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The spoken word. William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin / British Library.
LIBRA PS3552.U75 A6 2012 CD + booklet
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Sound recording
- Author/Creator:
- Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
- Series:
- Spoken word / British Library.
- Spoken word / British Library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997.
- Burroughs, William S.
- Gysin, Brion.
- American poetry--20th century.
- American poetry.
- English poetry--20th century.
- English poetry.
- Genre:
- Sound recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 audio disc (66 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet ([10] pages ; 12 cm).
- 4 3/4 in.
- Other Title:
- William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin
- Place of Publication:
- London : British Library, [2012]
- System Details:
- digital
- optical
- 1.4 m/s
- digital recording
- Summary:
- This collection of rare recordings pairs American writer William S. Burroughs and British-born artist Brion Gysin, the man Burroughs credited with the invention of the 'cut-up' technique. It features a complete, previously unissued 42-minute recording of Burroughs reading live in Liverpool in 1982, plus performances by Gysin of a selection of his 'permutated poems', and previously unheard home recordings made by the pair in Paris in 1970.
- Contents:
- The beginning is also the end (excerpt) ; Reading at the Centre Hotel, Liverpool / William S. Burroughs
- Cut-ups self-explained ; I am this painter Brion Gysin ; Pistol poem ; I've come to free the words ; No poets don't own words ; Calling all reactive agents ; Junk is no good baby ; Kick that habit man ; I am that I am / Brion Gysin
- Invisible art (three versions) / Burroughs
- 'Silky supple mirrors to be folded...' / Gysin.
- Participant:
- Read by the authors.
- Notes:
- Recorded between 1960 and 1982.
- Compact disc.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0712351248
- 9780712351249
- OCLC:
- 847844339
- Publisher Number:
- 99954842557
- NSACD 111 British Library
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