Naked Lunch @ 50: Anniversary Essays

Acknowledgments

acknowledgments W e would like to thank the following for their important contributions , which we very much appreciate: Keith Seward, for envisioning the book’s cover design and for his creativity and technical expertise; Keith Albarn, for his perfect, permutated motifs; Philip Taaffe, for his brilliant endpapers, and Raymond Foye, for all his help in making them a part of the book; Benn Northover, for his vital assistance and creative liaison; Jeremy Reed, for his revealing poem-portrait of Burroughs which concludes the book; Lou Reed, for his words and for his support of Burroughs’ work over many years; Terry Wilson, for his special knowledge and unrivalled understanding and for the generous loan of rare archival material. We would also like to thank Karl Kageff, Barb Martin, Kathy Kageff, and everyone at Southern Illinois University Press for helping us to realize our vision of a book worthy of the occasion. Thanks to Andrew Hussey and Isabelle Schmitt at the University of London Institute in Paris for all their help with the 2009 Burroughs homage in Paris. We want to acknowledge the generous permissions to reproduce images granted by James Grauerholz of the William Burroughs Estate and Peter Hale of the Allen Ginsberg Trust. We would also like to thank Jeff Posternak of the Andrew Wylie Agency, J. P. Donleavy, Shay Howell, Brigitte Murphy, John de St. Jorre, Patrick Kearney, Rick Gekoski, Virginia McGillycuddy, and Neil Pearson for helping to secure permission to reproduce the letter from Maurice Girodias. And, our thanks to Isaac Gewirtz and his staff xv H_M Frontmatter.indd 15 3/30/09 12:35:24 PM at the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, New York Public Library, to Polly Armstrong and all the staff of the Special Collections Department at Green Library, Stanford University, and to Karen Cook at the Kenneth Spencer Library, University of Kansas, for expediting the reproduction of images for this book. And for financially supporting this research, we also gratefully acknowledge the David Bruce Centre for American Studies and the Research Institute for Humanities at Keele University. Very special thanks to all those who have helped in so many ways: Inge Bakkenes, Philippe Baumont, Philippe Boulet, Jamie Fettis, José Féréz Kuri, Jean Fischer, Louise Landes Levi, Simon Lilly, Richard Livermore, Robert and Morna McFadyen, Malcolm McNeill, Andrew Morley, Michael Hrebeniak, Simon Prager, Nick Rogers, Carol Rothman, John Tytell, Simon Vinkenoog and Edith Vinkenoog, Regina Weinreich, Andrew Whittingham, and Eddie Woods. To Kathelin, Chili, Tango, John, Elisabeth, Ros, and everyone at the Institute of Ecotechnics and the October Gallery, London. And to Ira Cohen who told us, “I remember reading Naked Lunch for the first time. I had never read anything like it. And I feel the same way today.” To our contributors who made the journey with us—Salud. To Alison—“J’ai trouvé le secret de t’aimer, toujours pour la première fois.”—Ian To Jenny, Ella, Mia, and Nina—with love, Oliver xvi acknowledgments H_M Frontmatter.indd 16 3/30/09 12:35:25 PM Naked Lunch @ 50 H_M Frontmatter.indd 17 3/30/09 12:35:25 PM H_M Frontmatter.indd 18 3/30/09 12:35:25 PM ...