The Paris Review, Volume 18, Number 69, Spring 1977

Burroughs contributes "The Valley" (a previously unpublished section of Junkie), pp. 43-49.

Published in Paris, France by The Paris Review in Spring of 1977.

Bibliographic Information:

• Shoaf III.256
• Schottlaender v4.C441
• Raven 19770400TPRE.18.69, b16

Selected Contents:

• Susan Rothenberg: cover art
• William Pène du Bois: frontispiece art
• Alexa Grace: collage
• T. Coraghessan Boyle: "Descent of Man" (prose)
• Richard Grossman: "Two Poems":
• "Roach" (poetry)
• "Amoeba" (poetry)
• Vic Coccimiglio: "Moon Child" (poetry)
• Geof Hewitt: "Murdering the New Neighbor's Kid" (poetry)
• Phil Boiarski: "The Hilarious Beating" (poetry)
• Albert Stainton: "When the Movie Theatre Closed" (poetry)
• Herbert Lovett: "How to Abandon Ship" (poetry)
• Gary Soto: "Three Poems":
• "Graciela" (poetry)
• "Catalina Trevino Is Really from Heaven" (poetry)
• "the Vision That Should Begin With a Beer" (poetry)
• William Burroughs: "The Valley" (prose)
• John Logan: "The Bridge of Change" (poetry)
• Kurt Vonnegut:
• "Spit and Image" (page reproduction)
• "The Art of Fiction LXIV" (interview)
• Barbara Milton: "In the Shadow of Mountains" (prose)
• Rainer Maria Rilke: "Three Poems":
• "Saltimbanques" (poetry)
• "Small Notebook" (poetry)
• "Cemetery" (poetry)
• Lady Ise:
• "Shall I come to see..." (poetry)
• "As the first spring mists appear..." (poetry)
• Princess Nukada: "Longing for you..." (poetry)
• Hatsui Shizue: "Silently..." (poetry)
• Gisèle Prassinos: "A Nice Family" (prose)
• Nikos Engonopoulos: "Four Poems":
• "Four and Ten Subjects for a Painting" (prose-poetry)
• "The Final Appearance of Judas Iscariot" (prose-poetry)
• "Mercurios Bouas" (prose-poetry)
• "Dance Stately and Sentimental" (prose-poetry)
• G. F. Jonke: "Five Poems":
• "Lethargic Apperception I" (poetry)
• "Lethargic Apperception II" (poetry)
• "The Town" (poetry)
• "The Town of Torsaric Acriby: Construction Site (I)" (poetry)
• "The Town of Torsaric Acriby: Construction Site (II)" (poetry)
• Judith Tóth: "Seine Wharves Southeast" (poetry)
• Márton Kalász: "Legacy" (poetry)
• David Glines: "Mahler" (prose)
• Alexandra Anderson: introduction essay
• Richard Haas: "Phantom Buildings" (photographs)
• Don Bredes: "Mr. S" (prose)
• Dennis Saleh: "Chameleon Ranch from 100 Chameleons" (poetry)
• Greg Kosmicki: "Three Poems":
• "Lester Pyrtle Gets Snared by Sin and Caught in the Act by God in Old Man Mooney's Barn, Summer, 1956" (poetry)
• "...And Then, Suddenly, Apropos of Nothing..." (poetry)
• "Today" (poetry)
• John J. Elliott: "View from the Inside" (poetry)
• R. S. Levine: "Two Poems":
• "'Plastic'" (poetry)
• "The All-Time Greatest Hit Is..." (poetry)
• Alan Ziegler: "The Wrong Delivery" (prose)
• Frank O'Hara: "Eight Poems":
• "A Doppelgänger" (poetry)
• "Chez William Kramps" (poetry)
• "Bill's Body Shop" (poetry)
• "Corresponding Foreignly" (poetry)
• "Maria Kurenko (Rachmaninoff Sings)" (poetry)
• "A Renaissance Portrait of the Author" (poetry)
• "Attacca" (poetry)
• "Fou-rire" (poetry)
• Ed Sanders: "No Excuses" (essay)

Publishing Information: 

• Founding Publisher: Sadruddin Aga Khan
• Publisher: Bernard F. Conners
• Editors: George A. Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen, Donald Hall, Robert B. Silvers, Blair Fuller, Maxine Groffsky
• Managing Editor: Fayette Hickox
• Poetry Editor: Michael Benedikt
• Art Editor: Alexandra Anderson
• Contributing Editors: Molly McKaughan, David Evanier
• Paris Editor: Clement Biddle Wood
• London Office: Ann Winchester
• et al