Blue Beat Jacket, Issue 13, January 24, 1998

This issue reprints the Richard Severo obituary for William S. Burroughs entitled "William S. Burroughs, the Beat Writer Who Distilled His Raw Nightmare Life, Dies at 83", from the New York Times, Monday, August 4, 1997, at pages 49-51.

Published in Niigata, Japan by Blue Jacket Press in January 1998.

This copy received from Jeffrey Weinberg of Water Row Books.

Bibliographic Information:

• Not in Shoaf
• Not in Schottlaender (v4)
• Raven 19980124BBJA.0.13

Selected Contents:

• Sam Hamill: "Lives of a Poet: A Letter to Gary Snyder" (poetry)
• Mark Weber:
• "Long Drive, Late" (poetry)
• "Another Narcissus Lost It, The Thread" (poetry)
• "Listening to Warne Live" (poetry)
• "A Little Slow on the Uptake" (poetry)
• Michael White: "Naked Awareness" (prose)
• John Bennett:
• "Disneyland" (prose)
• "Lay Lady Lay" (prose)
• Joseph O. Arata:
• "This Old Man" (poetry)
• "Soliloquy on 42nd Street" (poetry)
• "Breathe in Henry, Breathe In (for Allen Ginsberg 1926-1997)" (poetry)
• Dave Moore:
• "Allen Ginsberg 1926-1997" (memorial)
• "Kerouac – Kicks Joy Darkness" (review)
• Herschel Silverman: "American Guru" (poetry)
• Steve Dalachinsky:
• "Perfect Spring Day (for Allen Ginsberg)" (poetry)
• "The BARD (A Perfect Day #2) (for Allen Ginsberg)" (poetry)
• Yusuke Keida: "oceller monster vomits seed syllable (for Allen Ginsberg)" (poetry)
• Richard Severo: "William S. Burroughs, the Beat Writer Who Distilled His Raw Nightmare Life, Dies at 83" (memorial)
• Michael Basinski: "The Weber/Locklin Flip/Flop Books" (reviews)
• A. D. Winans:
• review of Jack Micheline's Sixty-Seven Poems for Downtrodden Saints
• "Looking for an Answer" (poetry)
• "On Why I Write Political Poems and Don't Give Poetry Readings Anymore" (poetry)
• Kaviraj George Dowden: "Walking NY Again" (prose)
• Harry R. Wilkens:
• "Real World" (poetry)
• "New York" (poetry)
• "Calcutta" (poetry)
• "Paradise" (poetry)
• "The Farting Dog" (poetry)
• Barry Hammond:
• "Last Buffalo" (poetry)
• "Hey, Catullus (poetry)
• Christine Zwingmann:
• "Revolutionary" (poetry)
• "All is Well" (poetry)
• "Metamorphosis" (poetry)
• "The Warlike Peace" (poetry)

Publishing Information:

• Editor and Publisher: Yusuke Keida