Beatdom, Issue 13 ("The Drinking Issue"), Summer 2013



























A Burroughs-dense issue including “The Beats: Bad Drunks” by David S. Wills, pp. 6-15, in which Burroughs is discussed at pages 10-13.

This also includes “Meeting William S. Burroughs” by Cabell McLean and Matthew Levi Stevens, pp. 26-29.

This also includes “William S. Burroughs, C. J. Bradbury Robinson, and Williams Mix” by Matthew Levi Stevens, pp. 46-59.

There are additional mentions of Burroughs in this issue, most interestingly, a list of Burroughs’ favorite alcoholic drinks, on page 87.

Published in Scotland by Beatdom / David Wills in the Summer of 2013.

Bibliographic Information: 
  • Not in Schottlaender
  • Raven 20130700BEAT.0.13
Selected Contents: 
  • David S. Wills and Katherine Hollister: "Letters from the Editors"
  • David S. Wills: "The Beats: Bad Drunks" (essay)
  • Catherine Bull: "The Drunken Helicopter" (poetry)
  • Chris Dickerson: "The Boys in the Bar" (prose)
  • Cabell McLean and Matthew Levi Stevens: "Meeting William S. Burroughs" (essay)
  • André M. Zucker: All of It Was Made for You and Me" (prose)
  • Dason Anderson: "Last Breath" (poetry)
  • Chris Dickerson: "Drunk and Disorderly: Charles Bukowski in Hollywood" (essay)
  • Matthew Levi Stevens: "William S. Burroughs, C. J. Bradbury Robinson, and Williams Mix" (essay)
  • Unstated:
    • review of This Ain't No Holiday Inn: Down and Out at the Chelsea Hotel 1980-1995 by James Lough
    • review of Text and Drugs and Rock 'n' Roll: The Beats and Rock Culture by Simon Warner
    • review of American Hipster: A Life of Herbert Huncke, the Times Square Hustler Who Inspired the Beat Generation by Hilary Holladay
  • Phillipe Chatelain: "Inebriated" (poetry)
  • Christian Ponici: "Sophie" (prose)
  • Jared Carnie: "Out" (poetry)
  • Kat Hollister: "It's Like This" (poetry)
  • Charlie Canning: "The Second Wave of American Interest in Japanese Culture: Alan Watts, Jack Kerouac, and Gary Snyder" (essay)
  • Unstated: "Drinking from the Beat Menu"
Publishing Information: 
  • Publisher and Editor-in-Chief: David S. Wills
  • Editor: Katharine Hollister
  • Cover Art: Waylon Bacon
  • Cover Concept: Michael Hendrick and Waylon Bacon

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