Part Three: Blurbs
“Don’t cut your input, B.J. - You may need it.”
-The Ticket That Exploded.
“I was waiting there pale character in someone else’s writing breathing old pulp magazines.”
-The Wild Boys
Abbott, Steve. Holy Terror. The Crossing Press, 1989. Probably Steve Abbott’s most famous book.
Abbott died of AIDS complications in 1992. This book was in Burroughs’ Lawrence, KS library.
Acker, Kathy. Bodies Of Work. Essays. NY: Serpent's Tail, 1997. Kathy Acker (1947-1997) American
writer. Author of Great Expectations, Blood and Guts in High School, Portrait of an Eye,
My Mother: Demonology, Pussy, King of the Pirates, and many other novels and collections.
Acker was a friend and great fan of Burroughs. She listed him as one of her major influences
and Burroughs was clearly impressed with her work.She was a teacher at the San Francisco Art Institute.
Acker, Kathy. Eurydice In The Underworld. NY: Arcadia, 1997.
Acker, Kathy. Great Expectations. NY: Grove Press. New Evergreen Edition, 1989.
Acker, Kathy. My Mother: Demonology. NY: Harcourt Brace and Company, 1993. In praise of Portrait Of An Eye.
Ansen, Alan. Contact Highs: Selected Poems 1957-1987. Dalkey Archive Press, 1989.
Alan Ansen was a friend of Burroughs for many years. Probably his most well known book was his amazingly articulate and insightful essay on Burroughs published by Water Row Books.
He was also the author of many books of poetry and a book on W. H. Auden. Ansen was the
real life inspiration for A. J. in Naked Lunch.
Ayden, Erje. The Crazy Green Of Second Avenue. New Wave, 1965.
Ballard, J.G. The Atrocity Exhibition. RE/Search, 1990. Revised, expanded, annotated, illustrated edition. See part one for more information on Ballard and his relationship with Burroughs.
Ballard, J.G. Crash. First Vintage Books Edition, 1985.
Barnes, Djuna. Nightwood. The Original Version and Related Drafts. Edited by Cheryl J. Plumb. IL: Dalkey Archive Press, 1995. An early inspiration for Burroughs. See section one for
more information.
Barnes, Djuna. Selected Works of Djuna Barnes. NY: Faber and Faber, 2001.
Beiles, Sinclair. A South African Abroad. Lapis Press, 1991. Friend and collaborator of Burroughs.
He coauthored Minutes To Go with WSB, Brion Gysin, and Gregory Corso. He passed away in
2000 having authored many books including Sacred Fix, Khakiweeds, and at least 13 books
in the last five years of his life.
Beiles, Sinclair. Sacred Fix. Cold Turkey Press, 1975.
Bernstein, Steven Jesse. I Am Secretly An Important Man. Zero Hour, 1995.
Bey, Hakim. T.A.Z. The Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism.
Autonomedia. Anticopyright, 1985, 1991. See Peter Lamborn Wilson in this section.
Breger, Udo. Identity Express. Gottingen: Caos Press, 1979. Udo Breger is a writer and translator
living in Basel Switzerland. He was the editor of Soft Need magazine, and a friend of
Burroughs.
Burgess, Anthony. A Clockwork Orange. Ballantine, 1965. Burroughs was a big fan of this book but
lost interest in his later work. Burgess blurbs can be found on several of Burroughs’ early
works including the paperback editions of Dead Fingers Talk. He went on to write a scathing review of Cities of the Red Night. See more on Burgess in section one.
Burroughs Jr., William S. Kentucky Ham. The Overlook Press, 1984.
Carroll, Jim. Forced Entries. The Downtown Diaries. 1971-1973. Penguin Books, 1987.
Burroughs was friendly with Jim Carroll during the seventies and was a fan of Carroll’s
The Basketball Diaries as well as this book. Carroll describes their first meeting in this
stunning memoir. Jim Carroll is a poet, musician, and diarist living currently in New York
City. He is the author of The Basketball Diaries, Forced Entries, Book of Nods, Void of Course,
Fear of Dreaming, Living At The Movies, and others.
Catullus, Gaius Valerius. Gaius Valerius Catullus’s Complete Poetical Works. Dunquin Series No. 20. Translated by Jacob Rabinowitz. Spring Publications, 1991. Catullus (84-54 BC) Roman poet.
Charnas, Suzy McKee. The Conqueror’s Child. NY: TOR, 1999. In praise of Walk To The End of the World. See section one for more information on Charnas.
Charnas, Suzy McKee. The Furies. NY: Tor, 1994. In praise of Walk To The End of the World. This blurb
also appears on the trade edition published by Orb.
Charnas, Suzy McKee. The Slave and the Free. NY: Tom Doherty Associates, 1999. This is an omnibus
of the Holdfast Chronicles by Charnas consisting of the first two novels, Walk To The End of
The World and Motherlines. The Blurb is the same one used on all the Charnas books in praise
of Walk to the End of the World.
Charnas, Suzy McKee. Walk To The End Of The World. Ballantine, 1974. Berkeley. 1978. NY: Del Rey, 1977. WSB made many references to this book as being one of his all time favorite science-
fiction books.
Choukri, Mohamed. For Bread Alone. Translated by Paul Bowles. City Lights, 1987. Mohamed Choukri
(1935-2003) Moroccan writer. Lived in Tangier. Author of For Bread Alone, Jean Genet
In Tangier, Time of Mistakes, Madman of the Roses, The Tent, The Inner Market, and others.
Burroughs was familiar with Choukri during his time in Tangier. Bowles was a frequent
translator of Choukri’s work from Arabic to English.
Choukri, Mohamed. Jean Genet In Tangier. Translated by Paul Bowles. The Ecco Press, 1974.
Codrescu, Andrei. The Blood Countess. Simon & Schuster, 1995. Andrei Codrescu (1946- ) Romanian
poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, NPR columnist, and editor of Exquisite Corpse.
Codrescu was influenced by Ginsberg and Burroughs as a young man.
Cohen, Ira. Poems from the Akashic Record. New York: Panther Books, 2001. Ira Cohen (1935- )
Poet, writer, filmmaker, and photographer. Ira Chohen was the publisher and editor of the
Tangier magazine Gnaoua (which published Burroughs, Brion Gysin, Harold Norse and others),
he was responsible for much hallucinogenic photography including the cover photograph for
William Burroughs Jr.’s Speed, he is the author of On Feet of Gold, and Poems from the
Akashic Record.
Cooper, Dennis. Try. Grove Press, 1994. I’m not sure of the relationship between Cooper and
Burroughs and what or when Burroughs first read him. Burroughs calls Cooper a “born
writer.” Cooper wrote a nasty piece on Burroughs after his death which can be found in his
collection of essays All Ears.
Cooper, Dennis and Keith Mayerson. Horror Hospital Unplugged. RE/Search, Juno Books, 1996.
Corso, Gregory. Gasoline & The Vestal Lady On Brattle. SF, CA: City Lights Pocket Poets Series #8, ND. Later edition. See the introductions section for more on Corso.
Cummings, Anne (Felicity Mason). The Love Habit: Sexual Confessions of an Older Woman. NY: Bobbs- Merrill, 1977. Anne Cummings was the pen name of writer Felicity Mason. She was a close
friend of Brion Gysin’s. Burroughs admired her work and it’s sexual openness from the
perspective of a woman. She was listed by Burroughs as being one of the female writers he
admired.
Curran, Douglas. In Advance of the Landing. Folk Concepts of Outer Space. Abbeville Press, 1985.
De Rome, Peter. The Erotic World of Peter De Rome. Alyson Publications, 1985. Memoirs of the gay
filmmaker, documenting his involvement in film and the civil rights movement. De Rome’s
films include the Erotic Films of Peter De Rome, Adam and Yves, The Destroying Angel,
Private Collection, and In Heat. Burroughs was a fan of homoerotic film in the seventies,
according to his interview with David Bowie in Rolling Stone magazine. Peter De Rome was
an underground film director at the time and Burroughs was probably familiar with
his work early on. Burroughs contributes a blurb for this, his autobiography.
Disend, Michael. Stomping the Goyim. New York: Croton Press, 1969. Disend was a New York writer
in essence documenting the Lower East Side through fiction. Burroughs called this work
brilliant and readable.
Fauser, Jorg. Aqua Lunge. Verlag Udo Breger Göttingen, 1971.
Gibson, William. Neuromancer. First Ace Hardcover, 1994. See section one for information on
William Gibson.
Gilmore, John. Fetish Blonde. Creation Books, 1999. American writer. Author of Severed, Live Fast
Die Young (the story of James Dean), Manson, Laid Bare (which includes a piece about Gilmore
and Burroughs in Paris), and Fetish Blonde.
Gilmour, David. Back On Tuesday. Gibbs M. Smith, Inc. Peregrine Smith Books, 1987.
Gilmour, David. How Boys See Girls. Random House, 1991. In praise of Back On Tuesday.
Giorno, John. You Got To Burn To Shine. New & Selected Writings. High Risk, 1994. See Introductions
section for more information on Giorno.
Gluck, Robert. Jack The Modernist. GMP, Gay Men's Press, 1986. American poet and writer. Author
of Jack the Modernist, Margery Kempe, Andy, Elements of a Coffee Service, Denny Smith,
and others. He is also professor of creative writing at San Francisco State University.
Burroughs likened Gluck’s work and characters to that of Jean Genet, which for anyone
especially Burroughs is quite high praise.
Gluck, Robert. Margery Kempe. High Risk, 1994. In praise of Jack the Modernist.
Grogan, Emmett. Final Score. Holt Rinehart Winston, 1976. Final Score is a novel of thievery and
crime by the author of Ringolevio. Burroughs called the novel fascinating.
Gysin, Brion. The Process. Paladin, 1988. Quartet Books, 1985. The blurb on this edition appears on
other editions as well in different variations. Please see section one for more on Gysin.
Gysin, Brion. Here To Go: Planet R-101. Brion Gysin Interviewed by Terry Wilson. Quartet Books, 1982. In praise of The Process.
Gysin, Brion. The Last Museum. Grove Press, 1986.
Hale, Keith. Cody. Boston: Alycat Books, Alyson, 1994.
Haring, Keith. Journals. Viking, 1996. Keith Haring was very much influenced by the works of Brion
Gysin and Burroughs. Haring and Burroughs were friends and collaborators. Their work
together included “The Valley” and Apocalypse. See section one for more on Haring.
Heim, Scott. In Awe. Harper Collins, 1997. In praise of Mysterious Skin. Kansas author.
Heim, Scott. Mysterious Skin. Harper Collins, 1995.
Herr, Michael. Dispatches. Alfred A. Knopf, 1977.
Hine, Phil. Condensed Chaos. An Introduction to Chaos Magic. New Falcon Publications, 1995.
Chaos Magic was a form of magic combining Crowley’s Thelema methods with the sex
magic of Austin Osman Spare. Burroughs was very interested and was referred to as
“frater 23.” His painting entitled “Creation of the Homunculus IV” appeared on the later
edition of Prime Chaos, by Mr. Hine published in 1998 after Burroughs’ death.
Hopkins, John. The Attempt. Viking, 1967. See section one for information about John Hopkins.
Hopkins, John. The Flight Of The Pelican. North Point Press, 1983.
Hopkins, John. The Tangier Diaries. 1962-1979. Cadmus Editions, 1998.
Huncke, Herbert. Guilty Of Everything. The Autobiography of Herbert Huncke. Paragon House, 1990.
See Introductions section.
Indiana, Gary. Horse Crazy. Plume. 1990. Gary Indiana became a friend of Burroughs in 1990 and
continued that friendship for the last seven years of Burroughs life.
Indiana, Gary. Rent Boy. High Risk, 1994. In praise of Horse Crazy.
Lauria, Frank. Blue Limbo. Avon, 1991. Burroughs was a fan of Lauria’s work. Copies of his books
were in his Lawrence, KS collection as well as the Ohio State University Archives.
Lauria, Frank. Raga Six. Berkeley, CA: Frog, Ltd., 2001.
Leary, Timothy. Flashbacks. An Autobiography. Tarcher/Putnam, 1990. See introductions section.
Leary, Timothy. High Priest. NY: Ronin, 1995.
Leary, Timothy. Psychedelic Prayers & Other Meditations. Ronin, 1997.
Lee, Martin A. and Bruce Shlain. Acid Dreams: The Complete Social History of LSD, The CIA, The Sixties, and Beyond. Grove Weidenfeld, 1992.
Litton, Melvin. Geminga. Sword of the Shining Path. CA: III Publishing, 1993.
Lotringer, Sylvere. Overexposed. Treating Sexual Perversion In America. Pantheon, 1988.
Sylvere Lotringer is the man responsible for Burroughs Live, the Collected Interviews of
William Burroughs. Lotringer is a Columbia professor, Burroughs scholar, and the translator
of works into English by Foucault, Baudrillard, Bataille, and Felix Guattari.
Manrique, Jaime. Colombian Gold. A Novel of Power and Corruption. Clarkson N. Potter Inc./Publishers, 1983.
Manson, Charles as told to Nuel Emmons. Manson In His Own Words. Grove Press, 1986.
March, Joseph Moncure. The Wild Party (Illustrated by Art Spiegelman). Pantheon, 1994.
See Section One for more information about March and The Wild Party as well as The Set Up.
McConnell, Malcolm. Matata. Viking, 1971.
McNeil, Legs and Gillian McCain. Please Kill Me. The Uncensored Oral History Of Punk. Grove Press. 1996. Penguin Books, 1997.
Meyer, Stewart. The Lotus Crew. Grove Press, 1984. Stewart Meyer appears a great deal in the
Victor Bokris book, With William Burroughs: A Report from the Bunker. Meyer was
Burroughs’ driver in NYC, and The Lotus Crew was written under Burroughs’ apprenticeship.
Miles, Barry. Jack Kerouac. King Of The Beats. A Portrait. Henry Holt, 1998. See section one for
information about Barry Miles.
Miller, Henry. Under The Roofs Of Paris. Grove Press, 1983. Blurb also appears on the mass market edition published the same year by Star Books. The Star Books blurb is slightly longer.
This is the only book by Henry Miller that Burroughs ever had anything positive to say about.
It was originally published under the title, Opus Pistorum for Grove Press. This book can be
found in the Ohio State Archives. See section one for more on Henry Miller.
Miller, Richard. Snail. Holt Rinehart Winston, 1984.
Morgan, Ted. On Becoming American. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1978.
Ted Morgan aka Sanche de Gramont became very close with Burroughs during the writing
of his biography, Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs. His biography
of Somerset Maughm was a favorite of Burroughs’ and Literary Outlaw remains the most
comprehensive and essential text on WSB’s life to date.
Morrow, Bradford. Come Sunday. Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1988. Bradford Morrow was the editor of
the Paris Review. Burroughs and Morrow were friends.
Mottram, Eric. Blood On The Nash Ambassador. Hutchinson Books, 1983. Eric Mottram was the first
to recognize Burroughs’ work in the field of literary criticism. His Algebra of Need set the
standard for future critical works on Burroughs’ writing. Mottram also performed the
interviews for Snack.
Nicosia, Gerald. Memory Babe. A Critical Biography of Jack Kerouac. Grove Press, 1983. Gerald
Nicosia, American writer and biographer, is the author of Memory Babe, Home To War: A History of the Vietnam Veterans’ Movement, Lunatics, Lovers, Poets, Vets, & Bargirls, and Love, California Style, Embrace of the Lepers. He lives in San Francisco.
Norse, Harold. In the Hub of the Fiery Force. NY: Thunder’s Mouth Press, 2003. In praise of Norse’s work. Harold Norse is a poet currently living in San Francisco, CA. He was friends and
collaborators with the likes of W. H. Auden, Tennessee Williams, Allen Ginsberg, William
Burroughs, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, just to name a few. His Memoirs of a Bastard Angel
recount his many experiences. He was an early advocate of the cut-up method with Gysin
and Burroughs writing a short piece called “Sniffing Keyholes” which was included in his book
Beat Hotel, and later released on its own in a thin chapbook. In the Hub of the Fiery Force is
his collected works.
Norse, Harold. Memoirs Of A Bastard Angel. William Morrow, 1989. British Trade only. See section two for more information.
Nuttall, Jeff. Pig. Fulcrum Press, 1969. See section one for information on Jeff Nuttall.
O'Connor, Philip. Memoirs Of A Public Baby. Norton, 1989. Philip O’Connor was praised by Stephen
Spender, Saul Bellow, Toynbee, and Burroughs. He married Panna Grady in 1970 and died
at the age of 81 in France. Panna Grady was part of the Burroughs circle in NY during the
seventies.
Ohle, David and Roger Martin and Susan Brosseau. Cows Are Freaky When They Look At You. An Oral History of the Kaw Valley Hemp Pickers. Watermark. Press, 1991. Please see section one
for more information about David Ohle.
Pelieu, Claude. Coca Neon/Polaroid Rainbow. Cherry Valley Editions, 1975. In praise of Kali Yug Express. See section two for more information on Claude Pelieu.
Plymell, Charles. The Last Of The Moccasins. Mother Road Publications, 1996. Charles Plymell, poet
and publisher was friends with Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg. In 1970 he and his wife
founded Cherry Valley Editions in Cherry Valley, New York. Burroughs was among the authors
and poets Plymell published. He is still writing and working.
Pop, Iggy. I Need More. The Stooges & Other Stories. Karz-Cohl, 1982. James Osterberg (Iggy Pop)
first published his autobiography, I Need More in 1982. He is considered the father of American
punk rock. He was the lead singer of the Stooges creating some of the greatest rock music in
history with The Stooges, Funhouse, Raw Power. His solo albums include Kill City, The Idiot,
Lust For Life, Soldier, American Ceasar, and many others. In this edition of I Need More
there is a picture of Iggy with Brion Gysin, whom he admired. He called Burroughs one of his
favorite writers along with Yukio Mishima and James Joyce.
Price, Richard. The Bloodbrothers. Houghton Mifflin Company, 1976. In praise of The Wanderers. Price
is also the author of The Wanderers, Freedomland, Clockers, The Breaks, Ladies’ Man, and
several screenplays. Burroughs was one of the first to recognize his literary merit.
Price, Richard. The Wanderers. Penguin Books, 1985.
Resnick, Marcia. Re-Visions. The Coach House Press, 1978. Resnick was a photographer of the
New York punk scene. She was an occasional acquaintance of Burroughs.
Robbins, Maria Polushkin. Puss In Books. Dutton, 1994. The quotation on this book is less of a blurb
and more of a quote from within the text, but it looks likes a blurb and a blurb is a blurb is
a blurb.
Rosenthal, Irving. Sheeper. Grove Press, 1968. Paperback only. Rosenthal was responsible for
publishing the first ever pieces of Naked Lunch in the “Chicago Review,” which he edited.
Sheeper was his only novel.
Sanders, Ed. Tales Of Beatnik Glory. Citadel Underground, 1990. Ed Sanders (1939- ) American poet.
Sanders founded the rock band, The Fugs. He is the author of many books of verse including
Investigative Poetry, Checkov, 1968: A History In Verse. He is also the author of Tales of
Beatnik Glory, and the founder of the literary journal Fuck You.
Santini, Rosemarie. The Secret Fire. The Santini Report on Women's Sexuality. Playboy Press, 1977.
Schultz, John. The Chicago Conspiracy Trial. Da Capo, 1993.
Scott, Andrew Murray. Alexander Trocchi. The Making Of A Monster. Polygon, 1991. Alexander
Trocchi was a friend and early supporter of Burroughs. See section one for more on Trocchi.
Selby, Hubert. The Demon. Signet, 1977. Burroughs expressed admiration for Selby’s work
throughout his career. He was very fond of Last Exit To Brooklyn and had a copy of
Requiem For A Dream in the Ohio State Archives. See section one for more on Selby.
Sewall-Ruskin, Yvonne. High On Rebellion. Inside The Underground at Max’s Kansas City. Thunder’s Mouth, 1998. The Burroughs statement on the back of the book is not a blurb for the book,
but an older statement by him about Max’s Kansas City.
Simon. Necronomicon. Avon, 1980. The fictional book, The Necronomicon, mentioned quite frequently
in the fiction of H. P. Lovecraft had become a real life text for some people when it was
finally released in 1980. This book by “Simon” is a magical text written to help break down
the boundaries between fiction and non-fiction. Burroughs was a reader of Lovecraft and
contributed later a short story to the book, The Starry Wisdom A Tribute to H P Lovecraft,
edited by D. M. Mitchell. Other books of interest on this dread tome include The Necronomicon:
The Book of Dead Names, edited by George Hay with an introduction by Colin Wilson and H. P.
Lovecraft’s own History of the Necronomicon published by Necronomicon Press.
Skerl, Jennie. William S. Burroughs. Boston: Twayne, 1986. Burroughs gave his approval of Skerl’s
study gracing the back cover with a blurb on the tradepaper edition.
Smith, Patti. Complete. Lyrics, Notes, and Reflections. Anchor Books, 1999. Trade only.
See section two for more information on Patti Smith.
Smith, Patti. Coral Sea. WW. Norton & Company, 1996.
Solomon, David (ed.) The Marihuana Papers. Signet, 1966. The blurb on the back of this book is
from the Burroughs piece included within.
Southern, Terry. Flash & Filigree. Arbor House, 1984. See section two for more information on
Terry Southern.
Southern, Terry. Red-Dirt Marijuana. Signet, 1968.
Spike, Paul. Bad News. Holt Rinehart Winston, 1971. Burroughs calls this a “beautiful and disquieting
book.” Paul Spike is the author of Photographs of My Father, Bad News, The Night Letter,
Last Rites, and the movie novelization of Terry Gilliam’s Jabberwocky as Ralph Hoover.
Strausbaugh, John and Donald Blaise. The Drug User. Documents 1840-1960. Blast Books, 1991.
The blurb on this book is from the introduction by Burroughs.
Strieber, Whitley, Billy. NY: Berkeley, 1991. Paperback edition only. See section one for information
on Whitley Strieber.
Sugarman, Danny. Wonderland Avenue: Tales of Glamour and Excess. William Morrow, 1989.
Takis. Telesculptures, Telephota, Telemagnets October 15 to November 2, 1963. NY: Alexander Lolas Gallery, 1963. See Wayne Anderson in the Introductions section.
Takis. Takis At Indica Gallery, London 1966.
Trocchi, Alexander. Cain's Book. Grove Press, 1992. See section one for information on Trocchi.
Trocchi, Alexander. Thongs. Blast Books, 1994.
Waters, John. Crackpot. The Obsessions of John Waters. Vintage, 1987. John Waters (1946- )
Filmmaker. John Waters is the director of Pink Flamingos, Mondo Trasho, Multiple Maniacs,
Female Trouble, Desperate Living, Polyester, Hairspray, Crybaby, Serial Mom, Pecker, Cecil
B. Demented, and others.
Waters, John. Shock Value. A Tasteful Book About Bad Taste. Delta, 1981.
Weinreich, Regina. Kerouac’s Spontaneous Poetics. A Study of the Fiction. NY: Paragon House, 1990. Thunder’s Mouth Press, 1987. WSB contributes cover blurb in praise of Weinrich’s study of Kerouac in both editions.
White, Edmund. States Of Desire. Travels In Gay America. E.P. Dutton, 1983. Edmund White (1940- )
American writer. Author of The Joy of Gay Sex, States of Desire, A Boy’s Own Story,
The Beautiful Room is Empty, Genet, The Burning Library (which contains White’s meeting
with Burroughs), The Farewell Symphony, Marcel Proust, and many others.
Williams, Heathcote. The Speakers. Grove Press, 1964.
Wilson, Colin. Die Seelenfresser. März Verlag, 1983. See section one for more on Colin Wilson.
Wilson, Peter Lamborn. Scandal. Essays In Islamic Heresy. Autonomedia, 1988. Peter Lamborn Wilson
is also known as Hakim Bey. As P.L.W. he is the author of many books including Scandal,
Angels, The Drunken Universe (Ed.), Escape From the Nineteenth Century, Pirate Utopias (which
Burroughs had in his Lawrence, KS library), Ploughing the Clouds, Sacred Drift; and as
Hakim Bey: Immediatism, Millennium, T.A.Z. (see above), Orgies of the Hemp Eaters, and
others.
Wilson, Terry. 'D' Train. Grapheme Publications, 1985. Terry Wilson edited and conducted the
interviews for the Brion Gysin book, Here To Go: Planet R:101.
Wojnarowicz, David. Close To The Knives. A Memoir of Disintegration. Vintage, 1991. Wojnarowicz
was a collaborator with filmmaker Richard Kern in New York.
Wojnarowicz, David. Tongues of Fire. Illinois State University, 1990.
Wurlitzer, Rudolph. Hard Travel To Sacred Places. Shambhala, 1994. See section one for more on
Wurlitzer.
Yacoubi, Ahmed. The Alchemist's Cookbook. Omen Press, 1972. Yacoubi is also the author of the
short piece “Night Before Thinking,” which Burroughs wrote a piece on in the Evergreen
Review.