Naked Lunch @ 50: Anniversary Essays

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

Naked Lunch @ 50 anniversary essays edited by oliver HARRIS and ian MACFADYEN Southern Illinois University Press Carbondale H_M Frontmatter.indd 3 3/30/09 12:35:22 PM Copyright © 2009 by the Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 12 11 10 09 4 3 2 1 The endpapers were created by Philip Taaffe. The interior geometric motifs were created by Keith Albarn. Cover illustrations: Photograph of William Burroughs by Allen Ginsberg, 1957, reproduced from With William Burroughs: A Report from the Bunker (New York: Seaver, 1981) by Victor Bockris, with permission of the Allen Ginsberg Trust and the Wylie Agency, Inc.; photograph of Tangier, by Oliver Harris; Burroughs at his typewriter, photographs by Allen Ginsberg, 1953, Allen Ginsberg Papers, Stanford University, with permission of the Allen Ginsberg Trust and the Wylie Agency, Inc.; photograph of Burroughs by Anthony Balch, 1960–61, with permission of the William Burroughs Estate and the Wylie Agency, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Naked lunch at 50 : anniversary essays / edited by Oliver Harris and Ian MacFadyen. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-2915-1 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8093-2915-8 (cloth : alk. paper) ISBN-13: 978-0-8093-2916-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) ISBN-10: 0-8093-2916-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Burroughs, William S., 1914–1997. Naked lunch. 2. Burroughs, William S., 1914–1997— Anniversaries, etc. I. Harris, Oliver (Oliver C. G.) II. MacFadyen, Ian, 1952– PS3552.U75N336 2009 813'.54—dc22 2008039686 The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992. ∞ H_M Frontmatter.indd 4 3/30/09 12:35:22 PM We dedicate this book to: alan ANSEN sinclair BEILES wallace BERMAN paul CARROLL gregory CORSO robert CREELEY john yerbury DENT allen GINSBERG maurice GIRODIAS brion GYSIN michael HOROVITZ leroi JONES jack KEROUAC madame RACHOU irving ROSENTHAL barney ROSSET richard SEAVER And all those who otherwise aided and abetted the creation and dissemination of Naked Lunch . . . H_M Frontmatter.indd 5 3/30/09 12:35:22 PM H_M Frontmatter.indd 6 3/30/09 12:35:22 PM ...