Don't Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg

Don't Hide the Madness: William S. Burroughs in Conversation with Allen Ginsberg
ISBN-10
1941110703
ISBN-13
9781941110706
Category
Authors, American
Pages
364
Language
English
Published
2018
Publisher
Mitten Press
Authors
William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg

Description

An intense, compelling conversation between legendary Beat icons William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, featuring photos by Ginsberg, and details of Burroughs' shamanic exorcism of the demon that led him to shoot his wife and drove his work as a writer.

Similar books

  • A Hidden Madness
    By James T. R. Jones

    'A Hidden Madness' tells the story of an accomplished individual who has reached the pinnacle of his profession despite suffering for over thirty years from the severe mental illness bipolar disorder.

  • The Madness of Crowds: A Novel
    By Louise Penny

    To Dorie Greenspan for the Gamache lemon cookies and your support as we both finished our books, and commiserated. Her new book, out in October, is called Baking with Dorie. To Chelsea and Marc, for the Zooms with family.

  • The Madness
    By Alison Rattle

    Set in the early Victorian era when propriety, modesty and repression were the rule, this is a taut psychological drama in which the breakdown of a young woman's emotional state will have a devastating impact on all those around her.

  • Reality Sandwiches
    By Allen Ginsberg

    Despite Ginsberg's feeling that this collection was not his most significant, the poems still represent Ginsberg at a peak period of his craft.Contents:My AlbaSakyamuni Coming Out From The MountainThe Green AutomobileHavana 1953Siesta In ...

  • Colonial Madness
    By Jo Whittemore

    Formerly titled Colonial Madness, a mother-daughter duo take part in a bizarre family challenge in hopes of winning a fortune in this “light, fun read” (Booklist) that’s Gilmore Girls meets The Westing Game!

  • Modern Madness: The Hidden Link Between Work and Emotional Conflict
    By Douglas LaBier

    An acclaimed exploration of the ways in which success within our career culture can produce hidden emotional and value conflicts for men and women. Sheds new light on the path to success and personal fulfillment in today’s workplace.

  • The Geography of Madness: Penis Thieves, Voodoo Death, and the Search for the Meaning of the World's Strangest Syndromes
    By Frank Bures

    Why do people in Malaysia suddenly “run amok”? In The Geography of Madness, acclaimed magazine writer Frank Bures investigates these and other “culture-bound” syndromes, tracing each seemingly baffling phenomenon to its source.

  • Naked Lunch @ 50: Anniversary Essays
    By Oliver C. G. Harris, Ian MacFadyen

    Pasto Nudo . Translated by Franca Cavagnoli . Collana , Italy : Gli Adelphi , 2006 . “ Ten Episodes from Naked Lunch . ” Big Table 1 ( Spring 1959 ) : 79–137 . The Western Lands . London : Penguin , 1987 .

  • Reality Sandwiches: 1953-1960: Pocket Poets Number 18
    By Allen Ginsberg

    Prisons and visions presented with rare descriptions corresponding exactly to those of Alcatraz and Rose . A naked lunch is natural to us , we eat reality sandwiches . But allegories are so much lettuce . Don't hide the madness .

  • You Can't Hide
    By Karen Rose

    Terror has forever changed the life of psychiatrist Tess Ciccotelli.