Mother, Number 5, Summer 1965

Burroughs contributes “Pieces” with Brion Gysin, including manuscript repro, pp. 63-67. Burroughs also contributes a quote prior to Jeff Giles’ poem “The Liquid Disease”.

Published in Galesburg, IL. by Mother in Summer of 1965.

Bibliographic Information:

• M&M C120
• Shoaf III.78
• Schottlaender v4.C109
• Raven 19650700MOTH.0.5, b2

Contents:

• Joe Brainard:
• "inside cover no. one" (art)
• "inside cover no. two" (art)
• "inside cover no. three" (art)
• Larry Swingle:
• "The Smoky Weed" (poetry)
• "The Pores" (poetry)
• "The Hatchet Gray" (poetry)
• "The Telescope That It Is Leather" (poetry)
• Kenward Elmslie: "An Idea That Backfired" (prose)
• Peter Schjeldahl: "The Paris Sonnets (after Ted Berrigan)" (poetry)
• David Shapiro:
• "1952" (poetry)
• "Four Stories" (prose)
• Ted Berrigan:
• "Great Stories of the Chair" (prose)
• "Don't Forget Anger" (prose)
• "Tulsa Rose Gardens" (prose)
• Jeff Giles: "The Liquid Disease" (prose)
• David Moberg: "Gooseflowers Gay" (prose)
• Barbara Guest:
• "Configuration" (poetry)
• "A Reason" (poetry)
• Tom Veitch: supplement (infinite looping prose)
• Harry Mathews: "The Scenario" (prose)
• Jonathan Sisson:
• "A Basin of Water" (poetry)
• "To" (poetry)
• "Relic" (poetry)
• Dick Gallup:
• "A Celebration" (prose)
• "Homage to Fran" (prose)
• Tony Towle:
• "The most thrilling adventure of my career" (prose)
• "I quit string" (prose)
• William Burroughs and Brion Gysin:
• "Pieces" (prose, by Burroughs)
• poems and drawings (art, by Gysin)
• Michael Benedikt: "Lighting the World" (poetry)
• Rany Blasing: "These Methods" (poetry)
• Ronald and Edmund Beaumont (Ron Padgett and Ted Berrigan): "A Pink Valentine" (prose)
• John Perreault:
• "The Jump" (poetry)
• "Peaceful Dreams" (poetry)

Publishing Information:

• Editors: David Moberg, Jeff Giles