. 1, No. 2, edited by Jon Edgar Webb and Gypsy Lou Webb
New Orleans: Loujon Press, Summer 1962

Burroughs contribution: “Wilt Caught in Time.”
(M&M C46)



39. THE FLOATING BEAR, No. 24, edited by Diane Di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York City: The Floating Bear, September-October 1962

Burroughs contribution: “Spain & 42 St.”, “Dead Whistle Stop Already End”, “Where Flesh Circulates”
(M&M C47-C49)

40. YUGEN, No. 8, edited by LeRoi Jones
New York City: Totem Press, 1962

Burroughs contribution: “The Cut-Up Method of Brion Gysin”
(M&M C50)


41. TRANSATLANTIC REVIEW, No. 11, edited by J.F. McCrindle
London: Transatlantic Review, Winter 1962

Burroughs contribution: “Censorship”, “The Future of the Novel”, “Notes on These Pages”, “Nova Police Besieged McEwan Hall”
(M&M C51) *


1963

42. EVERGREEN REVIEW, Vol. 7, No. 29, edited by Barney Rosset
New York City: Evergreen Review, March–April 1963

Burroughs contribution: “Two Episodes from Nova Express
(M&M C53)

43. OLYMPIA, No. 4, edited by Maurice Girodias 
Paris: Olympia, April 1963

Burroughs contribution: “The Ticket That Exploded”
(M&M C54) *


44. THE YALE LITERARY MAGAZINE, Vol. 131, Nos. 3-4, edited by Michael S. Gill
New Haven: Yale Literary Society, April 1963

Burroughs contribution: “Call the Old Doctor Twice?”
(M&M C55) *


45. THE OUTSIDER, Vol. 1, No. 3, edited by Jon Edgar & Gypsy Lou Webb
New Orleans: Loujon Press, Spring 1963

Burroughs contribution: “Take It to Cut City U.S.A.”
(M&M C57) 



46. GAMBIT: THE NEW UNIVERSITY REVIEW, edited by Bill McArthur
Edinburgh: The University of Edinburgh, Spring 1963

Burroughs contribution: “The Mayan Caper”
(M&M C58) 


47. THE HARVARD ADVOCATE, Vol. 97, No. 3, edited by Donald Bloch
Cambridge: Harvard Advocate, Spring 1963

Burroughs contribution: “Who Him? Don’t Let Him Out There”
(M&M C59) *


48. CLEFT, Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by Bill McArthur
Edinburgh: Cleft, June 1963

Burroughs contribution: “Martin’s Folly”
(M&M C60) *



49. BIRMINGHAM BULLETIN, No. 2, edited by James Dunlop
Birmingham: Birmingham Artists and Writers Publishing Co. Ltd., Autumn 1963

Burroughs contribution: “Unfinished Cigarette.”
(M&M C63) *

50. TRANSATLANTIC REVIEW, No. 14, edited by J.F. McCrindle 
London: Transatlantic Review, Autumn 1963

Burroughs contribution: “The Beginning Is Also the End”
(M&M C64) *


51. FILM, No.37, edited by Peter Armitage
London: Federation of Film Societies, Autumn 1963

Burroughs contribution: “Towers Open Fire!”
(M&M C65) 


52. CITY LIGHTS JOURNAL, No. 1, edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 
San Francisco: City Lights, 1963

Burroughs contribution: “I Am Dying, Meester?”
(M&M C66) *

Note: excerpt from The Yage Letters.

53. MY OWN MAG, No. 2, edited by Jeff Nuttall 
Barnet: Homosap Inc, December 1963

Burroughs contribution: “From H. B. William S. Burroughs”
(M&M C93) *



1964

54. THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, No. 3230 
London: Oxford University Press, January 1964

Burroughs contribution: “Sir,—It seems to me that any author/ …” [Letter to the Editor]
(M&M C67) *

55. GNAOUA, No. 1, edited by Ira Cohen
Tangier: Gnaoua Press, Spring 1964

Burroughs contribution: “Pry Yourself Loose and Listen”, “Notes on Page One”, “Ancient Face Gone Out”, “Just So Long and Long Enough”
(M&M C68-C71) 

56. TRANSATLANTIC REVIEW, No. 15, edited by J.F. McCrindle 
London: Transatlantic Review, Spring 1964

Burroughs contribution: “From ‘A Distant Hand Lifted’”
(M&M C72) *

57. EVERGREEN REVIEW, Vol. 8, No. 32, edited by Barney Rosset 

New York City: Evergreen Review, April–May 1964
Burroughs contribution: “They Just Fade Away”
(M&M C73) *


58. CLEFT, Vol. 1, No. 2, edited by Bill McArthur
Edinburgh: Cleft, May 1964

Burroughs contribution: “A Distant Hand Lifted”
(M&M C74) 



59. C: A JOURNAL OF POETRY, Vol. 1, No. 9, edited by Ted Berrigan 
New York City: C Press, Summer 1964

Burroughs contribution: “Giver of Winds Is My Name”, “Intersections Shifts and Scanning from ‘Literary Days’ by Tom Veitch”
(M&M C75-C76) *

60.THE INSECT TRUST GAZETTE, No. 1, edited by Leonard Belasco, Jed Irwin, Robert Basara, and Bill Levy
Philadelphia: Insect Trust Gazette, Summer 1964

Burroughs contribution: “Burning Heavens, Idiot”, “Grids”
(M&M C78-C79) *


61. FUCK YOU/ A MAGAZINE OF THE ARTS, No. 5, Vol. 7, edited by Edward Sanders
New York City: Fuck You Press, September 1964

Burroughs contribution: “Fluck You Fluck You Fluck You”
(M&M C80)

Note: a three-column style layout dated March 31, 1964, in Tangier.

62. THE TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, No. 3258
London: Oxford University Press, August 1964

Burroughs contribution: “The Literary Techniques of Lady Sutton-Smith.”
(M&M C81) *

63. ART AND LITERATURE, No. 2, edited by John Ashbery, Anne Dunn and Rodrigo Moynihan 
Paris: Art and Literature: Summer 1964

Burroughs contribution: “Who Is the Third That Walks Beside You?”
(M&M C82) *

Note: a three-column style layout.

64. ESQUIRE, Vol. 62, No. 3, Issue 370, edited by Harold Hayes
New York City: Esquire, Inc., September 1964

Burroughs contribution: “Photo-Optical, Cartographical, & Literary Footnotes to a Survey of the American Socio-Intellectual Enclave in the City of Tangier”
(M&M C83) *

65. ARCADE, No. 1, edited by Martin Leman 
London: Arcade, 1964

Burroughs contribution: “The Border City”, “The Danish Operation”, “The Cut”
(M&M C84-C86) 


66. SIGNALS: NEWSBULLETIN OF SIGNALS, LONDON, Vol. 1, Nos. 3-4, edited by David Medalla 
London: Signals, October–November 1964)

Burroughs contribution: “Takis”
(M&M C87) *



67. MOTHER, No. 3, edited by David Moberg and Jeff Giles
Northfield: Mother, November-December 1964

Burroughs contribution: “We Called Her ‘Mother.’ Wouldn’t You?”
(M&M C88) *

Note: a three-column style manuscript reproduced in three-color facsimile and accompanied by it’s covering note.

68. EVERGREEN REVIEW, Vol. 8, No. 34, edited by Barney Rosset
New York City: Evergreen Review, December 1964

Burroughs contribution: “Points of Distinction Between Sedative and Consciousness-Expanding Drugs”
(M&M C89) *

69. RHINOZEROS, No. 9, edited by Rolf and Gunter Dienst
Itzehoe: Rhinozeros, 1964

Burroughs contribution: “Text”
(M&M C90)

Note: Text of Burroughs’ remarks on his literary methods, delivered at the 1962 International Writers Conference held in Edinburgh; text in English and German with German translation by Anselm Hollo.

70. CHICAGO REVIEW, Vol. 17, No. 1, Issue 54, edited by Peter Michelson
Chicago: Chicago Review, 1964

Burroughs contribution: “The Boys Magazine: Gone Away. Back When.”
(M&M C91) *

Note: three-column style layout.

71. AMBIT, No. 20, edited by Martin Bax
London: Ambit, 1964

Burroughs contribution: “Martin’s Mag”
(M&M C92)

Note: a three-column style layout.

72. MY OWN MAG, No. 4, edited by Jeff Nuttall
Barnet: Homosap, March 1964

Burroughs contribution: “Warning Warning Warning Warning Warning Warning Warning Warning Warning.”
(M&M C94)

Note: a 32-square-grid manuscript.

73. MY OWN MAG, No. 5, edited by Jeff Nuttall
Barnet: Homosap Inc, May 1964

Burroughs contribution: “The Moving Times” [No. 1]
(M&M C100 [see also M&M C232])

Note: The Moving Times [No. 1] is a broadsheet edited by Burroughs, appearing as pages 3 and 4 of My Own Mag, No. 5, and containing three columns: “February 10, 1964. ‘We Will Travel Not Only in Space But in Time As Well.’”, “January 17, 1947. English Made Easy for Beginners. It Revolves Flexible Formula.”, “September 17, 1899. Last Gun Post Erased in a Small Town Newspaper, September 17, 1899.”

74. MY OWN MAG, No. 6, edited by Jeff Nuttall
Barnet: Homosap Inc, July 1964

Burroughs contribution: “The Burrough” [No. 1]
(M&M C95)

Note: The Burrough [No. 1] is a broadsheet edited by Burroughs, appearing as pages 3 and 4 of My Own Mag, No. 6, and containing “Afternoon Ticker Tape”.

75. EX, No. 3, edited by William S. Burroughs
Tangier, Ex, 1964

Burroughs contribution: “The Burrough” [No. 1]
(M&M C96) *

Note: over run copies of The Burrough [No. 1] containing “Afternoon Ticker Tape” from My Own Mag, No. 6 were sent to Burroughs in Tangier, issued in a folder with a variety of other loose and stapled items.

76. MY OWN MAG, No. 7, edited by Jeff Nuttall 
Barnet: Homosap Inc, July 1964

Burroughs contribution: “Bring Your Problems to Lady Sutton Fix”, “The Moving Times” [No. 2]
(M&M C97-C98)

Note: The Moving Times [No. 2] is a broadsheet edited by Burroughs, appearing as pages 7 and 8 of My Own Mag, No. 7, and containing “Over the Last Skyscrapers a Silent Kite”.

77. MY OWN MAG, No. 8, edited by Jeff Nuttall
Barnet: Homosap Inc, August 1964

Burroughs contribution: “The Burrough” [No. 2]
(M&M C99)

Note: The Burrough [No. 2] is a broadsheet edited by Burroughs, appearing as pages 9 and 10 of My Own Mag, No. 8, and containing “What in Horton Hotel Rue Vernet…”.

78. MY OWN MAG, No. 9, edited by Jeff Nuttall
Barnet: Homosap Inc, November 1964

Burroughs contribution: “The Moving Times” [No. 3]
(M&M C101-C102)

Note: The Moving Times [No. 3] is a broadsheet edited by Burroughs, appearing as pages 11 and 12 of My Own Mag, No. 9, and containing “Extracts from Letter to Homosap”, “Personals Special to The Moving Times”.


1965

79. THE MARIJUANA NEWSLETTER, No. 1, edited by Edward  Sanders
New York City: Lemar, January 1965

Burroughs contribution: “William Burroughs Speaks!”
(M&M C103) *

Note: mimeographed at the Peace Eye Bookstore.

80. C: A JOURNAL OF POETRY, Vol. 1, No. 10, edited by Ted Berrigan
New York City: C Press, February 1965

Burroughs contribution: “Fits of Nerves With a Fix”
(M&M C104) 



81. MY OWN MAG, No. 11, edited by Jeff Nuttall
Barnet: My Own Mag, February 1965

Burroughs contribution: “Item that appeared in the Sunday Times…”, “The Moving Times” [No. 4].
(M&M C105-C108)

Note: The Moving Times [No. 4] is a broadsheet edited by Burroughs, appearing as pages 13 and 14 of My Own Mag, No. 11, and containing “Tomorrow’s News Today, December 28”, “December 29, Tuesday Was the Last Day for Singing Years”.

82. PROJECT SIGMA, No. 1, edited by Alexander Trocchi 
London: Project Sigma, 1965

Burroughs contribution: “Martin’s Folly”
(M&M C109)

Note: The Moving Times [No. 5] is a broadsheet edited by Burroughs, presented as a single-sided poster, and containing “Martin’s Folly”.

83. THE MARIJUANA NEWSLETTER, No. 2, edited by Edward  Sanders
New York City: Lemar, March 1965

Burroughs contribution: “William Burroughs Answers Jim Bishop!”
(M&M C110) *

Note: a cut-up of a Jim Bishop article.

84. INTREPID, No. 5, edited by Allen De Loach
New York City: Intrepid Press, March 1965

Burroughs contribution: “Last Awning Flaps on the Pier”
(M&M C111)

Note: two-column style layout.

85. MY OWN MAG, No. 12, edited by Jeff Nuttall
Barnet: My Own Mag, May 1965

Burroughs contribution: “The Last Words of Dutch Schultz”, “The Apomorphine Times” [No. 1]
(M&M C112-C113)

Note: The Apomorphine Times, [No. 1] is a broadsheet edited by Burroughs, appearing as pages 17 and 18 of My Own Mag, No. 12, and containing “Letter to Sunday Times”.

86. LINES, No. 5, edited by Aram Saroyan
New York City: Lines, May 1965

Burroughs contribution: “Chlorhydrate D’Apomorphine Chambre”, “Rex Morgan M.D.”
(M&M C114)

Note: Facsimile manuscript in three- and two-column style layout, including collaged graphic and photographic material.

87. KREA KRITIEK, No. 5 
‘s-Hertogenbosch: Krea Kritiek, May 1965

Burroughs contribution: “Transcript of Dutch Schultz’ Last Words”
(M&M C115) *

Note: reprinted from Valentine’s Day Reading; text in English.

88. BROWN PAPER, edited by Daniel Lauffer 
Philadelphia: Brown Paper, 1965

Burroughs contribution: “If You Take Baloney and Cut It Yup, You Get Baloney. This is Gestalt Spelled Backwards…”
(M&M C116) *

Note: This is a parody of Burroughs’ The Exterminator, generally putting down the cut-up method, which [Daniel] Lauffer sent to William Burroughs as a lost manuscript. Burroughs enjoyed the put-down and promptly produced this cut-up of the put-down.

89. BULLETIN FROM NOTHING, No. 1, edited by Claude Pelieu and Mary Beach
San Francisco: Beach Books, 1965

Burroughs contribution: “Composite Text”
(M&M C117) 



90. NOW NOW, edited by Charles Plymell
San Francisco: Charles Plymell, 1965

Burroughs contribution: “Boards Syndicates Governments of the earth …”
(M&M C119)

Note: excerpt from Nova Express.

91. MOTHER, No. 5, edited by David Moberg and Jeff Giles 
Galesburg: Mother, Summer 1965

Burroughs contribution: “Pieces”
(M&M C120) *

Note: includes three pages of facsimile manuscripts; co-authored with Brion Gysin.

92. THE INSECT TRUST GAZETTE, No. 2, edited by Robert Basara, Leonard Belasco, Jed Irwin, and Bill Levy
Philadelphia: The Insect Trust Gazette, Summer 1965

Burroughs contribution: “File Ticker Tape”
(M&M C121) 


93. MY OWN MAG, No. 13, edited by Jeff Nuttall
Barnet: My Own Mag, August 1965

Burroughs contribution: “The Dead Star”
(M&M C122)

Note: prints facsimile of Burroughs’ three-column layout manuscript.

94. BULLETIN FROM NOTHING, No. 2, edited by Claude Pelieu and Mary Beach 
San Francisco: Beach Books, 1965

Burroughs contribution: “Palm Sunday Tape”
(M&M C123)

Note: two-column style layout.

95. THE SPERO, Vol. 1, No. 1 edited by Douglas and Kathy Casement
Flint: Fenian Head Centre Press, 1965

Burroughs contribution: “The Coldspring News”
(M&M C124)

Note: also issued separately as a broadside.

96. ICARUS, No. 46, edited by Cecil Jenkins, Rosalind Brett-Jones, and Peter Devlin 
Dublin: Trinity College, May 1965

Burroughs contribution: “A Short Piece”
(M&M C125) *

97. THE PARIS REVIEW, Vol. 9, No. 35, edited by George Plimpton 
Paris: The Paris Review, Fall 1965

Burroughs contribution: “St. Louis Return.”
(M&M C127) *

Note: includes one facsimile manuscript page from Burroughs’ journals.

98. LINES, No. 6, edited by Aram Saroyan
New York City: Lines Pres, November 1965

Burroughs contribution: “The Last Post: Danger Ahead”
(M&M C128)

Note: a three-column style layout containing collaged photographic material, reproduced in facsimile.

99. NOW NOW NOW, edited by Charles Plymell
San Francisco: Charles Plymell, 1965

Burroughs contribution: “Method Text”
(M&M C129)

Note: a three-column newspaper style layout, reproduced in facsimile.

100. MY OWN MAG, No. 14, edited by Jeff Nuttall
Barnet: Jeff Nuttall, December 1965

Burroughs contribution: “The Moving Times” [No. 6]
(M&M C131)

Note: The Moving Times [No. 6] is a broadsheet edited by Burroughs, appearing as pages 22-24 of My Own Mag, No. 14, and containing quotes by Burroughs and collaged material by Carl Weissner.


1966

101. EAST SIDE REVIEW, Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by Shepard Sherbell 
New York City: East Side Press. Inc., January-February 1966

Burroughs contribution: “Fun & Games, What?”
(M&M C132) *


102. NEW STATESMAN, Vol. 71, No. 1825, edited by Paul Johnson 
London: The Statesman & Nation Publishing Co. Ltd, March 1966

Burroughs contribution: “The Death of Opium Jones”
(M&M C134) *

103. NEW STATESMAN, Vol. 71, No. 1826, edited by Paul Johnson 
London: The Statesman & Nation Publishing Co. Ltd, March 1966

Burroughs contribution: “Literature and Drugs”
(M&M C135) *

Note: a letter to the editor.

104. ROYAL’S WORLD COUNTDOWN, Vol. 2, No. 6, edited by Charles Royal 
Hollywood: Royal’s World Countdown, March 1966

Burroughs contribution: “Chappaqua, a Film by Conrad Rooks”
(M&M C136) *

105. MY OWN MAG, No. 15, edited by Jeff Nuttall
Barnet: My Own Mag, April 1966

Burroughs contribution: “The Moving Times” [No. 7]
(M&M C137-C140)

Note: The Moving Times [No. 7] is a broadsheet edited by Burroughs, appearing as pages 9-14 of My Own Mag, No. 15, and containing “Nut Note on the Column Cutup Thing”, “WB Talking”, “Quantities of the Gas Girls”, [untitled] “There I Was in the Corpse Finger…”.

106. RESIDU, No. 2, edited by Daniel Richter 
London: Trigram Press, Spring 1966

Burroughs contribution: “Martin’s Folly”
(M&M C141)

Note: reprinted from Project Sigma, No. 1.

107. GORILLA, No. 1, edited by Torsten Ekbom, Mats G. Bengtsson, Leif Nylén, and Torkel Rasmusson 
Stockholm: Bonniers, 1966

Burroughs contribution: “Substitute Flesh”
(M&M C142) *

Note: excerpt from The Ticket That Exploded; text in English, the rest of the magazine is in Swedish.

108. ESQUIRE, Vol. 65, No. 5, Issue 390, edited by Harold Hayes 
New York City: Esquire, May 1966

Burroughs contribution: “They Do Not Always Remember”
(M&M C143) *


109. KLACTOVEEDSEDSTEEN, No. 3, edited by Carl Weissner 
Heidelberg: Panic Press, May 1966

Burroughs contribution: “A Tape Recorder Experiment”, [untitled quote]
(M&M C144-C145) *

Note: limited to 120 hand-printed and numbered copies; 1–40 with original serigraph by Vilmos K. Last.

110. TRANSATLANTIC REVIEW, No. 21, edited by J.F. McCrindle 
London: Transatlantic Review, Summer 1966

Burroughs contribution: “‘Speaking Clock’ Speaking in Present Time, June 18, 1964. 12.45 p.m.”
(not in M&M) *

111. INTREPID, No. 6, edited by Allen De Loach
Buffalo: Intrepid Press, March 1965

Burroughs contribution: “Salt Chunk Mary”
(M&M C146) 



112. OLE, No. 5, edited by Douglas Blazek
Bensenville: Open Skull Press, 1966

Burroughs contribution: “From William S. Burroughs, Writing of Norse’s Exhibition in Paris of Cosmographs… ”
(M&M C147)

Note: reprinted from the exhibition leaflet entitled Harold Norse Exhibition held in Paris at Cave de la Librarie Anglais.

113. KING: THE MAN’S MAGAZINE, edited by Edward Simon 
London: Europress, July 1966

Burroughs contribution: “Exterminator!”
(M&M C148) *



114. VENTURE, Vol. 3, No. 4, edited by Gardner Cowles 
New York City: Venture, August-September 1966

Burroughs contribution: “Wish I Were There”
(M&M C149) *

115. GRIST, No. 10, edited by John Fowler
Lawrence: Abington Book Shop, 1966

Burroughs contribution: “Afterbirth of Dream Now”
(M&M C150)

Note: reprint of “Method Text” from Now, No.3

116. KLACTOVEEDSEDSTEEN, No. 4, edited by Carl Weissner 
Heidelberg: Panic Press, Fall/Winter [November] 1966

Burroughs contribution: “Tape Recorder Mutations”
(M&M C151) *

Note: co-authored with Claude Pélieu and Carl Weissner.

117. IT: THE INTERNATIONAL TIMES, No. 2, edited by Tom McGrath
London: Lovebooks Ltd, 31 October- 13 November 1966

Burroughs contribution: “Towers Open Fire!”
(M&M C155) *

Note: commentary by William Burroughs for the film Towers Open Fire, in which he appears.

118. BOOKS AND BOOKMEN, Vol. 12, No. 2, edited by Philip Dossé 
London: Hansom Books, November 1966

Burroughs contribution: “Anti-Junk”
(M&M C156) *



119. IT: THE INTERNATIONAL TIMES, No. 3, edited by Tom McGrath
London: Lovebooks Ltd, November 1966

Burroughs contribution: “The Invisible Generation”
(M&M C157) *


120. LOS ANGELES FREE PRESS, Vol. 3, No. 49, Issue 125, edited by Art Kunkin 
Los Angeles: New Way Enterprises, December 1966

Burroughs contribution: “The Invisible Generation”
(M&M C158) *

Note: reprinted from The International Times, No. 3

121. PROJECT SIGMA, edited by Alexander Trocchi
London: Project Sigma, December 1966

Burroughs contribution: “The Invisible Generation”
(M&M C159)

Note: reprinted from The International Times, No. 3, but apparently never distributed.

122. THE INTERNATIONAL TIMES, No. 5.5, edited by Tom McGrath 
London: Lovebooks Ltd, December 1966

Burroughs contribution: “The Invisible Generation (Continued)”
(M&M C160) *

Note: poster on stiff card, designed so that part of card could be cut out and assembled to make a word-machine.


1967

123. THE INTERNATIONAL TIMES, No. 6, edited by Tom McGrath 
London: Lovebooks Ltd., 16-29 January 1967

Burroughs contribution: “The Invisible Generation (Continued)”
(M&M C162) *

Note: reprint of the text issued as The International Times, No. 5.5 (1966)

124. ARGOSY, Vol. 28, No. 3, edited by John Pudney 
London: Fleetway Publications Ltd., March 1967

Burroughs contribution: “They Do Not Always Remember”
(M&M C163) *

Note: reprint from Esquire (1966)

125. EVERGREEN REVIEW, Vol. 11, No. 46, edited by Barney Rosset
New York City: Evergreen Review, April 1967

Burroughs contribution: “Exterminator!”
(M&M C164) *



126. WEEKEND TELEGRAPH [COLOUR MAGAZINE], No. 132 
London: The Daily Telegraph Ltd., 14 April 1967

Burroughs contribution: “The ‘Priest’ They Called Him”
(M&M C165) *

Note: a section of The Daily Telegraph, No. 34825.

127. INTERNATIONAL TIMES, No. 12, edited by Tom McGrath 
London: Lovebooks Ltd., 28 April-12 May 1967

Burroughs contribution: “Cut me up, Brion Gysin, cut me up …”
(not in M&M) *

Note: excerpt from Minutes To Go, together with Gregory Corso, Brion Gysin, and Sinclair Beiles.

128. RENAISSANCE, No. 1, edited by John Bryan
Los Angeles: Open City, May-June 1967

Burroughs contribution: “Old Fashioned Books”
(M&M C166)

Note: distributed as a supplement to Open City, No. 52.

129. THE TRANSATLANTIC REVIEW, No. 25, edited by J.F. McCrindle
London: Transatlantic Review, Summer 1967

Burroughs contribution: “23 Skidoo”
(M&M C167) *

 

130. THE GREAT SOCIETY, No. 1, edited by Robert J. Richkin
New York City: Tompkins Square Books, 1966 June 1967

Burroughs contribution: “Adios of Saturn”
(M&M C168)

Note: a cut-up of a poem by his son.

131. THE VILLAGE VOICE, Vol. 12, No. 38, edited by Daniel Wolf 
New York City: The Village Voice Inc., 6 July 1967

Burroughs contribution: “Academy 23: A Deconditioning”
(M&M C169) *

132. HARPER’S MAGAZINE, Vol. 235, No. 1406, edited by Willie Morris 
New York City: Harper’s Magazine, July 1967

Burroughs contribution: “Kicking Drugs: A Very Personal Story”
(M&M C170) *


133. EVERGREEN CLUB NEWS, No. 2, edited by Barney Rosset 
New York City: Evergreen Review, July 1967

Burroughs contribution: “A Sample Section from The Ticket That Exploded
(M&M C171) *

Note: prints an excerpt from the Grove Press edition of The Ticket That Exploded.

134. THE INTERNATIONAL TIMES, No. 18, edited by Bill Levy 
London: Lovebooks Ltd., 31 August-13 September 1967

Burroughs contribution: “23 Skidoo Eristic Elite”
(M&M C172) *


135. HARPER’S BAZAAR, No. 3069, edited by Nancy White 
New York City: Harper’s Bazaar, August 1967

Burroughs contribution: “The Third Mind”
(M&M C173) *

Note: four-page facsimile manuscript in three-column style; written in Tangier.

136. KLACTO/23 SPECIAL, edited by Carl Weissner
Heidelberg: Panic Press, September 1967

Burroughs contribution: “Parenthetically 7 Hertz”
(M&M C174) 


137. THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE, Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by Jan Herman and Gail Dusenbery 
San Francisco: The San Francisco Earthquake, Fall 1967

Burroughs contribution: “Word Authority More Habit Forming than Heroin”
(M&M C175) 

138. THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO ORACLE, Vol. 1, No. 10, edited by Allen Cohen 
San Francisco: Oracle Co-operative Publishing Co., October 1967

Burroughs contribution: “Academy 23: A Deconditioning”
(M&M C176) *

Note: reprinted from Village Voice (1967)

139. ASPEN, Nos. 5-6, edited by Brian O’Doherty 
New York City: Roaring Fork Press, Fall-Winter 1967

Burroughs contribution: “Nova Express / Excerpts”
(M&M C177) *

Note: recording on 7” flexi disc; taken from Call Me Burroughs album (M&M G1).

140. MAYFAIR, Vol. 2, No. 10, edited by Brian Fisk
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., October 1967

Burroughs contribution: “The Future of Sex and Drugs”
(M&M C178) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 1.

141. MAYFAIR, Vol. 2, No. 11, edited by Brian Fisk 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., November 1967

Burroughs contribution: “The Engram Theory”
(M&M C179) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 2.

142. MAYFAIR, Vol. 2, No. 12, edited by Brian Fisk 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., December 1967

Burroughs contribution: “Where’s Our Killer Whistle?”
(M&M C180) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 3.

143. THE LAST TIMES, No. 1, edited by Charles Plymell
San Francisco: Vortex Printers, Fall 1967

Burroughs contribution: “Day the Records Went Up”
(M&M C185) *


144. THE LONDON MAGAZINE, NEW SERIES, Vol. 7, No. 9 , edited by Alan Ross
London: The London Magazine, December 1967

Burroughs contribution: “The Perfect Servant”
(M&M C186) *

145. THE RAT: SUBTERRANEAN NEWS, Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by Jeff Shero, Alice Embree and Gary Thiher
New York City: The Rat, 13 December 1967-2 January 1968

Burroughs contribution: “On Scientific Suppression”
(not in M&M) *


1968

146. MAYFAIR, Vol. 3, No. 1, edited by Brian Fisk 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., January 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Scientology Revisited”
(M&M C187) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 4.

147. ASYLUM, No. 3, edited by Tony Dash and Brian Wake 
Bootle: Asylum Publications, January 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Une Poeme Moderne”
(M&M C188) *

148. MAYFAIR, Vol. 3, No. 2, edited by Brian Fisk 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., February 1968

Burroughs contribution: “The Last Broadcast”
(M&M C189) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 5.

149. MAYFAIR, Vol. 3, No. 3, edited by Brian Fisk 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., March 1968

Burroughs contribution: “By Far the Most Efficient and Precise Language We Possess Is the Common Cold”
(M&M C190) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 6.

150. EVERGREEN REVIEW, Vol. 12, No. 52, edited by Barney Rosset
New York City: Evergreen Review, March 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Johnny 23 / Story”
(M&M C191) *



151. ORPHEUS MAGAZINE, Vol. 1, No. 3, edited by Charlie Adrian 
Phoenix: Orpheus, 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Academy Twenty Three: A Deconditioning”
(M&M C192) *

Note: reprinted from Village Voice (1967).

152. MAYFAIR, Vol. 3, No. 4, edited by Brian Fisk 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., April 1968

Burroughs contribution: “The Fire Breaks Out”
(M&M C193) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 7.

153. WARREN-FOREST SUN, No. 7, edited by John Sinclair 
Detroit: Artists Workshop Press, 19 April-2 May 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Academy 23: A Deconditioning”
(M&M C194) *

Note: reprinted from Village Voice (1967)

154. MAYFAIR, Vol. 3, No. 5, edited by Brian Fisk 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., May 1968

Burroughs contribution: “In That Year of 1969, Astonished Motorists Were Hustled at Random Into the Death Cells for Parking Offences”
(M&M C196) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 8.

155. MAYFAIR, Vol. 3, No. 6, edited by Brian Fisk 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., June 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Switch On and Be Your Own Hero”
(M&M C198) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 9.

156. AMBIT, No. 37, edited by Martin Bax 
London: Ambit, 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Johnny 23”
(M&M C199) *



157. MAYFAIR, Vol. 3, No. 7, edited by Brian Fisk 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., July 1968

Burroughs contribution: “The Academy’s Ultimate Offer—Immunity to Death”
(M&M C200) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 10.

158. MAYFAIR, Vol. 3, No. 8, edited by Brian Fisk 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., August 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Do You Remember Tomorrow?”
(M&M C201) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 11.

159. ESQUIRE, Vol. 70, No. 2, Issue 417, edited by Harold Hayes 
New York City: Esquire, August 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Wind Die. You Die. We Die.”
(not in M&M) *


160. GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Vol. 2, No. 24, edited by Dan McLeod 
Vancouver: Georgia Straight, 9-22 August 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Parenthetically 7 Hertz”
(M&M C203) *

Note: reprinted from Klacto / 23 Special (1967).

161. MAYFAIR, Vol. 3, No. 9, edited by Brian Fisk 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., September 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Oh God, Get Me Out of This!”
(M&M C204) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 12.

162. THE RAT: SUBTERRANEAN NEWS, Vol. 1, No. 16, edited by Jeff Shero, Alice Embree and Gary Thiher 
New York City: The Rat, 6-19 September 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Writer’s Report”
(M&M C207) *

Note: a report on the Democratic Convention in Chicago, printed alongside reports by Allen Ginsberg, Jean Genet, and Terry Southern.

163. NEW YORK FREE PRESS, Vol. 1, No. 35, edited by S. Edwards 
New York City: Jack Banning, 5-12 September 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Writer’s Report”
(M&M C208) *

Note: reprinted from The Rat: Subterranean News (1968).

164. THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE, Vol. 1, No. 4, edited by Jan Herman
San Francisco: The San Francisco Earthquake, Summer-Fall 1968

Burroughs contribution: “The Coldspring News”
(M&M C209) *

Note: reprinted from The Spero (1965).

165. THE VILLAGE VOICE, Vol. 13, No. 48, edited by Daniel Wolf 
New York City: The Village Voice, 12 September 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Astronaut’s Return”
(M&M C210) *

166. MAYFAIR, Vol. 3, No. 10, edited by Brian Fisk 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., October 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Wind Die You Die We Die”
(M&M C211) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 13.

167. CAVALIER, Vol. 18, No. 12, edited by Douglas Allen 
New York: Dugent Publishing Corp., October 1968

Burroughs contribution: “The Perfect Servant”
(M&M C212) *


168. ESQUIRE, Vol. 70, No. 5, Issue 420, edited by Harold Hayes 
New York City: Esquire, November 1968

Burroughs contribution: “The Coming of the Purple Better One”
(M&M C214) *


169. EVERGREEN REVIEW, Vol. 12, No. 60, edited by Barney Rosset
New York City: Evergreen Review, November 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Day the Records Went Up”
(M&M C215) *

170. GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Vol. 2, No. 38, edited by Dan McLeod 
Vancouver: Georgia Straight, 22–28 November 1968

Burroughs contribution: “The Burroughs Academy: Bulletin 4 – Scientology Revisited”
(M&M C216) *

Note: reprint from Mayfair (January 1968)

171. THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE, Vol. 1, No. 2, edited by Jan Herman
San Francisco: The San Francisco Earthquake, Winter 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Salt Chunk Mary”, “Last Awning Flaps on the Pier”
(M&M C217-C218) *

Note: reprinted from Intrepid (1966, 1965).

172. GLEBE, Vol. 1, No. 2, edited by John R. Morris
Greenfield: Glebe, December 1968

Burroughs contribution: “The Literary Techniques of Lady Sutton-Smith”
(not in M&M) *

173. MAYFAIR, Vol. 3, No. 12, edited by Kenneth Bound 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., December 1968

Burroughs contribution: “Man, You Voted for a Goddam Ape”
(M&M C219) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 14.

174. THE RAT: SUBTERRANEAN NEWS, Vol. 1, No. 23, edited by Jeff Shero, Alice Embree and Gary Thiher 
New York City: The Rat, 13 December 1968 – 2 January 1969

Burroughs contribution: “Suppressed Discoveries”
(M&M C220 & E23) *

Note: reprint from Mayfair (December 1967).


1969

175. MAYFAIR, Vol. 4, No. 1, edited by Kenneth Bound 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., January 1969

Burroughs contribution: “Rally Round the Secrets, Boys”
(M&M C221) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 15.

176. MAYFAIR, Vol. 4, No. 2, edited by Kenneth Bound 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., February 1969

Burroughs contribution: “Infiltration”
(M&M C222) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 16.

177. MAYFAIR, Vol. 4, No. 4, edited by Kenneth Bound 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., April 1969

Burroughs contribution: “The Brain Grinders”
(M&M C223) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 17.

178. MAYFAIR, Vol. 4, No. 5, edited by Kenneth Bound 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., May 1969

Burroughs contribution: “I’m Scared, I’m Scared, I’m Not”
(M&M C224) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 18.

179. MAYFAIR, Vol. 4, No. 6, edited by Kenneth Bound 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., June 1969

Burroughs contribution: “The Final Crusade of the Veteran Warriors”
(M&M C226) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 19.

180. EVERGREEN REVIEW, Vol. 13, No. 67, edited by Barney Rosset
New York City: Evergreen Review, June 1969

Burroughs contribution: “My Mother and I Would Like to Know”
(M&M C227) *


181. THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, Vol. 223, No. 6, edited by Robert Manning 
Concord: The Rumford Press, June 1969

Burroughs contribution: “The Last Words of Dutch Schultz”
(M&M C228) *

182. THE SAN FRANCISCO EARTHQUAKE, No. 5, edited by Jan Herman and Norman Mustill
San Francisco: The Nova Broadcast Press, 1969

Burroughs contribution: “The Moving Times”
(M&M C232)

183. MAYFAIR, Vol. 4, No. 8, edited by Kenneth Bound 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., October 1969

Burroughs contribution: “The Voracious Aliens”
(M&M C234) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 20.

184. MAYFAIR, Vol. 4, No. 9, edited by Kenneth Bound 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., November 1969

Burroughs contribution: “Days of Grand Luxury Are Coming Back: Hire Me a Bodyguard for When the Poor Find Out”
(M&M C237) *

Note: published as The Burroughs Academy, Bulletin 21.

185. MIKROKOSMOS, No. 14 
Wichita: Wichita State University, 1969

Burroughs contribution: “Abstract”
(M&M C238) *

186. THE RAT: SUBTERRANEAN NEWS, Vol. 2, No. 18, edited by Jeff Shero, Alice Embree and Gary Thiher 
New York City: The Rat, 10–23 September 1969

Burroughs contribution: “Disconnect Notice”
(M&M 239) *

187. KLACTO/23 INTERNATIONAL, No. 1, edited by Carl Weissner 
Heidelberg: Panic Press, 17 September 1899 [sic; i.e. 1969]

Burroughs contribution: “Abstract”, “The Invisible Generation”
(M&M 240-241) *

Note: according to M&M this is a postscript to “The Invisible Generation (Continued)”, which appeared in The International Times, No. 5.5 (M&M C160).

188. FRUIT CUP, No. 0, edited by Mary Beach
San Francisco: Beach Books, 1969

Burroughs contribution: “Abstract”, “Post Script to ‘The Invisible Generation’”
(M&M C243-C244)

189. BEST & COMPANY, No. 1, edited by Bill Berkson 
Williamstown: Chapel Press, 1969

Burroughs contribution: “Abstract”
(M&M C246) *

190. THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, Vol. 9, No. 4, Issue 36, edited by Marvin Malone
Stockton: The Wormwood Review, 1969

Burroughs contribution: “Academy 23”, “Postscript to Academy 23”
(M&M C247)

191. PPHOO69 INTERCONTINENTAL, edited by Pradip Choudhuri 
Calcutta: Subhas Ghose, 1969

Burroughs contribution: “So Who Owns Death TV?”
(M&M C248) *

Note: contains a facsimile of the Beach Books edition of So Who Owns Death TV?; published in an edition of 3000 copies.

192. THE RAT: SUBTERRANEAN NEWS, Vol. 2, No. 21, edited by Jeff Shero, Alice Embree and Gary Thiher 
New York City: The Rat, 29 October–12 November 1969.

Burroughs contribution: “Burroughs: Woodstock”
(M&M C250) *

193. LIP, No. 1, edited by Jerry Youdelman 
East Palo Alto: Lip, Fall 1969

Burroughs contribution: “Two Abstracts”
(M&M C251) *

194. NOLA EXPRESS, No. 42, edited by Robert Head and Darlene Fife 
New Orleans: Southern Louisiana Media Corp., 7–20 November 1969

Burroughs contribution: “Abstract”
(M&M C253) *

195. THE RAT: SUBTERRANEAN NEWS, Vol. 2, No. 24, edited by Jeff Shero, Alice Embree and Gary Thiher 
New York City: The Rat, 25 December 1969–7 January 1970.

Burroughs contribution: “Uncle Bill Burroughs (alias Technical Tilly) on Scientology”
(M&M C255) *

Note: reprinted from Mayfair (1968)

196. INTREPID, No. 14/15, edited by Alan De Loach
Buffalo: Intrepid Press, Fall/Winter 1969/1970

Burroughs contribution: “The Coldspring News” [reprinted from The Spero (1965)], “Transcript of Dutch Schultz’s Last Words” [reprinted from the Valentine’s Day Reading program], “Roosevelt After Inauguration” [reprinted from The Floating Bear (1961)], “Abstract”, “Letter to Allen Ginsberg”, “Salt Chunk Mary” [reprinted from Intrepid (1966)], “Last Awning Flaps on the Pier” [reprinted from Intrepid (1965)], “On the E Meter”, “Note on Alfred Chester”
(M&M C256–C264)

Note: “Special Burroughs Issue” Entire issue devoted to writings about and by Burroughs.


1970

197. MAYFAIR, Vol. 5, No. 1, edited by Kenneth Bound 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., January 1970

Burroughs contribution: “I, William Burroughs, Challenge You, L. Ron Hubbard”
(not in M&M) *

198. GEORGIA STRAIGHT, Vol. 4, No. 91, edited by Dan McLeod 
Vancouver: Georgia Straight, 7–14 January 1970

Burroughs contribution: “Woodstock”
(M&M C265) *

Note: reprinted from The Rat: Subterranean News (1969).

199. PLAYBOY, Vol. 17, No. 2, edited by Hugh M. Hefner 
Chicago: Playboy Enterprises, February 1970

Burroughs contribution: “Playboy Panel: The Drug Revolution”
(M&M C266) *

Note: a panel discussion [though questions were asked and answered by mail] amongst William S. Burroughs, Harry Anslinger, James Coburn, Baba Ram Dass,Leslie Fiedler, John Finlator, Joel Fort, Joseph Oteri, and Alan Watts.

200. MAYFAIR, Vol. 5, No. 2, edited by Kenneth Bound 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., February 1970

Burroughs contribution: “The Transplant Apocalypse”
(M&M C267) *

201. THE RAT: SUBTERRANEAN NEWS, Vol. 2, edited by Jeff Shero, Alice Embree and Gary Thiher 
New York City: The Rat, February 1970

Burroughs contribution: “Mind Control”
(M&M C268) *

202. IT: THE INTERNATIONAL TIMES, No. 74, edited by Tom McGrath 
London: Lovebooks Ltd, 27 February–13 March 1970

Burroughs contribution: “Mind Control”
(M&M C269) *

Note: reprinted from The Rat: Subterranean News (1970).

203. CORPUS, Vol. 1, No. 5, edited by Pierre Joris 
New York City, Corpus, 18 February1970

Burroughs contribution: “Postscript—The Invisible Generation”
(M&M C271) *

Note: reprinted from Klacto/23 International (1969).

204. LOS ANGELES FREE PRESS, Vol. 7, No. 10, Issue 294, edited by Art Kunkin 
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Free Press, 6–12 March 1970

Burroughs contribution: “Burroughs on Scientology”
(M&M C272) *

Note: reprinted from Mayfair (1968).

205. MAYFAIR, Vol. 5, No. 6, edited by Kenneth Bound 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., June 1970

Burroughs contribution: “And a Final Word from William Burroughs”
(M&M C276) *

Note: the last Burroughs contribution to the controversial exchange concerning Scientology in Mayfair.

206. LOS ANGELES FREE PRESS, Vol. 7, No. 26, Issue 310, edited by Art Kunkin 
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Free Press, 26 June–2 July1970

Burroughs contribution: “Cut Ups as Underground Weapons”
(M&M C278) *

Note: reprinted from Friends (1970) where it was published under the title “Storm the Reality Studios”.

207. MAYFAIR, Vol. 5, No. 7, edited by Kenneth Bound 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., July 1970

Burroughs contribution: “D.E. My Super-Efficiency System”
(M&M C279) *

208. CONTACT, No. 1, edited by James Tyson 
London: Contact, July 1970

Burroughs contribution: “MOB”
(M&M C280) *

Note: “MOB” is short for My Own Business, a column co-edited by Burroughs and Alexander Trocchi.

209. CYCLOPS, No. 1, edited by Graham Keen 
London: Innocence & Experience Publishers Ltd., July 1970

Burroughs contribution: “The Unspeakable Mr. Hart (Part One)”
(M&M C281) *

Note: a collaboration with illustrator Malcolm McNeill.

210. CRAWDADDY, Vol. 4, No. 10, edited by Peter Knobler 
New York: Crawdaddy Publishing Company, 6 July 1970

Burroughs contribution: “Cut Ups as Underground Weapons”
(M&M C283) *

Note: reprinted from the Los Angeles Free Press  (1970), where it was reprinted from Friends (1970) where it was published under the title “Storm the Reality Studios”.

211. SIGMA PORTFOLIO, No. 37, edited by Alexander Trocchi 
London: Project Sigma, 1970

Burroughs contribution: “M.O.B.”
(M&M C284) *

Note: reprinted from Contact (1970).

212. THE EAST VILLAGE OTHER, Vol. 5, No. 32, edited by John Wilcock and Allan Katzman 
New York City: The East Village Other, 7 July 1970

Burroughs contribution: “M.O.B.”, “Open Letter to Mister Gorden [sic] Mustain”
(M&M C285-C286) *

Note: “M.O.B.” reprinted from Contact (1970).

213. FRIENDS, No. 9, edited by Alan Marcuson 
London, The T.F. Much Company, 10 July 1970

Burroughs contribution: “Storm the Reality Studios”
(M&M C287) *

214. THE INTERNATIONAL TIMES, No. 83, edited by Tom McGrath 
London: Lovebooks Ltd., 17 July 1970

Burroughs contribution: “Scrambles”
(M&M C288) *

215. CYCLOPS, No. 2, edited by Graham Keen 
London: Innocence & Experience Publishers Ltd., August 1970

Burroughs contribution: “The Unspeakable Mr. Hart (Part Two)”
(M&M C290) *

Note: a collaboration with illustrator Malcolm McNeill.

216. THE EAST VILLAGE OTHER, Vol. 5, No. 36, edited by John Wilcock and Allan Katzman 
New York City: The East Village Other, 4 August 1970

Burroughs contribution: “Storm the Reality Studios”
(not in M&M) *

Note: reprinted from Friends (1970).

217. NOLA EXPRESS, No. 62, edited by Robert Head and Darlene Fife 
New Orleans: Southern Louisiana Media Corp., 21 August–3 September1970

Burroughs contribution: “Storm the Reality Studios”
(M&M C291) *

Note: reprinted from Friends (1970)

218. LOS ANGELES FREE PRESS, Vol. 7, No. 34, Issue 318, edited by Art Kunkin 
Los Angeles: Los Angeles Free Press, 21–27August 1970

Burroughs contribution: “This Man Has Been Scrambled”
(M&M C292) *

Note: reprint of “Scrambles” from The International Times (1970).

219. NOTES FROM UNDERGROUND, No. 3, edited by John Bryan
San Francisco: Notes from Underground, June 1970

Burroughs contribution: “After the Inauguration”
(M&M C293)

Note: according to the editor’s note: “…originally called ‘Roosevelt After Inauguration’… we took the liberty of substituting ‘The President’ for Burroughs’ original ‘Roosevelt’ and altering the names of the more prominent Roosevelt Era figures…”.

220. CYCLOPS, No. 3, edited by Graham Keen 
London: Innocence & Experience Publishers Ltd., September 1970

Burroughs contribution: “The Unspeakable Mr. Hart (Part Three)”
(M&M C294) *

Note: a collaboration with illustrator Malcolm McNeill.

221. CYCLOPS, No. 4, edited by Graham Keen 
London: Innocence & Experience Publishers Ltd., October 1970

Burroughs contribution: “The Unspeakable Mr. Hart (Part Four)”
(M&M C295) *

Note: a collaboration with illustrator Malcolm McNeill.

222. ROLLING STONE, No. 69, edited by Jan Wenner
San Francisco: Straight Arrow Publishers Inc., 29 October 1970

Burroughs contribution: “The Discipline of DE”
(M&M C296) *

Note: a chapter excerpted from the forthcoming novel, The Revised Boy Scout Manual, a version of which was published in 1973 under the title Exterminator!.

223. CRAWDADDY, Vol. 5, No. 1, edited by Peter Knobler 
New York: Crawdaddy Publishing Company, 22 November 1970

Burroughs contribution: “The Unspeakable Mr. Hart (Part One)”
(M&M C298) *

Note: reprinted from Cyclops (1970).

224. MAYFAIR, Vol. 5, No. 12, edited by Kenneth Bound 
London: Fisk Publishing Company Ltd., December 1970

Burroughs contribution: “Twilight’s Last Gleamings”
(M&M C299) *


1971

225. THE MARIJUANA REVIEW, Vol. 1, No. 6, edited by Mike Aldrich and Ed Sanders 
Mill Valley: The Marijuana Review, January 1971

Burroughs contribution: “Carrion Road”
(M&M C300) *

Note: Illustrated by Kim Deitch.

226. THE LAST SUPPLEMENT TO THE WHOLE EARTH CATALOG, edited by Paul Krassner 
Menlo Park: Whole Earth Catalog, March 1971

Burroughs contribution: “Prisoners, Come Out”
(M&M C303) *

Note: an excerpt from Nova Express.

227 ANTAEUS, No. 2, edited by Daniel Halpern 
Tangier: Antaeus, Spring 1971

Burroughs contribution: “Pages from Chaos”
(M&M C304) *

228. EAST VILLAGE OTHER, edited by John Wilcock and Allan Katzman 
New York City: The East Village Other, 1971

Burroughs contribution: “Who Is the Third That Walks Beside You?”
(M&M C313) *

229. RENAISSANCE, No. 8, edited by John Bryan 
San Francisco: Renaissance Publications, 1971

Burroughs contribution: “Who Is the Third That Walks Beside You?”
(M&M C314) *

Note: This periodical also constitutes Notes from Underground, No. 4; reprinted from East Village Other (1971).

230 ORGAN, No. 9, edited by Gerard van der Leun 
Berkeley: Himalayan Watershed Properties, July 1971

Burroughs contribution: “Who Is the Third that Walks Beside You?”
(M&M C315) *

231. SUCK, No. 5, edited by Bill Levy, Germaine Greer, and Heathcote Williams 
Amsterdam: Joy Publications, Summer 1971

Burroughs contribution: “The Penny Arcade Peep Show / The Wild Boys Smile”
(M&M C316) *

Note: excerpt from The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead.

232. INK, No. 19, edited by Richard Neville 
London: Ink, 5 October 1971

Burroughs contribution: “The Writer”
(M&M C318) *

233. SUCK, No. 6, edited by Bill Levy, Germaine Greer, and Heathcote Williams 
Amsterdam: Joy Publications, 1971

Burroughs contribution: “William S. Burroughs Takes a New Look at Sex Films.” “Blue Movie/Who Are These Boys?”
(M&M C319-C320) *

234. Evergreen Review, Vol.15, No.94, edited by Barney Rosset 
New York City: Evergreen Review, December 1971

Burroughs contribution: “The Dead Child”
(M&M C321) *

Note: an excerpt from The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead.


1972

235. UNMUZZLED OX, Vol. 1, No. 2, edited by Michael Andre 
New York City: Unmuzzled Ox, February 1972

Burroughs contribution: “Statement on Claude Pélieu”
(M&M C322) *

Note: According to M&M, the piece is dated January 23, 1968 and was intended as an introduction to one of Claude Pélieu’s books.

236. OUT OF SIGHT, No. 44, edited by James Mecham 
Wichita: Out of Sight, 14 February 1972

Burroughs contribution: “Abstract”
(M&M C323) *

237. GINGER SNAPS, No. 1, edited by Michael Gibbs and Hammond Guthrie 
Exeter: Kontexts Publications, March 1972

Burroughs contribution: “Abstract”
(M&M C324) *

238. ADVENTURES IN POETRY, No. 9, edited by Larry Fagin 
New York: The Poetry Project, Spring 1972

Burroughs contribution: “Distant Heels”
(M&M C327)

239. BASTARD ANGEL, No. 1, edited by Harold Norse 
Oakland & San Francisco: Printed by Acharnian Press & Panjandrum Press, Spring 1972

Burroughs contribution: “Do Not Disturb the Mongrels”
(M&M C329) *

240. PARVIS À L’ECHO DES CILS 
Paris: Jean-Jacques Pauvert, 8 June 1972

Burroughs contribution: “Page from Burroughs’ St. Louis Journal”
(M&M C330) *

Note: three full-page reproductions of collaged manuscript pages

241. SHANTIH INTERNATIONAL WRITINGS, Vol. 2, No. 2, edited by Irving Gottesman and John Friedman 
Brooklyn: Shantih, Summer 1972

Burroughs contribution: “Tickertape”
(M&M C332) *

Note: reprinted from the anthology Cut Up or Shut Up (1972)

242. HARD, No.1 
Cambridge: Hard, Summer 1972

Burroughs contribution: “Lie, Lie, Lie”
(M&M C333) *

243. ANTAEUS, No. 6, edited by Daniel Halpern 
New York: Ecco Press, Summer 1972

Burroughs contribution: “Electricals”
(M&M C334) *

244. SIXPACK, No.2, edited by Pierre Joris 
London: Lame Duck Press, August 1972

Burroughs contribution: “Ali’s Smile”
(M&M C337) *

Note: reprinted complete from Ali’s Smile.

245. FERVENT VALLEY, No.2, edited by Stephen Rodefer, Bill Pearlman, and Larry Goodell 
Placitas: Duende Press, Summer 1972

Burroughs contribution: “Soldier’s Pay”
(M&M C338) *


1973

246. ANTAEUS, No.8, edited by Daniel Halpern 
New York: Ecco Press, Winter 1973

Burroughs contribution: “Your Name My Face”
(M&M C343) *

247. SECOND AEON, No.16/17, edited by Peter Finch 
Cardiff: Second Aeon Publications, 1973

Burroughs contribution: “My Legs Señor”
(M&M C345) *

248. OUI, Vol.2, No.8, edited by Jon Carroll
Chicago: Playboy Publications, August 1973

Burroughs contribution: “Face to Face With the Goat God”
(M&M C348) *

249. SOFT NEED, No.8, edited by Udo Breger and Chris Kolonah 
Göttingen: Expanded Media Editions, September 1973

Burroughs contribution: “Kerouac”
(M&M C349) *

Note: First English-language version of “Épitaphe pour un Beatnik” published in Le Nouvel Observateur (1969).

250. AQ, No.14, edited by Udo Breger Silke Paull, and Erwin Stegentritt
Frankfurt: AQ, Autumn 1973).

Burroughs contribution: “Cut/up of Ezra Pound Made in 1959 Using Only the Very Own Words of Ezra Pound”, “Cut/up Made in 1973 Using the Words of William Burroughs and Arthur Rimbaud”
(M&M C351-C352)

251. HARPER’S MAGAZINE, Vol.247, No.1482
New York City: Harper’s Magazine, November 1973

Burroughs contribution: “Playback from Eden to Watergate”
(M&M C353) *

252. GUM’S MOVING REVIEW 
Glasgow: Glasgow University, December 1973

Burroughs contribution: “M.O.B.”
(M&M C354) *

Note: reprinted from Contact (1970).

253. ADVENTURES IN POETRY, No.10, edited by Larry Fagin 
New York: The Poetry Project, 1973

Burroughs contribution: “Fits of Nerves with a Fix”
(M&M C355)

Note: reprinted from C: A Journal of Poetry (1965).

254. VIA: STRUCTURES IMPLICIT AND EXPLICIT, Vol 2, edited by James Bryan and Rolf Sauer 
Philadelphia: Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, 1973

Burroughs contribution: “Abstract”
(M&M C356) *

255. SIXPACK, No.6, edited by Pierre Joris 
London: Lame Duck Press, Winter 1973/74

Burroughs contribution: “Pershing Avenue St. Louis Missouri in the 1920s…”
(M&M C357)

[* not in archive]

The Floating Bear

The subtitle “A Newsletter” is the key to The Floating Bear’s chief contribution to literature of the 1960’s; it was a newsletter, a speedy line of communication between experimental poets. Diane di Prima, in the introduction to the reprint edition of The Floating Bear, recalls Charles Olson’s tribute to the magazine: “The last time I saw Charles Olson in Gloucester, one of the things he talked about was how valuable the Bear had been to him in its early years because of the fact that he could get new work out that fast. He was very involved in speed, in communication. We got manuscripts from him pretty regularly in the early days of the Bear, and we’d usually get them into the very next issue. That meant that his work, his thoughts, would be in the hands of a few hundred writers within two or three weeks. It was like writing a letter to a bunch of friends.”

One is apt to think of a literary newsletter as a device for talking about poetry but not as a means for transmitting the poem itself; in Floating Bear most of the space was given over to primary work. The first twenty-five issues (up to the point when LeRoi Jones resigned as co-editor) were published over a two year period and comprised 284 pages of poetry, creative prose, and comment. Among the more frequent contributors to Floating Bear during those first two years were Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Frank O’Hara, Joel Oppenheimer, William Burroughs, Ed Dorn, A.B. Spellman, and George Stanley, as well as editors Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones.

After 1963, Floating Bear’s function as a swift communicator among poets seems to have diminished (Nos. 29 to 37 appeared over a period of five years). Size and frequency varied widely: No. 27 had 36 pages and included a 19-page section of poems by Philip Whalen; the following numbers had 16 pages and included work by eight authors. The range of contributors widened somewhat during this time, perhaps because a number of guest editors assumed partial responsibility for the magazine’s contents. Billy Linich, Alan Marlowe, Kirby Doyle, John Wieners, and Bill Berkson each appeared on the masthead as guest editor for one of the magazine’s last dozen issues. One last issue (No. 38) appeared in 1971 as a joint issue with Intrepid (its No. 20), and was edited entirely by Diane di Prima.

Floating Bear was supported solely by contributors; it was never offered for sale. Circulation ranged from 117 to 1250 copies over its eight-year span.

– Peter Martin, “An Annotated Bibliography of Selected Little Magazines”, Tri Quarterly 43, Fall 1976.


1. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 1, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York City: The Floating Bear, February 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 8 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. Michael McClure – “The Smile Shall Not Be More Mutable than the Final Extinction of Meat. The Smile with Teeth Sunk in Lower Lip”
      Charles Olson – “All My Life I’ve Heard about Many”
      Charles Olson – “A Note on the Above”
      Max Finstein – “Regional Piece”
      Robin Blaser – “Ode for Museums, All of Them!”
      Robin Blaser – “The Flame”
      Robin Blaser – “A Story after Blake”

2. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 2, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York City: The Floating Bear, February 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 8 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. Frank O’Hara – “Now That I Am in Madrid and Can Think”
      Frank O’Hara – “Song”
      Frank O’Hara – “Cohasset”
      Frank O’Hara – “Beer for Breakfast”
      Steve Jonas – “No Saints in Three Acts”
      Steve Jonas – “Quest”
      Robert Creeley – “A Quick Graph”
      LeRoi Jones – “Revue”
      The Editors – “Notice”

3. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 3, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York City: The Floating Bear, March 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. Ed Dorn – “The Landscape Below”

4. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 4, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York City: The Floating Bear, March 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 8 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. Fielding Dawson – “Oblivion Calling: Daily News”
      Fielding Dawson – “Oblivion Calling: The Dog People”
      Fielding Dawson – “Oblivion Calling: King of Crystal”
      Tony Weinberger – “For Sylvia”
      Tony Weinberger – “A Wildflower”
      Tony Weinberger – “My Beloved/ The Bee Tree/ The Whore”
      Joel Oppenheimer – “A Grace for Painters”
      Joel Oppenheimer – “Statement for Patterson Society”
      Barbara Guest – “What Am I Going to Do after the King and Queen of Nepal”
      William Mcnaughton – “Footnote to Creeley’s Graph”
      The Editors – “Notice”

According to Diane di Prima in notes to Laurence McGilvery’s facsimile edition of The Floating Bear, “Fielding Dawson went to Black Mountain College as a painter, but after he studied with Kline a few months he decided to give up painting, although he still drew a lot. He drew the original emblem for LeRoi’s Totem Press, and he became a prose writer.”

5. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 5, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York City: The Floating Bear, April 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 8 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. John Thomas – “Nine Stages of a Journey from Caledonia to Harpers Ferry”
      John Thomas – “My Bird”
      LeRoi Jones – [Letter to Diane di Prima]
      William Burroughs – “Out Show Window and We’re Proud of It”
      William Burroughs – [Letter to Allen Ginsberg]
      Aquarian [Joel Oppenheimer] – “New Flick in Town”
      The Editors – “Notice”

According to Diane di Prima in notes to Laurence McGilvery’s facsimile edition of The Floating Bear, “‘Aquarian; is always Joel Oppenheimer.”

6. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 6, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York City: The Floating Bear, April 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. George Stanley – “1” (“One bird called White…”)
      George Stanley – “2” (“I thought you were savage…”)
      George Stanley – “3” (“At dawn the mosquitoes…”)
      George Stanley – “4” (“What graceless guy…”)
      George Stanley – “5” (“The old train goes…”)
      George Stanley – “6” (“When he asked me…”)
      George Stanley – “7” (“A ball hurted…)
      George Stanley – “8” (“Flit in, little fairy…”)
      George Stanley – “9” (“That sense of indefinite longing…”)
      George Stanley – “10” (“I’m not satisfied with them…”)
      George Stanley – “White Matches”
      George Stanley – “12” (“Simple Simon…”)
      LeRoi Jones – “A Note on the 12 Poems”
      Stan Persky – “Larry Davis Cowboy Poem”
      Stan Persky – “Siege Poem”
      Koenig [LeRoi Jones] – “Note”
      Robert Creeley – “Edward Dorn in the News”
      [Diane] di Prima – [untitled] “arthur machen, what he has hold of…”
      Koenig [LeRoi Jones] – “Note”
      Robert Creeley – “’Statement’ for Patterson Society”
      The Editors – “Notice”

According to Diane di Prima in notes to Laurence McGilvery’s facsimile edition of The Floating Bear, “George Stanley was in New York for a while in 1961. He was a part of Jack Spicer’s very tight circle. Jack had printed a lot of books and a magazine called J, and no copies of his things were allowed to go East. Jack felt the East Coast was Babylon. When George returned to San Francisco he went through a very bad period because Jack and the whole circle ostracized him for having gone to New York and having been published there. They said it was prostitution.”

7. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 7, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York City: The Floating Bear, May 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. Bill Berkson – “’……’ Times”
      Bill Berkson – “How It Goes”
      Bill Berkson – “Hinterland”
      Bill Berkson – “Never”
      Bill Berkson – “You and Me”
      Bill Berkson – “Saturday Afternoon”
      Charles Olson – “Grammar – ‘A Book’”
      The Editors – “Notices”

8. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 8, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York City: The Floating Bear, May 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. A.B. Spellman – “Zapata and The Landlord, for Allen Dulles”
      A.B. Spellman – “The Joel Blues, After and For Him”
      anonymous – “Last Will and Testament of an Urban Herbalist and Agrostologist”
      Joel Oppenheimer – “17-18 April, 1961”
      Ed Dorn – “New York, New York”
      The Editors – “Notice”

According to Diane di Prima in notes to Laurence McGilvery’s facsimile edition of The Floating Bear, “April 17-18, 1961 was the Bay of Pigs fiasco.”

9. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 9, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, June 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. LeRoi Jones – “from The System of Dante’s Hell”
      William Burroughs – “Routine: Roosevelt after Inauguration”
      Philip Whalen – “Itchy”
      unattributed – “Slave Song, 18th Cent.”

According to Diane di Prima in notes to Laurence McGilvery’s facsimile edition of The Floating Bear, “This slave song and the prayer [in issue No. 15] both came from a book on the history of American Negro music that LeRoi was reading then.”

10. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 10, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, June 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 16 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. John Wieners – “On January 20th the Snows Began to Melt”
      John Wieners – “You Can’t Kill These Machines”
      John Wieners – “Long Nook”
      John Wieners – [untitled] “And it would be good to stop…”
      John Wieners – “Ode to the Instrument” [Black Mountain, Spring 1955]
      John Wieners – “Ode to the Instrument”
      John Wieners – “Exchange of the Lady’s Handmaids”
      John Wieners – “Objects from Route 70”
      John Wieners – “Message”
      John Wieners – “Play Land’s Aftermath”
      John Wieners – “Second Flight Across Country”
      John Wieners – “After Meditations, for F O’H”
      John Wieners – “That Old Gang of Mine”

11. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 11, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, July 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 10 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. Charles Olson – “A Plausible Entry for, like, Man”
      Gil [Sorrentino] – [Letter to LeRoi Jones]
      Peter Hartman – “The Masai ***”
      James VI [King of England] – “from Reulis and Cautelis to be Observit and Eschewit in Scottis Poesie”
      Robert Kelly – “Letter to the Bear. Re: Rome”
      Denise Levertov – “An Argument. (In response to Trobar #2 and Kelly’s ‘Notes on the Poetry of the Deep Image’)”
      Larry Eigner – “Blabbermouth”
      Fred Herko – [Theater Reviews]
      The Editors – “Notices”

12. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 12, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, August 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. John Ashbery – “The Lozenges”
      John Ashbery – “The Suspended Life”
      John Ashbery – “To the Same Degree”
      John Ashbery – “The Ascetic Sensualists”
      A.B. Spellman – “Nocturne for Eric”
      Carl Solomon – “The Bughouse”
      Carl Solomon – “I Was a Communist Youth”
      Carl Solomon – “The Entrance of the Grand Gladiola”
      The Editors – “Notices”

According to Diane di Prima in notes to Laurence McGilvery’s facsimile edition of The Floating Bear, “Allen Ginsberg dedicated ‘Howl’ to Carl Solomon.”

13. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 13, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, September 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. A.B. Spellman – “The Beautiful Day”
      A.B. Spellman – “The Second Beautiful Day”
      A.B. Spellman – “The Beautiful Day, III”
      A.B. Spellman – “The Beautiful Day, IV”
      A.B. Spellman – “The Beautiful Day, V”
      A.B. Spellman – “The Beautiful Day VI”
      A.B. Spellman – “The Beautiful Day VII”
      Joe Early – “Les Enfants du Paradis”
      David Ossman – “Comments on Montage”
      Steve Jonas – “Altar”
      John Thomas – “Alba”
      John Thomas – “Memo for Coffeehouse Psychologists”
      Fielding Dawson – “The Turn of the Wheel”
      The Editors – “Notices”

14. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 14, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, October 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 14 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. Michael McClure – “!The Feast!, for Ornette Coleman”
      Philip Whalen – “Goodbye & Hello, Again 6:II:60”

Note: an announcement concerning the arrest of the editors was sent out separately and with some copies of No. 14.

15. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 15, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, November 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. Bruce Boyd – “Canticles for the Hours: Prime”
      Bruce Boyd – “Thread”
      Bruce Boyd – “1.” (“because it wasn’t sugar…”)
      Bruce Boyd – “2.” (“well, old honey, back to the hard sound…”)
      Bruce Boyd – “3.” (“or say that it is not love…”)
      Allen Ginsberg – “History of the Jewish Socialist Party in America”
      author unknown – “Early South Carolina Gullah Prayer”
      Frank O’Hara – “For the Chinese New Year & for Bill Berkson”
      Joseph Lesueur – [Theater Reviews]
      The Editors – “Notices”

16. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 16, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, December 1961
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. George Stanley – [untitled] “They would force scrunched…”
      George Stanley – [untitled] “The sailors in their ship…”
      George Stanley – [untitled] “Myriads now fly down…”
      Dave Ossman and Martin Green – “A Film Form: Outline for a Filmscript”
      Charles Olson – “To Empty the Mind”
      Ron Loewinsohn – “The World of the Lie”
      Ron Loewinsohn – “The Mendacity of Windows”
      Ron Loewinsohn – “The Mendacity of Radio”
      Ron Loewinsohn – “The Mendacity of Sculpture”
      Ron Loewinsohn – “Coda: As Far as the Pass”
      Ron Loewinsohn – [untitled] “On the way back from Chicago (September, ’56)…”
      Marian Zazeela – “The Guggenheim Exhibition of Abstract Expressionists and Imagists (to Dec. 31)”
      Alan Marlowe – “Review”
      G. Sorrentino – “Rollins’ Return”

According to Diane di Prima in notes to Laurence McGilvery’s facsimile edition of The Floating Bear, “Marian Zazeela’s review of the Guggenheim exhibit caused a lot of commotion. After that point a lot of the New York painters who had been helping us with the Bear wouldn’t give us any more money because she suggested that Robert Motherwell was copying from his wife Helen Frankenthaler. Motherwell got very mad at us and wrote me a very nasty postcard.”

17. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 17, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, January 1962
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. Joel Oppenheimer – “A Treatise”
      Hubert Selby, Jr. – “September 24, 1961, A Floating Bear Special”
      Charles Olson – “The Americans”
      Paul Metcalf – “Darlington, South Carolina”
      Max Finstein – “Song”
      Max Finstein – “The Trial”
      Max Finstein – “The Merger”
      Jerry Benjamin – [Theatre Review]
      Fred Herko – “Paul Taylor–A History”
      The Editors – “Notices”

18. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 18, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, February 1962
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. David Meltzer – “Poem to H.P. Lovecraft”
      David Meltzer – “The Struggle / Poems for the Muse”
      David Meltzer – “Heroes: 7 / The Comics”
      Mike Strong – “After”
      Mike Strong – “Overture”
      Mike Strong – “Mornings”
      LeRoi Jones – “Footnote to a Pretentious Book”
      Charles Olson – “In the Face of the Chinese View of the City”
      Joseph Lesueur – “Random Thoughts about Recent Plays, On and Off Broadway”
      George Brecht – “Statement for James Goldsworthy”
      John King [LeRoi Jones] – “Rejoinder: Concerning the Reviews by Miss Zazeela and Mr. Marlowe in FB 16”
      Frank Buck [pseud.; not Identified] – “Consumer’s Guide”

19. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 19, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, March 1962
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. Robert Duncan – “Night Scenes”
      Jonathan Williams – “We Take the Golden Road, to Samar, Kansas…”
      Stuart Perkoff – [untitled] “the Christian philo…”
      Stuart Perkoff – “2.” (“we step & and do not step…”)
      Stuart Perkoff – “3.” (“the river was warm, but not warm enough…”)
      Stuart Perkoff – “Three Prayers”
      Stuart Perkoff – “The Swing”
      Gertrude “Ma” Rainey – “Sissy Blues”
      Diane di Prima – “December, 1961”
      LeRoi Jones – “James Waring and Dance Company”
      Edwin Denby – [Letter to the Editors]
      The Editors – “Notices”

20. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 20, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, May 1962
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. The Editors [LeRoi Jones] – “Hello, Ma I Glad I Win!”
      Bertolt Brecht – “A Letter to His Fascist Friend Arnolt Bronnen in the Summer of 1923”
      Paul Blackburn – “The Cronopios in America–1.”
      J. Williams – “Best Reading List”
      Ed Dorn – “A Wild Blue, Yonder”
      Ed Dorn – “Time Blonde”
      Ed Dorn – “In My Youth I Was a Tireless Dancer”
      Ed Dorn – “The Song Is Ended”
      Ed Dorn – “The Poet Lectures Famous Potatoes”
      Ed Dorn – “Nose from Newswhere”
      Diane di Prima – “from Whale Honey”

21. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 21, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, August 1962
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. Frank O’Hara – “Mary Desti’s Ass”
      Frank O’Hara – “St. Paul and All That”
      Charles Olson – “A Work”
      Norman Solomon – “A Passion Play. 1.”
      Norman Solomon – “962”
      Peter Orlovsky and Allen Ginsberg – “Our Dear Friend Charles”
      Aquarian [Joel Oppenheimer] – “Best Reading List”
      Diane di Prima – “A Concert of Dance–Judson Memorial Church, Friday, 6 July 1962”
      The Editors – “Notices”

22. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 22, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, August 1962
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. David Shapiro – “Lament”
      David Shapiro – “The Bluebird”
      David Shapiro – “The Storm”
      David Shapiro – “Canticle as Grieving”
      David Shapiro – “Poem”
      Yu Suwa – “A Poem, 1961-1962”
      LeRoi Jones – “The Politics of Rich Painters”
      Gary Snyder – “The Curse”
      Joseph Lesueur – “Rotten Apple”
      Steve Jonas – “Green”
      Steve Jonas – “Sub Voce”
      George Stanley – “The Italian”
      Abe Harvard [Peter Hartman] – “In Quest of Ugendun”
      Diane Wakoski – [Letter to the Editors]
      The Editors – “Notices”

According to Diane di Prima in notes to Laurence McGilvery’s facsimile edition of The Floating Bear, “David Shapiro was 16 years old. For his age his stuff was brilliant, and people in Frank O’Hara’s crowd were interested in him. He was a very funny person when I met him because all his 16-year-old, adolescent, New Jersey personality was there on the surface, in spite of the fact that he could make these very far-out images. He kept calling me Miss di Prima and Frank Mr. O’Hara, and Frank finally got very embarrassed about it.”

23. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 23, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, September 1962
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. Kirby Doyle – “from The Happiness Bastard”
      Diane di Prima – “Careers: A Naturalistic Tragedy”
      Frank Lima – “Pudgy”
      James Waring – [Letter to The Floating Bear]
      Anton Webern [Peter Hartman?] – [Letter to the Editors]
      Miles Campion [LeRoi Jones?] – [Letter to the Editors]
      The Editors – “Notices”

24. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 24, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
New York: The Floating Bear, September-October 1962
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 12 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. William S. Burroughs – “Spain & 42 St.”
      William S. Burroughs – “Dead Whistle Stop Already End”
      William S. Burroughs – “Where Flesh Circulates”
      Paul C. Metcalf – “In This Corner: Charles Olson”
      Soren Agenoux – “A Movie Review”
      Johannes Koenig [LeRoi Jones] – “Names & Bodies (Notes)”
      Soren Agenoux – “12 Leçons de Ténèbres”
      George Montgomery – [untitled] “Lemons on barber poles…”
      The Editors – “Notices”

25. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 25, edited by Diane di Prima and LeRoi Jones
Topanga: The Floating Bear, November 1962-March 1963
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 8 pages plus Auerhahn advertisement flyer, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. Lew Welch – “Voice from Rat Flat!”
      Richard Baker – “Struggle”
      Richard Baker – “Beer”
      Dale Landers – “III Of a Growth Of”
      Robert Creeley – “The Skeleton”
      A.B. Spellman – “Baltimore Oriole, for M.R.”
      A.B. Spellman – “A Home Brew”
      The Editors – “Thank Yous”
      [Advertisement for Auerhahn Press]

26. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 26, guest-edited by Billy Linich
New York: The Floating Bear, October 1963
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 10 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. [George Herms] – [untitled] “Wet floor feet faster than wine…”
      [George Herms] – “Tap City Easter Circus Report”
      Michael Katz – “4 Short Stories for Passover”
      John [Wieners] – [untitled] “Mary Butts, inhabit her Ashe family of Rings…”
      Mary Butts – [untitled] “Until they came to the world’s end…”
      John [Daley?] – [Letter to Billy Linich]
      George Brecht – [Note to Billy Linich]
      Kirby Doyle – “Moon Poem, for Jarry Heiserman”
      Ray Johnson – [Letters to Various Persons]
      Ray Johnson – “Where Is the Palace? Iodine.”
      Duke Mantee [LeRoi Jones] – “Voices from the Art World (or, Bright Sayings)”
      The Editors – “Notices”
      [Diane di Prima] – “This Is a Very Strong Appeal for Funds”

27. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 27, edited by Diane di Prima
New York: The Floating Bear, November 1963
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 34 pages, mimeograph printed.

  • Contents:
    1. Philip Whalen – “The Art of Literature”
      Philip Whalen – “The Saturday Visitations”
      Philip Whalen – “Sunday Afternoon Dinner Fung Loy Restaurant San Francisco”
      Philip Whalen – “Hello to All the Folks Back Home”
      Philip Whalen – “The Art of Literature, 2nd Part”
      Philip Whalen – “Heigho, Nobody’s at Home”
      Philip Whalen – “Ignorantaccio”
      Philip Whalen – “The Art of Literature, #3, A Total Explanation, for Dr. A.”
      Philip Whalen – [untitled] “without gills or lungs or brain…”
      Philip Whalen – “Saturday 15:IX:62”
      Philip Whalen – “Fillmore Hob Nob Carburetor”
      Philip Whalen – “The Art of Literature, Part 4th”
      Philip Whalen – “The Gallery, Mill Valley”
      Philip Whalen – “Applegravy”
      Philip Whalen – “The Professor Comes to Call”
      Philip Whalen – “The Art of Literature, Concluded”
      Philip Whalen – “How We Live the More Abundant Life in America”
      Aquarian [Joel Oppenheimer] – “R I P”
      Ray Johnson – “Review by Ray Johnson (in the Style of Floating Bear)”
      Alan Marlowe – [Theatre Review]
      [Michael Rumaker?] – “Wieners & Stein at Judson”
      Michael Rumaker – “The Island, by Robert Creeley” [book review]
      John Wieners – “The Reporters, A Review by John Wieners”
      John Daley – “Billy Linich’s Party”
      [Author Unknown] – “Mss. Found in the Debris at the Living Theatre: The Journal of an IRS Agent”
      Alan Marlowe and Diane di Prima – [Announcement for the New Choreographers Company]
      The Editors – [Notices]
      Ray Johnson – [Letter to the Floating Bear]

28. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 28, edited by Diane di Prima
New York: The Floating Bear, December 1963
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 16 pages, mimeograph printed. Cover art by Al Leslie.

  • Contents:
    1. Mary Caroline Richards – “Christmas Sonnet”
      Mary Caroline Richards – “To My New Goat”
      Gregory Corso – “I Dream in Daytime”
      Jack Smith – “Normal Love”
      LeRoi Jones – “In Wyoming Territory (a Title)”
      LeRoi Jones – “In Wyoming Territory (a Veil)”
      LeRoi Jones – “In Wyoming Territory (a Story.”
      LeRoi Jones – “In Wyoming Territory (Music of”
      LeRoi Jones – “In Wyoming Territory (Dance/Like/”
      Edward Field – “Chopin”
      John Wieners – “Journal of the First Night”
      Frank O’Hara – “Pistachio Tree at Château Noir”

29. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 29, edited by Diane di Prima
New York: The Floating Bear, March 1964
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 20 pages, mimeograph printed. Cover art by George Herms.

  • Contents:
    1. Robert Grosseteste – “On Light or the Beginning of Forms”
      James Waring – [untitled] “Seen anywhere can art avalanche…”
      Julian Beck – “Acrostic for the Community of Poets and Joel Oppenheimer”
      John Thomas – “Some Books”
      Frank O’Hara – “Adventures in Living”
      Gerard Malanga – “Rollerskate”
      Gerard Malanga – “A Magic Realist Painting, for Alan Marlowe”
      John Herbert Mcdowell – “Special to the Floating Bear”
      Morton Feldman – [Letter to the Floating Bear]
      [Gilbert] Sorrentino – “Signal: A New Magazine”
      Fielding Dawson – “I Confess”
      James Waring – “Art Chronicle”
      The Editors – “Notices”

According to Diane di Prima in notes to Laurence McGilvery’s facsimile edition of The Floating Bear, “Jerry Malanga wrote ‘Rollerskate’ as a tribute to Freddie Herko after Freddie’s death. I don’t know if the film it refers to was ever made.”

30. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 30, edited by Diane di Prima
New York: The Floating Bear, November 1964
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 20 pages, mimeograph printed. Cover art by Jeanne Marlowe.

  • Contents:
    1. Ruth Krauss – “As I Passed the Andy Auto Body Works”
      Alan Marlowe – “A Play”
      author unknown [Peter Abelard?] – “Medieval Latin Song” (trans. Diane di Prima)
      Ferencz Mcnaughton [pseud.?] – “May Meeting with C. Goy”
      Carl Solomon – “Pilgrim State Hospital”
      anon., As Told To Hubert Selby, Jr. – “My Return to Pilgrim State”
      Herbert Huncke – [untitled] “I could not believe we had anything…”
      Gilbert Sorrentino – “For the Floating Bear: Prose of Our Time”
      Allan Kaprow – “from the Construction of Boston”
      James Waring – [Letter to the Floating Bear]
      Alex Katz – [Letter to the Editors]
      Howard Schulman – “Jan Muller (1922-58) at the Guggenheim thru 2/25/62”
      Anne Wilson – “October ‘26 Rauschenberg”

According to Diane di Prima in notes to Laurence McGilvery’s facsimile edition of The Floating Bear, “The cover of Number 30 was done by my daughter Jeannie who was six and a half years old at that time.”

31. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 31, guest-edited by Alan Marlowe
New York City: The Floating Bear, June 1965
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 16 pages, mimeograph printed. Cover art by Jess Collins.

  • Contents:
    1. author unknown – “Great Prajna Paramita Sutra” (trans. by Shenryu Suzuki)
      John Wieners – “Procrastination”
      John Wieners – “Procrastination”
      John Wieners – “Procrastination”
      John Wieners – “Night Boat to Cairo”
      John Wieners – “The Mole Proposes Solitude”
      John Wieners – “Song Lyric for ‘Shoot the President’”
      Robert Duncan – “Notes from A Reading at the Poetry Center, San Francisco, March 1, 1959”
      The Editors – “Editors Notes”

32. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 32, guest-edited by Kirby Doyle
Kerhonkson: The Floating Bear, February 1966
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 16 pages, mimeograph printed. Cover art by Robert Branaman.

  • Contents:
    1. Michael McClure – “Cupid’s Grin”
      John Keats – “A Fragment to Fanny”
      Thomas Chatterton – “Last Verses”
      Sharon Morrill – [untitled] “Body dying of chemical injecto…”
      Thomas Traherne – “from The Centuries”
      Yvonne Rainer – “Some Thoughts on Improvisation”
      Kirby Doyle – “Some Notes Toward a Text for the Unyielding Kings of the New Undead”
      Allen Ginsberg – “Psalm IV”
      Diane di Prima – “Buddhist New Year Song”
      Sheri Martinelli – “Duties of a Lady Female”
      Clive Matson – “The Good-Bye Scene”
      The Editors – “Notes”
      The Editors – [Advertisement for the Poets Press]

33. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 33, guest-edited by John Wieners
Brooklyn: The Floating Bear, February 1967
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 36 pages, mimeograph printed. Cover art by Paolo Lionni.

  • Contents:
    1. [John Wieners] – “Our Unborn Child”
      John Broderick – “My Flowers…” [illustration]
      Jack Spicer – “The Bridge Game”
      Jack Spicer – “Lives of the Philosophers: Diogenes”
      Deedee Doyle [Sharon Morill] – [untitled illustration]
      B. O’Driscoll [Bobby Driscoll] – “Sunday”
      John Wieners – “The Drug Addict’s Dilemma: An Answer to America”
      Sanders Russell – “Two Poems”
      Philip Lamantia – “For Real”
      John Reed – “Three Poems”
      Kirby Doyle – “A Valo Poem”
      David Rattray – [untitled] “If only I could…”
      Edward Freeman – “Prints and Prisons”
      David Posner – “In Memory of a Friend”
      Allen De Loach – “The A Train”
      Bob Hartman – “This is the Flip Side of the Record”
      Robert Grenier – “A Race”
      Charles Doria – “from Christine’s Version”
      Stephen Jonas – “Subway Haiku”
      Alan Marlowe – [untitled] “Lady cat is missing…”
      Irving Rosenthal – “The Mouse King”
      Lewis Lipschitz – [untitled] “When I See the small fish…”
      Howard Schulman – [untitled] “When you breathe on me…”
      Elizabeth Sutherland – “B’s Blues”
      Joan Gilbert – [untitled] “this is the beginning of our end…”
      Jeanne Phillips – [untitled] “today we have the good witch…”
      Jeanne Phillips – “Observations”
      Jan Balas – [untitled] “I know its Thursday…”
      Jan Balas – “Meth Madness after Many Days”
      Diane di Prima – “Song for My Spooks”
      Diane di Prima – “First Snow, Kerhonkson, for Alan”
      Shreela Ray – [untitled] “I saw myself in abyss-green…”
      Shiela Plant – “Term Paper for 8 Year Old”
      Shiela Plant – “Autobiography”
      Shiela Plant – “Adamancy”
      Madeline Davis – “To Ronny”
      Janine Pommey – “On Train to Holland, 12-29-65”
      Janine Pommey – “October, 65, Ibiza Spain”
      Janine Pommey – “Paris 9-64, to Alex:”
      Janine Pommey – “Spring, Paris 65, to Fernando:”
      Janine Pommey – “Two Line Poems Written in Paris ‘65”
      The Editors – “Notices”

34. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 34, edited by Diane di Prima
Brooklyn: The Floating Bear, October 1967
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 28 pages, mimeograph printed. Cover art by Michael Bowen.

  • Contents:
    1. Jack Spicer – “The Day Five Thousand Fish Died in the Charles River”
      Jack Spicer – “Poem, by a Computer at Mit, Which Was Fed the Elements of English Grammar, and Directed to Produce Sentences”
      Keith Wilson – “Graves Registry XII, Body at Sea”
      Keith Wilson – “Graves Registry XIV, Sea Songs for Women”
      Gary Snyder – [untitled] “Could she see the whole real world…”
      Gary Snyder – “The Coyote Breath”
      Emily Bronte – “Cold in the Earth”
      Stuart Perkoff – [untitled] “what a city is…”
      Rajkamal Chowdhury – “The Cycle or the Yoni-chakra (a Tantric Song)”
      Lorenzo Thomas – “Poem in Lieu of the Marriage of Andrew Zolem”
      Arcane School, N.Y.C. – “Zodiac”
      George Stanley – [untitled] “I thought and thought…”
      George Stanley – [untitled] “the past (as if in parenthesis)…”
      Bertolt Brecht – “Of Poor B. B.” (trans. Jack Collom)
      Frank O’Hara – “Dérangé sur un Pont de l’Adour”
      Frank O’Hara – “Hôtel Particulier”
      Johannes Koenig [LeRoi Jones] – “The Structure of the Academy Is: Against, the Street, or, Versus.”
      Yukio Matsuda – “The Landing” (trans. Syunichi Niikura)
      Yu Suwa – “Jacob’s Ladder” (trans. Syunichi Niikura)
      Atsushi Sekiguci – “New Year Greeting” (trans. Syunichi Niikura)
      Philip Lamantia – “Rest in Peace”
      Jack Kerouac – “How to Meditate”
      Jack Kerouac – “Hitch Hiker”
      David W. Mckain – “Street Corner Song”
      David W. Mckain – “Special Eye”
      David W. Mckain – “Newark Black Survival Committee Press Conference”
      The Editors – “Notices”

35. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 35, edited by Diane di Prima
New York: The Floating Bear, April 1968
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 26 pages, mimeograph printed. Cover art by John Reed.

  • Contents:
    1. Philip Lamantia – “Inscription for the Vanishing Republic”
      Philip Lamantia – “Orphic Poem”
      Philip Lamantia – “The Call”
      Philip Lamantia – “Politics Poem”
      Philip Lamantia – “Lava”
      Philip Lamantia – “Cool Apocalypse”
      Philip Lamantia – “Visions”
      Philip Lamantia – [untitled] “That I burned by the screech owl castle…”
      Steve Jonas – “A Poem for Tony Sherrod”
      John Thomas – “The Empty Blues”
      Lenore Kandel – “Junk/Angel”
      LeRoi Jones – “Indians”
      LeRoi Jones – “A Traffic of Love”
      LeRoi Jones – “Old Men’s Feet”
      LeRoi Jones – “Nick Charles Meets the Wolf-Man”
      LeRoi Jones – “West of Dodge”
      Michael Rumaker – “The Island, by Robert Creeley” [book review]
      Michael Rumaker – “WFME Interview with Night Editor of Newark Evening News”
      The Editors – “Notices of All Kinds”

36. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 36, guest-edited by Bill Berkson
New York City: The Floating Bear, January-July 1969
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 40 pages, mimeograph printed. Cover art by Ray Johnson.

  • Contents:
    1. Larry Fagin, Bill Berkson, and Ron Padgett – “Beautiful Music”
      Larry Fagin, Bill Berkson, and Ron Padgett – “Dog Salt”
      Larry Fagin, Bill Berkson, and Ron Padgett – “The Secret of Jane Bowles”
      Max Ernst – “From”
      Michael Brownstein – “Driving Through Belgium”
      Michael Brownstein – “The Shining Hand”
      Michael Brownstein – “Woman Walking Slowly Downstairs and Waving”
      Anne Waldman – “Be Happy O Sad World Be Happy”
      Anne Waldman – “Bright Side”
      Tom Clark – “Where I Live”
      Clark Coolidge – “Nothing at Newbegins”
      Clark Coolidge – “Noun Adder”
      Blaise Cendrars – “Dorypha” (trans. Ron Padgett)
      Bill Berkson – “Forked Dah”
      Bill Berkson – “Stanky”
      David Shapiro – “For the Princess Hello”
      Diane di Prima – “Stone Take”
      Kenneth Koch – “I Am from Argentina”
      John Thorpe – “Shaman’s Pain”
      John Thorpe – “When”
      John Thorpe – “Dust Eater”
      Ron Padgett – “Movable Basketballs”
      Lewis Warsh – “Opening the Day”
      John Ashbery – “Upper Silesia”
      The Editors – “Readables”

37. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER, No. 37, edited by Diane di Prima
New York City: The Floating Bear, March-July 1969
First edition, corner-stapled sheets, 8.5” x 11”, 24 pages, mimeograph printed. Cover art by Wallace Berman.

  • Contents:
    1. Lenore Kandel – “Hymn to Maitreya in America”
      LeRoi Jones – “What the Arts Need Now”
      Kirby Doyle – “An Unfinished Letter, Amir id-Emaid”
      Kirby Doyle – [untitled] “The belly of the moon…”
      Kirby Doyle – [untitled] “Again the butterfly visits me…”
      Kirby Doyle – [untitled] “I came to the top of this…”
      Kirby Doyle – “Upon Jail”
      Kirby Doyle – “-1- the Alchemist”
      Kirby Doyle – “-2- the Angel”
      Kirby Doyle – “-3- the Singer”
      Kirby Doyle – “-4- the Fallen”
      Kirby Doyle – “-5- the Risen”
      Gary Snyder – “Buddhism & The Coming Revolution”
      Victor Hernandez Cruz – “Poem for the Empire”
      Victor Hernandez Cruz – “Third World”
      Diane di Prima – “Canticle of St. Joan, for Robert Duncan”
      Michael McClure – “Tear Gas”
      Janine Pommy-Vega – “Poem for David”
      Janine Pommy-Vega – “Poem to Pitt/ If That Is Your Name…..”
      Tao Te Ching – “from Tao Te Ching” (trans. Paul Carus)
      Dave Cunliffe and Tina Morris – “Invocation”
      Freewheelin’ Frank [Frank Reynolds] – “’The Hymn’ to ‘Lucifer’”

According to Diane di Prima in notes to Laurence McGilvery’s facsimile edition of The Floating Bear, “The poem by Freewheelin’ Frank [Frank Reynolds] came out of a book that was done here in San Francisco. It was issued as a portfolio and ws the last printing effort of the Free City people; they had been doing a free publishing thing. They did Brautigan’s Please Plant This Book, poems printed on packets of seeds. They also did a dittoed version of Kirby Doyle’s Angelfaint, which he wouldn’t let them release because it had too many typographical errors in it. One thousand copies of it are probably still in Irving Rosenthal’s basement, without covers. Frank’s book was beautifully printed, all on separate sheets in about four colors. Freewheelin’ Frank’s name somehow didn’t get on this poem, so we had to write it in by hand on all the copies.”


References Consulted:

Clay, Steven and Rodney Phillips. A SECRET LOCATION ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE: ADVENTURES IN WRITING, 1960-1980
New York: New York Public Library / Granary Books, 1998

di Prima, Diane and LeRoi Jones. editors. THE FLOATING BEAR: A NEWSLETTER. Numbers 1-37, 1961-1969
La Jolla: Laurence McGilvery, 1973


Online Resources:

· Beat Visions and the Counterculture – Floating Bear
· From a Secret Location – The Floating Bear
· Reality Studio – Floating Bear Archive

Richard Brautigan – Contributions to Periodicals

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SECTION C:
This index includes contributions to periodicals; entries within years are approximate


1955

1. FLAME, Vol. 2, No. 3, edited by Lilith Lorraine
Alpine: Flame, Autumn 1955

Brautigan contribution: “Someplace in the World a Man is Screaming in Pain” [uncollected]
(not in Barber)



1956

2. EPOS, Vol. 8, No. 2, edited by Evelyn Thorne and Will Tullos
mags_epos0802Lake Como: New Athenaeum Press, Winter 1956

Brautigan contribution: “The Second Kingdom” [uncollected]
(Barber 1)

Note: a love poem inspired by Linda Webster.


1957

3. CAXTON POETRY REVIEW, Vol. 1, No. 2, edited by Albert R. Temple and Evelyn T. Browning *
Cincinnati: Caxton Press,  Winter 1956-57

Brautigan contribution: “A Correction” [uncollected]
(not in Barber)

4. CAXTON POETRY REVIEW, Vol. 1, No. 3, edited by Albert R. Temple and Evelyn T. Browning *
Cincinnati: Caxton Press, Spring 1957

Brautigan contribution: “If the Wind Should Borrow Time” [uncollected]
(not in Barber)


5. EPOS, Vol. 8, No. 4, edited by Evelyn Thorne and Will Tullos
mags_epos0804Lake Como: Epos, Summer 1957

Brautigan contribution: “A Young Poet” [uncollected]
(Barber 2)


6. MAINSTREAM, Vol. 2, No. 2, edited by Robin Raey Cuscaden and Ronald Offen
Palatine: Jack R. Lander, Summer-Autumn 1957

Brautigan contribution: “The Final Ride” [uncollected]
(not in Barber)


7. THE BERKELEY REVIEW, Vol. 1, No. 3, edited by William P. Barlow
Berkeley: The Berkeley Review, September 1957

Brautigan contribution: “The Return of the Rivers”^ [first appeared in The Return of the Rivers], “The Horse That Had A Flat Tire”^
[^ collected in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster (Barber 26)]

8. EXISTARIA, No. 7, Edited by Carl Larsen
Hermosa Beach, September-October 1957

Brautigan contribution: “The Daring Little Guy on the Burma Shave Sign” [uncollected], “The World Will Never End” [uncollected]
(not in Barber)

9. DANSE MACABRE, Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by R.T. Baylor *
Manhattan Beach: Danse Macabre, 1957

Brautigan contribution: “They Keep Coming Down the Dark Streets” [uncollected], “15 Stories in One Poem” [uncollected]
(not in Barber)


1958

10. HEARSE, No. 2, edited by E.V. Griffith
Eureka: Hearse Press, 1958

Brautigan contribution: “15 Stories in One Poem” [previously published in Danse Macabre]
(Barber 5)


11. HEARSE, No. 3, edited by E.V. Griffith
Eureka: Hearse Press, 1958

Brautigan contribution: “The Mortuary Bush”^, “Twelve Roman Soldiers and an Oatmeal Cookie”^ [^previously published in Four New Poets (Barber 3)]
(Barber 6)

12. EPOS, Vol. 9, No. 3, edited by Will Tullos and Evelyn Thorne
Lake Como: Epos, Spring 1958

Brautigan contribution: “Kingdom Come” [uncollected]
(Barber 9)



1959

13. SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW, No. 2, edited by R.H. Miller
mags_sfreview02
San Francisco, Spring 1959

Brautigan contribution: “Psalm” [uncollected]
(Barber 10)



14. BEATITUDE, No. 1, edited by Bob Kaufman, John Kelly, and William J. Margolis *
San Francisco: Beatitude, May 1959

Brautigan poem: “The Whorehouse at the Top of Mount Rainier” [collected in Beatitude Anthology (Barber 13)]


15. BEATITUDE, No. 4, edited by Bob Kaufman, John Kelly, and William J. Margolis 
San Francisco: Beatitude, May 1959

Brautigan poems: “The American Submarine”^, “A Postcard from the Bridge”^, “That Girl”^, “The Sink” [uncollected]
[^collected in Beatitude Anthology (Barber 13)]

16. BEATITUDE, No. 9, edited by Bob Kaufman, John Kelly, and William J. Margolis *
San Francisco: Beatitude, September 1959

Brautigan contribution: “Swandragons” [collected in Beatitude Anthology (Barber 13)]



17. J, No. 1, edited by Jack Spicer
mags_j01
San Francisco, September 1959
Cover illustration by Fran Herndon

Brautigan poem: “The Fever Monument” [collected in The Octopus Frontier (Barber 12)]


18. FOOT, No.1, edited by Richard Duerden
San Francisco, September 1959

Brautigan contribution: “The Rape of Ophelia”^, “A Postcard from Chinatown”^, “The Nature Poem”^, “Horse Race”^, “The Last Music is Not Heard”^
[^collected in The Octopus Frontier (Barber 12)]

Note: Cover illustration by Robert Duncan.

19. J, No. 4, edited by Jack Spicer
San Francisco, November 1959

Brautigan contribution: “The Pumpkin Tide”^, “The Sidney Green Street Blues”^, “Surprise”^ [^collected in The Octopus Frontier (Barber 12)]

Note: Cover illustration by Fran Herndon

20. J, No. 5, edited by Jack Spicer
San Francisco, December 1959

Brautigan contribution: “1942” [collected in The Octopus Frontier]

Note: Cover illustration by Fran Herndon


1960

21. HEARSE, No. 9, edited by E.V. Griffith
Eureka: Hearse Press, 1961

Brautigan contribution: “The Rain” [uncollected]
(Barber 14)




1963

22. CHANGE, No. 1, edited by Richard Brautigan and Ron Loewinsohn
San Francisco: Change, May 1963

Brautigan contribution: “Coffee” (short story) [uncollected]
(not in Barber)


23. CITY LIGHTS JOURNAL, No. 1, edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
San Francisco, City Lights Books, June 1963

Brautigan contribution: “Worsewick” (prose), “The Salt Creek Coyotes” (prose), “A Half-Sunday Homage to a Whole Leonardo da Vinci” (prose)
[excerpted chapters from the forthcoming book, Trout Fishing in America (Barber 79)]
(Barber 91)

24. EVERGREEN REVIEW, No. 31, edited by Barnet Lee Rosset
New York: Evergreen Review Oct-Nov 1963

Brautigan contribution: “The Hunchback Trout” (prose), “Room 208, Hotel Trout Fishing in America” (prose), “The Surgeon” (prose), “The Cleveland Wrecking Yard”
[excerpted chapters from the forthcoming book, Trout Fishing in America (Barber 79)]
(Barber 92)


1964

25. KULCHUR, Vol. 4, No. 13, edited by Lita Hornick
New York, Spring 1964

Brautigan contribution: “The Post Offices of Eastern Oregon” (short story) (Barber 163) [collected in Revenge of the Lawn (Barber 180)]


26. SUM, No. 3, Edited by Fred Wah
Albuquerque, May 1964

Brautigan contribution: “September California” [collected in Revenge of the Lawn (Barber 180)]

 

27. TRI-QUARTERLY, No. 1, edited by Charles Newman
Evanston: Northwestern Press, Fall 1964

Brautigan contribution: “Breaking Bread at Big Sur”, “Preparing for Ecclesiastes”, “The Rivets in Ecclesiastes”
[excerpted chapters from the forthcoming book A Confederate General from Big Sur (Barber 70)]
(Barber 78)

28. EVERGREEN REVIEW, No. 33, edited by Barnet Lee Rosset
New York: Evergreen Review, Aug-Sept 1964

Brautigan contribution: “Witness for Trout Fishing in America Peace”, “A Note on the Camping Craze that is Currently Sweeping America”, “The Pudding Master of Stanley Basin”, “In the California Bush”, “Trout Death by Port Wine”
[excerpted chapters from the forthcoming book A Confederate General from Big Sur (Barber 70)]
(Barber 93)


1965

29. NOW NOW, [Now No. 2], Edited by Charles Plymell
San Francisco: Ari Publications, 1965

Brautigan contribution: “Banners of My Own Choosing” [collected in Revenge of the Lawn (Barber 180)]


30. SAN FRANCISCO KEEPER’S VOICE, Vol. 1, No. 4, edited by Alexander Weiss
San Francisco: Alexander Weiss, April 1965

Brautigan contribution: “October 2, 1960” [uncollected]
(not in Barber)

 

31. WILD DOG, No. 18, edited by Joanne Kyger
San Francisco: Wild Dog, July 1965

Brautigan contribution: “The Buses” [uncollected], “Period Piece” [uncollected], “At Sea” [Brautigan’s review of Michael McClure’s Ghost Tantras]
(not in Barber)


1966

32. COYOTE’S JOURNAL, No. 5/6, edited by James Koller and Edward van Aelstyn
San Francisco: City Lights, 1966

Brautigan contribution: “A Study in California Flowers” (short story) [collected in Revenge of the Lawn (Barber 180)]
(Barber 164)

33. R.C. LION, No. 2, edited by David Bromige, Sherril Jaffe, David Schaff, and Ron Loewinsohn
Berkeley: University of California Berkeley Rhymers Club, 1966

Brautigan contribution: “The Pretty Office” [collected in Revenge of the Lawn (Barber 180)]
(not in Barber)

34. TRI-QUARTERLY, No. 5, edited by Charles Newman
Evanston: Northwestern Press, Winter 1966

Brautigan contribution: “Revenge of the Lawn”^ (short story), “A Short History of Religion in California”^
[^collected in Revenge of the Lawn (Barber 180)]
(Barber 165)

35. O’ER, No. 2, edited by David Sandberg
San Francisco: Cranium Press, December 1966

Brautigan contribution: “The House” [uncollected], “My Nose is Growing Old”^, “November 3″^
[^collected in All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (Barber 22)]


1967

36. HOLLOW ORANGE, No. 4, edited by Clifford Burke 
San Francisco: Cranium Press, 1967

Brautigan contribution: “Comets”^, “It’s Raining in Love”^, “Nine Things”^
[^collected in All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (Barber 22)]
(Barber 21)

37. The Pacific Nation, No. 1, edited by Robin Blaser
Vancouver: The Pacific Nation, June 1967

Brautigan contribution: “Trout Fishing in America (1-5)” [excerpted chapters from the forthcoming book, Trout Fishing in America (Barber 79)]
(not in Barber)

38. RAMPARTS, Vol. 6, No. 5, edited by Warren Hinkle III
San Francisco: Ramparts Magazine Inc., December 1967

Brautigan contribution: “1/3,1/3,1/3” (short story) [collected in Revenge of the Lawn (Barber 180)
(Barber 166)


1968

39. GROSSETESTE REVIEW, Vol. 1, No. 3, edited by Tim Longville
Lincoln: Grosseteste Press, Winter 1968

Brautigan contribution: “A Study in California Flowers” [previously published in Coyote’s Journal, No. 5/6 (Barber 164); collected in Revenge of the Lawn (Barber 180)]
(Barber 167)

40. THE PARIS REVIEW, No. 42, edited by George Plimpton *
New York: The Paris Review, Winter 1968

Brautigan contribution: “The San Francisco Weather Report” [previously published as a broadside (see Barber 24); collected in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster (Barber 26) as “Gee, You’re So Beautiful That It’s Starting to Rain”]
(Barber 25)

41. TRIQUARTERLY, No. 11, edited by Charles Newman *
Evanston: Northwestern University, Winter 1968

Brautigan contribution: “All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace” [previously published as a broadside (see Barber 17); collected in All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (Barber 22)]
(Barber 30)


1969

42. BEATITUDE, No. 20 *
San Francisco: City Lights Books, March 1969

Brautigan contribution: “The Harbor”^, “The Double-Bed Gallows”^, “Adrenalin Mother”^, “Death is a Beautiful Parked Car Only”^
[^collected in The Pill versus The Springhill Mine Disaster (Barber 26)]

43. BIG VENUS, No. 1, edited by Nick Kimberly *
London: Big Venus, 1969

Brautigan contribution: “Feel Free to Marry Emily Dickinson” [previously published in Lay the Marble Tea (Barber 11)]
(Barber 31)

44. POETRY, Vol. 115, No. 1, edited by Daryl Hine *
Chicago: Poetry, October, 1969

Brautigan contribution: “Wood” [collected in Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt [Barber 36)]
(Barber 34)

45. VOGUE, edited by Diana Vreeland
New York: Conde Nast, October 1969

Brautigan contribution: “The Weather in San Francisco” (short story) [collected in Revenge of the Lawn (Barber 180)]
(Barber 168)


1970

46. VOGUE, edited by Diana Vreeland
New York: Conde Nast, January 1970

Brautigan contribution: “The Auction” (short story)
(Barber 172)

47. LONDON MAGAZINE, Vol. 10, no. 8, edited by Alan Ross *
London, November 1970

Brautigan contribution: “Horse Race”^, “The Wheel”^, “Karma Repair Kit: Items 1-4” [previously published in All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace (Barber 22)]
[^previously published in collected in The Octopus Frontier (Barber 12)]
(Barber 39)

48. MADISON KALEIDOSCOPE, Vol. 2, No. 19, edited by Mark Knops and Tim Slater *
Milwaukee: Kaleidoscope Publishing, September 1970

Brautigan contribution: “Fragile, Fading 37/A Poem” [previously published in Rommel Drives on Deep into Egypt (Barber 36) as “Restaurant”]
(Barber 40)


1971

49. CALIFORNIA LIVING MAGAZINE, edited by Harold Silverman *
San Francisco: San Francisco Examiner, May 16, 1971

Brautigan contribution: “They Are Really Having Fun”, “We Meet. We Try. Nothing Happens, But”, “Home Again Home Again Like a Turtle To His Balcony”, “You Will Have Unreal Recollections of Me”, “Finding Is Losing Something Else”, “Impasse”, “Homage to Charles Atlas”
(Barber 48)

50. HARPER’S, Robert Shnayerson *
New York: Harper’s Magazine Co., October 1971

Brautigan contribution: “Crow Maiden”
(Barber 49)

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Jack Spicer – Contributions to Periodicals

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Section D:
This index collects contributions of poems, stories, letters (poetic), and a play to periodicals; reference is made to Sanford Dorbin’s A Checklist of the Published Writings of Jack Spicer (California Librarian, October 1970).


1946

1. THE OCCIDENT, edited by Jocelyn Willat
mags_occidentwint46Berkeley, Winter 1946

Spicer contribution: “To the Semanticists” [poem], “The Chess Game” [poem], “A New Testament” [poem]
(Dorbin B1-B3)


1947

2. CONTOUR QUARTERLY, Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by Chris Maclaine
mags_contour01Berkeley, April 1947

Spicer contribution: [untitled] “After the ocean, shattering with equinox…” [poem], “4 A.M.” [poem], “Chinoiserie” [poem]
(Dorbin B4-B6)


1948

3. BERKELEY MISCELLANY, No. 1, edited by Robert Duncan
mags_miscellany01Berkeley, 1948

Spicer contribution: “A Night in Four Parts” [poem], “Troy Poem” [poem], “Sonnet” [poem]
(Dorbin B8-B10)



1949

4. BERKELEY MISCELLANY, No. 2, edited by Robert Duncan
mags_miscellany02Berkeley, 1949

Spicer contribution: “The Scroll-Work on the Casket” [story]
(Dorbin B11)



1954

5. OCCIDENT, edited by Richard Rummonds
Berkeley: Associated Students of the University of California, Spring 1954

Spicer contribution: “On Reading Last Year’s Love Poems” [poem], “The Inheritance: Palm Sunday” [poem]
(not in Dorbin)


1955

6. CITY LIGHTS, No. 5, edited by Peter Martin
San Francisco: City Lights, Spring 1955

Spicer contribution: “On Watching a TV Boxing Match in October” [poem]




1956

7. AUDIENCE, Vol. 4, Number 2 *
Cambridge: Audience, 1956

Spicer contribution: “Five Words for Joe Dunn on his 22nd Birthday” [poem]


1957

8. EVERGREEN REVIEW, Vol. 1, No. 2, edited by Barney Rosset and Donald Allen
mags_evergreen0102New York City, 1957

Spicer contribution: “Berkeley in Time of Plague” [poem], “The Dancing Ape…” [poem], “Troy Poem” [poem], “The Scroll-Work on the Casket” [story], “Hibernation – After Morris Graves” [poem], “Psychoanalysis: An Elegy” [poem], “The Song of the Bird in the Loins” [poem]
(Dorbin B14-B18)

9. MEASURE, No. 1, edited by John Wieners
mags_measure01Boston, Summer 1957

Spicer contribution: “Song for Bird and Myself” [poem]
(not in Dorbin)



1959

10. BEATITUDE, No. 3, published by John Kelly
mags_beatitude03San Francisco, 23 May 1959

Spicer contribution: “Fifteen False Propositions about God” [poem]
(Dorbin B19)


11. BEATITUDE, No. 6, published by John Kelly
San Francisco, [June] 1959

Spicer contribution: “Epithalamium” [poem] [co-authored with Bruce Boyd, Ronald Primack, and George Stanley]
(Dorbin B20)

12. J, No. 1, edited by Jack Spicer
mags_j01San Francisco, 1959

Spicer contribution: “Hokkus” [poem]
(not in Dorbin)



13. J, No. 2, edited by Jack Spicer *
San Francisco, 1959

Spicer contribution: [untitled] “Down to new beaches where the sea…” [poem], “Epilog for Jim” [poem]
(Dorbin B21-B22)

14. J, No. 3, edited by Jack Spicer
San Francisco, 1959

Spicer contribution: [untitled] “The slobby sea where you float in…” [poem], “Last Hokku” [poem]
(Dorbin B23-B24)

15. J, No. 4, edited by Jack Spicer
mags_j04San Francisco, [October] 1959

Spicer contribution: “Jacob” [poem]
(Dorbin B25)



16. J, No. 5, edited by Jack Spicer
mags_j05San Francisco, 1959

Spicer contribution: “Fifth Elegy” [poem]
(Dorbin B26)




1960

17. BEATITUDE, No. 17, edited by Bob Kaufman
mags_beatitude17San Francisco: City Light Books, Oct-Nov 1960

Spicer contribution: [untitled] “When I hear the word Ferlinghetti…” [poem]
(Dorbin B29)



1961

18. J, No. 8, edited by Harold Dull *
San Francisco, 1961

Spicer contribution: “A Translation for Jim” [poem], “A Translation for Jeorge” [poem]
(Dorbin B27-B28)


1962

19. THE SAN FRANCISCO CAPITALIST BLOODSUCKER – N, edited by George Stanley
mags_capitalistSan Francisco, Spring 1962

Spicer contribution: “Three Marxist Essays” [poem]
(Dorbin B32)


20. MEASURE, No. 3, edited by John Wieners
mags_measure03Boston, Summer 1962

Spicer contribution: “Central Park West” [poem]
(not in Dorbin)




1964

21. OPEN SPACE, No. 0, edited by Stan Persky
San Francisco, January 1964

Spicer contribution: [untitled] “This ocean, humiliating in its disguises…” [poem] [collected in Language]
(Dorbin B33)

22. OPEN SPACE, No. 1, edited by Stan Persky
San Francisco, February 1964

Spicer contribution: “Sporting Life” [poem] [collected in Language]
(Dorbin B34)


23. OPEN SPACE, No. 2, edited by Stan Persky
San Francisco, February 1964

Spicer contribution: “This is Submitted for your Valentine Contest”  [poem], [untitled] “I hear a banging on the door of night…” [poem] [collected in Language]
(Dorbin B35-B36)

24. OPEN SPACE, No. 3, edited by Stan Persky
mags_openspace03San Francisco, March 1964

Spicer contribution: [untitled] “Just because baseball is not poetry…” [statements], “Predictions” [collected in Language], [untitled] “The log in the fire…” [poem] [collected in Language], [untitled] “Finally the messages penetrate…” [poem] [collected in Language], “Dear Ferlinghetti” [letter]
(Dorbin B37-B41)

25. OPEN SPACE, No. 4, edited by Stan Persky
mags_openspace04tSan Francisco, 1964

Spicer contribution: [untitled] “Heroes eat soup…” [poem] [collected in Language], [untitled] “Smoke signals…” [poem], [untitled] “A redwood forest…” [poem] [collected in Language], [untitled] “The whorship of beauty…” [poem] [collected in Language]
(Dorbin B42-45)

26. OPEN SPACE, No. 5, edited by Stan Persky
San Francisco, 1964

Spicer contribution: [untitled] “Pull down the shade of ruin, rain verse…” [poem], [untitled] “If your mother’s mother had not riven, mother…” [poem], [untitled] “What in sight do I have…” [poem], [untitled] “It comes May and the summers renew themselves…” [poem], [untitled] “Thanatos, the death-plant in the skull…” [poem] [collected in Language]

27. OPEN SPACE, No. 6, edited by Stan Persky
San Francisco, June 1964

Spicer contribution: [untitled] “1st SF home rainout since. Bounce…” [poem] [collected in Language], [untitled] “The country is not very well defined…” [poem] [collected in Language], [untitled] “I squint my eyes to cry…” [poem] [collected in Language], [untitled] “The metallurgical analysis of the stone that…” [poem] [collected in Language]

28. OPEN SPACE, No. 7, edited by Stan Persky
San Francisco, July 1964

Spicer contribution: “Love Poems” [poem] [collected in Language], “Protestant Letter” [letter]


29. OPEN SPACE, No. 8, edited by Stan Persky
mags_openspace08San Francisco,  August 1964

Spicer contribution: “Intermission I-III” [poem] [collected in Language], “Transformations I- III” [poem] [collected in Language]


30. OPEN SPACE, No. 9, edited by Stan Persky
San Francisco, September 1964

Spicer contribution: “Morphemicks, 1-4” [poem] [collected in Language]



31. OPEN SPACE, No. 10, edited by Stan Persky
San Francisco, October 1964

Spicer contribution: “Phonemics” [poem] [collected in Language]



32. OPEN SPACE, No. 11, edited by Stan Persky
San Francisco, November 1964

Spicer contribution: “Graphemics, 1-5” [poem] [collected in Language]




1965

33. THE WIVENHOE PARK REVIEW, No. 1, edited by Thomas Clark and Andrew Crozier
mags_wivenhoe01Essex: University of Essex, Winter 1965

Spicer contribution: “15 False Propositions about God” [poem]



34. WORK, No. 2, edited by John Sinclair
Detroit: Artists Workshop Press, Fall 1965

Spicer contribution: “Graphemics, 10” [poem] [collected in Language]
[not in Dorbin checklist]


35. COW, No. 1, edited by Luther T. Cupp
mags_cow01San Francisco: Cow, 1965

Spicer contribution: “Dear Sister Mary” [letter]





1966

36. WHE’RE, No.1, edited by Ron Caplan
Detroit: Artists’ Workshop, Summer 1966

Spicer contribution: “Dover Beach” [poem] [collected in Lament for the Makers], “The Birds” [poem] [collected in Lament for the Makers], “The Birth of Venus” [poem] [collected in Lament for the Makers], “Lament for the Makers” [poem] [collected in Lament for the Makers], “Postscript” [story] [collected in Lament for the Makers], “The Scroll-Work on the Casket” [story]

37. O’ER, No. 2, edited by David Sandberg
mags_oar02San Francisco, December 1966

Spicer contribution: “Buster Keaton Rides Again: A Sequel” [poem] [collected in After Lorca]




1967

38. THE PACIFIC NATION, No. 1, edited by Robin Blaser
mags_pacific01Vancouver, June 1967

Spicer contribution: “A Poem to the Reader of the Poem” [poem]



39. FLOATING BEAR, No. 33, edited by Diane di Prima
Brooklyn, 1967

Spicer contribution: “The Bridge Game” [poem], “Lives of the Philosophers: Diogenes” [poem]



40. FLOATING BEAR, No. 34, edited by Diane di Prima
Brooklyn, 1967

Spicer contribution: “The Day Five Thousand Fish Died in the Charles River” [poem]



WINE BUTTON, edited by Dave Fraser, Robert Serling, Dick Sweeney
mags_winebuttonHighland Park: Wine Button, n.d. [c.1967]

Spicer contribution: “Correspondence” [letter], “The Day Five Thousand Fish Died along the Charles River”



1968

41. COLLECTION, No. 1, edited by Peter Riley
mags_collection01Sussex, March 1968

Spicer contribution: “The Red Wheelbarrow” [poem]



42. TISH, No. 42, edited by Brad Robinson and Dan McLeod
Vancouver, March 1968

Spicer contribution: “Three Poems for Tish” [poem] [collected in The Book of Magazine Verse]
[not in Dorbin checklist]


43. IRON, No. 4
North Vancouver: Iron, April 1968

Spicer contribution: “A Textbook of Poetry” [poem] [collected in The Heads of the Town Up to the Aether], “7 Poems for the Vancouver Festival” [poem] [collected in The Book of Magazine Verse]


1969

44. IRON, No. 7, edited by Brian Fawcett
British Columbia, 1969

Spicer contribution: “Ode for Walt Whitman” [poem] [collected in After Lorca]



45. TISH, No.44, Issue D, edited by Karen Tallman
Vancouver, February 1969

Spicer contribution: “Five Variations on the Earth” [poem]



46. LAMPETER MUSE, Vol. 3, No. 4, edited by Norman Weinstein *
Annandale-on-Hudson: Bard College, Spring 1969

Spicer contribution: “The Book of Gwenivere” [poem] [collected in The Holy Grail]


1970-1979

47. WRITING, No. 2, edited by Stan Persky *
Vancouver: Georgia Straight, January-February 1970

Spicer contribution: “Admonitions” [poems] [collected in Admonitions]

48. BOSS, No. 4, edited by Reginald Gay
New York: Boss Books, 1970

Spicer contribution: “Indian Summer: Minneapolis 1950” [poem]

[note: published as a broadside in 1970 as Portents 16]

49. CATERPILLAR, No. 12, edited by Clayton Eshleman
New York, July 1970

Spicer contribution: “The Dancing Ape…” [poem], “Berkeley in Time of Plague” [poem], “Psychoanalysis: An Elegy” [poem], “Troy Poem” [poem], “A Dialogue Between Intellect and Passion” [poem], “All Hallows Eve” [poem], “At a Party” [poem], “A Night in Four Parts” [poem], “Orpheus after Eurydice” [poem], “Orpheus in Hell” [poem], “Orpheus’ Song to Apollo” [poem], “The Song of the Bird in the Loins” [poem], “On Reading Last Year’s Love Poems” [poem], “Watching a TV Boxing Match in October” [poem], “The Day Five Thousand Fish Died along the Charles River” [poem], “A Heron for Mrs. Altrocchi” [poem], “Song for the Great Mother” [poem], “Song for Bird and Myself” [poem], “A Poem to the Reader of the Poem” [poem], “Five Words for Joe Dunn on his 22nd Birthday” [poem], “A Prayer for Pvt. Graham Mackintosh on Halloween” [poem], “Letters to Graham Mackintosh” [prose], “Pentheus and the Dancers” [drama], “From a Detective Novel” [fiction], “Letters to Jim Alexander” [prose], “From the Vancouver Lectures” [prose]

50. NINE QUEEN BEES, Zero Issue, edited by Jim Chapson, James Liddy, and Bill Siverly
Honolulu: Nine Queen Bees, Summer 1970

Spicer contribution: “Dover Beach” [poem] [collected in Lament for the Makers], “The Birds” [poem] [collected in Lament for the Makers], “The Birth of Venus” [poem] [collected in Lament for the Makers], “Lament for the Makers” [poem] [collected in Lament for the Makers], “Postscript” [story] [collected in Lament for the Makers]

51. IS, No. 8, edited by Victor Coleman *
Toronto: Coach House Press, 1970

52. THE HARRIS REVIEW, edited by Harris Schiff
New York: Harris Review, 1971

Spicer contribution: [untitled] “The oaks…” [poem], [untitled] “With fifteen cents and that I could get a…” [poem]


53. IO, No. 10 Baseball Issue, edited by Richard Grossinger 
Cape Elizabeth, ME: IO Publications, 1971

Spicer contribution: “Unfinished Translation” [poem]

[note: prepared for, but no included in After Lorca]

54. STOOGE, No. 6, Editor: Geoff Young and Allen Schiller
Albuquerque, 1972

Spicer contribution: [untitled] “These big trucks drive…” [poem]



55. SHOCKS, Double Issue 3/4, edited by Stephen Vincent
San Francisco: Momo’s Press, March 1974

Spicer contribution: “Dear Lorca” [letter] [collected in After Lorca]



56. MANROOT, No. 10, edited by Paul Mariah
South San Francisco: Man-Root, Fall-Winter 1974

Spicer contribution: “To the Semanticists” [poem], “The Chess Game” [poem], “A New Testament” [poem], [untitled] “After the ocean, shattering with equinox…” [poem], “4 A.M.” [poem], “Chinoiserie” [poem], “The Scroll-Work on the Casket” [story], “Indian Summer: Minneapolis 1950” [poem], “Christmas Eve: 1952” [poem], “All Hallows Eve” [poem], “Watching a TV Boxing Match in October” [poem], “Lyric for Gary” [poem], “Sonnet for Gary” [poem], “Portrait of an Artist” [poem], “The Inheritance: Palm Sunday” [poem], “A Postscript to the Berkeley Renaissance” [poem], “The Gardener’s Son” [poem], “Manhattan” [poem], [untitled] “These woods, so fit for emperors…” [poem], “Admonitions” [poem] [collected in Admonitions], “15 False Propositions about God” [poem] [collected in 15 False Propositions about God], “Billy the Kid” [poem] [collected in Billy the Kid], “Hokkus” [poem], [untitled] “Down to new beaches where the sea…” [poem], “Epilog for Jim” [poem], [untitled] “The slobby sea where you float in…” [poem], “Last Hokku” [poem], “Jacob” [poem], “Fifth Elegy” [poem], “Three Marxist Essays” [prose], “Central Park West” [poem], [untitled] “This is an ode to Horace Stoneham…” [poem], “Dear Lew” [letter], “This is Submitted for your Valentine Contest”  [poem], “Protestant Letter” [letter], “Dear Sister Mary” [letter], “The Red Wheelbarrow” [poem], “Epithalamium” [poem] [co-authored with Bruce Boyd, Ronald Primack, and George Stanley]

57. ADVENTURES IN POETRY, No. 12, edited by Larry Fagin
mags_adventuresp12New York: The Poetry Project, Summer 1975

Spicer contribution: “Babel” [poem], “Dardenella” [poem], “Lives of the Philosophers: Diogenes” [poem], [untitled] “Lack of oxygen…” [poem], [untitled] “In- / Visible zombies…” [poem], “Spider Song” [poem]

58. THE CAPILANO REVIEW, No. 8/9, edited by Pierre Coupey
Vancouver: Capilano College, Fall 1975

Spicer contribution: “The Dancing Ape…” [poem], “Psychoanalysis: An Elegy” [poem], “The Song of the Bird in the Loins” [poem]


59. TELEPHONE, No. 10, edited Maureen Owen
New York: Telephone Books Press, 1975

Spicer contribution: “Five Variations for K.” [poem]




60. IO, No. 24, edited by Kevin Kerran and Richard Grossinger
Ann Arbor: North Atlantic Books, 1977

Spicer contribution: “Love Poem 1” [poem] [collected in Language], [untitled] “It comes in May…” [poem] [collected in Language], “Four Poems for the St. Louis Sporting News” [poem]

61. BOUNDARY 2, Vol. 6, No. 1,  edited by William V. Spanos *
Binghamton: SUNY, Fall 1977

Spicer contribution: “An Exercise” [poems]


1980-1989

62. ACTS, No. 6, A Book of Correspondences for Jack Spicer, edited by David Levi Straus and Benjamin Hollander *
San Francisco: Acts, 1986

63. LINE, No. 7/8, edited by Roy Miki *
Burnaby: Simon Fraser University, Spring-Fall 1986

Spicer contribution: “Poems for the Vancouver Festival” [poems]

64. IRONWOOD, Vol. 14, Issue 2, No. 28, edited by Michael Cudihy *
Tucson: Ironwood Press, Fall 1986

Spicer contribution: [untitled] “As if the Chinese vase…” [poem]


1990+

65. O-BLEK, No. 10, edited by Peter Gizzi and Connell McGrath *
Stockbridge: The Garlic Press, Fall 1991

Spicer contribution: “For Kids” [poem], “Spider Song” [poem]

66. LIFT, Nos. 10/11, edited by Joseph Torra *
Somerville: Lift, 1992

67. EXACT CHANGE YEARBOOK, No. 1, edited by Michael Palmer *
Boston: Exact Change, 1994

68. AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW, Vol. 17, No. 1, edited by Stephen Berg *
Philadelphia: World Poetry, January-February 1998

Spicer contribution: “A Poem without a Single Bird in it” [poem]

69. NO: A JOURNAL OF THE ARTS, No. 3, edited by by Deb Klowden and Ben Lerner
New York: Lost Roads Publishers, 2004

Spicer contribution: “Troilus” [play]

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