Les Épisodes, Issue 9, October 2000

Densely filled with Burroughs and Gysin material – essays, letters, photographs. 

Contains "Interview posthume de W. S. Burroughs" by Alexandre Gouzou, pp. 5-14. 

Contains "La Luxure nue" by Gérard-Georges Lemaire, a biographical essay on Burroughs up to 1965, pp. 15-38. 

Contains "Lettres inédites à ses amis J. Kerouac et A. Ginsberg" by William Burroughs, pp. 39-58, containing:

• a December 7, 1954 letter to Kerouac;
• an October 23, 1955 letter to Kerouac and Ginsberg;
• an October 19, 1957 letter to Ginsberg

Contains “Le Gris banal photographique de W. S. Burroughs” by Brice Matthieussent, pp. 59-72, an essay on Burroughs’ presence in photographs.

Additionally contains letters and biographical material on the friendship between Brion Gysin and Roger Knoebber.

Published in Paris, France by Les Épisodes in October, 2000.

Biographical Information: 

• Not in Shoaf
• Not in Schottlaender (v4)
• Raven 20001000LEPI.0.9

Contents: 

• Alexandre Gouzuo and William S. Burroughs: "Interview posthume de W. S. Burroughs" (interview)
• Gérard-Georges Lemaire: "La Luxure nue" (essay on Burroughs)
• William S. Burroughs: "Lettres inédites à ses amis J. Kerouac et A. Ginsberg" (letters)
• Brice Matthieussent: "Le Gris banal photographique de W. S. Burroughs" (essay on Burroughs)
• Claro: "Tarzan et la jungle molle" (essay)
• Ted Berrigan and Jack Kerouac: "Interview inédite de Jack Kerouac" (interview)
• Philippe Aronson: "Roger, Brion et moi" (biographical essay on Roger Knoebber and his relationships with Brion Gysin and Aronson)
• Brion Gysin: 
• "Lettres inédites à son ami Roger Knoebber" (letters)
• photograph of William S. Burroughs
• Jason Stoneking: "Mon Neal Cassady" (essay)
• François Lagarde: 
• photographs of Burroughs
• photograph of William Burroughs, Gérard-Georges Lemaire, and Brion Gysin
• photograph of Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs
• Harold Chapman: photographs of William S. Burroughs
• Christopher Felver: photograph of William S. Burroughs
• Walter Lehrman: photograph of Jack Kerouac
• Tony Kent: photograph of Brion Gysin

Publishing Information: 

• Directors: Alexandre Gouzou, Philippe Aronson
• Editors: Alexandre Gouzou, Philippe Aronson, Mark Greene, Elsa Gribinski