{"id":28551,"date":"2018-02-21T14:09:26","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T19:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=28551"},"modified":"2018-03-20T13:22:24","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T17:22:24","slug":"a-burroughs-gysin-motherlode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2018\/02\/a-burroughs-gysin-motherlode.html","title":{"rendered":"A Burroughs-Gysin ‘Motherlode’"},"content":{"rendered":"

SEE UPDATE BELOW<\/strong>
\nMy staff of thousands informs me that the Smithsonian Institute has posted scans of three notebooks by William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin dating from 1963 to 1973, and 1977. It was described to me as “a motherlode” of writings and collages. And indeed it is. Have a look by clicking the images<\/a> and\/or the caption<\/a>.
\nAmerican flag over the empty field<\/font>
\n

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From<\/em> William Burroughs and Brion Gysin writings<\/a>:
Black Book 1963-1964<\/a> (at the Smithsonian Institute)<\/font><\/p><\/div>DECEMBRE<\/strong><\/font>
\n23<\/strong><\/font> VICTORY by J. Conrad 358-8<\/font>
\nEN ROUTE<\/strong><\/font>
\nPENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD<\/strong><\/font>
\nLook out the window. . .
\nfire by the track. . .
\nstreams crusted with. .
\nsewage. to yesterday
\n and today I say my
\npolite vaya con dios
\nin the shadow of (Two Boys
\n

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\nUPDATE:<\/strong> Due to a copyright issue, the digital images of the notebooks are no longer available except on site at the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. I’m told that once the issue is resolved, the images will be re-posted online. <\/p>\n

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