Beatdom, Issue 11 ("The Nature Issue"), Spring 2012

This includes “Billy Burroughs: Gentleman Farmer” by David S. Wills, pp. 21-31, which, despite the name “Billy”, which is often used to refer to WSB’s son, is about William S. Burroughs himself.

This also includes a review by Matthew Levi Stevens of William S. Burroughs’ Rub Out the Words: The Letters of William S. Burroughs 1959 – 1974, pp. 87-89.

At page 75, in David S. Wills’ interview with Al Hinkle, Al describes William S. Burroughs, Joan Vollmer, and their children while they were living in Algiers, Louisiana.

There are some additional minor references to Burroughs in this issue.

Published in Scotland by Davis S. Wills / Beatdom in the Spring of 2012.

Bibliographic Information:

• Not in Schottlaender
• Raven 20120400BEAT.0.12

Selected Contents:

• David S. Wills:
• "Letter to the Editor" (editorial)
• "Billy Burroughs: Gentleman Farmer" (essay)
• photographs
• "William Blake and the Beat Generation" (essay)
• Waylon Bacon: illustrations
• Katy Gurin: "Grizzly Bear" (prose)
• Robin Como:
• "Autumn's Mardi Gras" (poetry)
• "You Movement" (poetry)
• Michael Hendrick and Hank Williams III: "Dick in Dixie: Hank Williams III Speaks" (interview)
• Rory Feehan: "Hunter S. Thompson: Gonzo Frontiersman" (essay)
• David S. Wills and Al Hinkle: "Interview: Al Hinkle" (interview)
• Kat Hollister:
• "Like Some Blissful Ferdinand" (poetry)
• Somewhere Far Beyond" (poetry)
• Chuck Taylor: "Tender Love Song (a doggerel)" (poetry)
• Larry Beckett: "After the Deluge" (essay)
• Matthew Levi Stevens: review of Rub Out the Words: The Letters of William S. Burroughs 1959 – 1974
• G. Thompson Higgins: "Wetlands in March no.2" (photograph)
• Zeena Schreck: "Liberation Under the Snow Moon" (essay)
• Michael Hendrick and Ann Charters: "Interview: Ann Charters" (interview)
• Michael Shorb: "The Rain Forest Massacre" (poetry)
• Michael Hendrick and Richie Ramone: "Richie Ramone is Back: An Interview" (interview)

Publishing Information:

• Editor-in-Chief and Publisher: David S. Wills
• Editor and Publisher: Michael Hendrick
• Assistant Editor: Katharine Hollister
• Cover Art: Waylon Bacon
• Cover Concept: Waylon Bacon, Michael Hendrick