It’s an auspicious day today. It’s our 500th “Weekly Round Up” – and it’s William Burroughs‘ birthday today.
Here’s James Grauerholz, back in September, on Paul K’s Wake Island podcast on Last Words – The Final Journals of William S Burroughs
Here’s Michael Gentile’s memoir – “Ten feet tall – looking down on us, talking backwards -the man would’ve been 107 years old on February 5th…”
Allen and William – photographs of him, and of the two of them together – here
snapped by James Grauerholz with Allen’s camera
Raymond Foye‘s interview with Ed Sanders in Gagosian Quarterly is a must-read. Ed on the mysteries of Egyptology, Ed on the value of archives. Read it in its entirety – here
We mentioned it yesterday, but for those who missed it, here it is again – Allen Ginsberg Fall of America Tribute, we’re happy to report, is now officially out.
Jack Kerouac and haiku – Tim Murphy’s in-depth examination for Presence (“Britain’s leading independent haiku journal”) is well worth a read – see here
and what else?
Paul Yamazaki of City Lights is interviewed on 50 years of bookselling – see here
and Vesuvio (just across the way) is profiled in the San Francisco Chronicle – here
Speaking of Beat cafe’s, plans afoot, apparently, for New York’s Cafe Figaro to be re-opening.
and – Howl beer anyone?