The Wire, Issue 216, February 2002

No direct Burroughs content. This issue contains "Blood of a Poet" by Alan Licht, an essay on and interview with Richard Hell, with photographs by Jake Walters, pp. 34-39, in which Burroughs is briefly discussed.

Published in London, England by The Wire in February, 2002.

Thanks to Walter Rovere for bringing attention to this issue.

Bibliographic Information: 

• Not in Shoaf
• Not in Schottlaender (v4)
• Raven 20020200TWIR.0.216

Selected Contents: 

• Rob Young: "Editor's Idea" (editorial)
• letters
• assorted music and concert reviews
• The Trawler: "Bitstream" (news)
• Lydia Lunch: "Death Row" (Q&A)
• Philip Sherburne: "AGF: Emotional Codebreaker" (on Antye Greie-Fuchs)
• Peter Shapiro: "Fog: Quitter in the Mist" (essay/interview)
• Dave Mandl: "Maxime de la Rochefoucauld: Junkyard Angel" (essay/interview)
• Chuck Bettis: "Global Ear: Washington DC" (essay)
• Joëlle Léandre and Dan Warburton: "Invisible Jukebox" (interview)
• Rene Davila: photograph
• Keith Rowe and Kamel Maad: "Rainforest Crunch" (photoessay)
• Richard Henderson and Gordon Mumma: "Bomb Culture" (essay/interview)
• Marie Arago: photograph
• Alan Licht and Richard Hell: "Blood of a Poet" (esay/interview)
• Jake Walters: photographs
• Ben Watson: "Lunatic Fringe" (on madness and talent)
• Gary Lucas: "Epiphanies" (on Popul Vuh and Florian Fricke)

Publishing Information: 

• Editor-in-Chief and Publisher: Tony Herrington
• Editor: Rob Young
• Reviews Editor: Chris Bohn
• Assistant Editor: Peter Shapiro
• Projects and Web Editor: Anne Hilde Neset
• Advertising Manager: Andy Tait
• Advertising Production: Slim Smith
• Art Direction and Design: Kjell Ekhorn, Jon Forss