Loka, Issue 2, 1976

William S. Burroughs contributes “Walk Around Boulder” in the section entitled “Lokations [sic] & Tales”, at page 105.

Burroughs also contributes “A Lecture”, pp. 115-122.

Burroughs is also included in the discussion called “Poets’ Colloquium”, with Allen Ginsberg, W. S. Merwin, Chögyam Trungpa, Anne Waldman, and Philip Whalen, pp. 164-175. This includes images of Burroughs by Rachel Homer.

Published in Garden City, New York by Anchor/Doubleday in 1976. This was edited by Rick Fields at Naropa Institute, Boulder, Colorado, in 1975.

Bibliographic Information:

• Shoaf III.235 [note that Shoaf understates Burroughs' contribution]
• Schottlaender V4.C408; v5.C416
• Raven, 19760000LOKA.0.2

Contents:

• John Baker: "An Approach to Tantra" (essay)
• Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche: 
• "The Blue Pancake" (essay)
• "From a Workshop on Psychotherapy" (interview)
• Tibetan Poetics (essay)
• "To Gesar of Ling" (poetry)
• "Testimonial" (poetry)
• "Sheraton Hotels and Motor Inns: A Worldwide Service of It" (poetry)
• Bob del Tredici: photographs
• John Maraldo: "Zen in the Sitter's Eye" (essay)
• John Steinbeck IV: "The Coconut Monk" (essay)
• Richard Avedon: "Dao Dua, the Coconut Monk, on Phoenix Island" (photograph)
• John Balaban: 
• "Prayer Circle at Phenix Island" (photograph)
• "Midnight at Phoenix Island" (poetry)
• Reginald Ray: "Laksminkara: A Woman Siddha" (essay)
• Nimri Azizi: "Ani Chodon: Portrait of a Buddhist Nun" (essay)
• D. Lewiston: photographs
• Bryan Miller: "Darjeeling Journal" (essay)
• Agehananda Bharati: "Making Sense Out of Tantrism and Tantrics" (essay)
• Alan Watts: "Tantra" (essay)
• Gregory Bateson: "Orders of Change" (essay)
• Allyn Lyon: photograph
• Rachel Homer: photographs
• David Joel and Leon Lurie: "Self-Acceptance and Change" (interview)
• Marvin Casper: "Maitri: Space Awareness" (essay)
• Heywood Becker: photographs
• Fred Lehrman: "Root the Feet Firmly" (essay)
• Peter Warshall: "Tangle at the Surface" (essay)
• Tony Candido: "The Stroke" (essay)
• Blair Hansen: photograph
• Gina Janowitz: "Intrinsic Symbols: Thangkas and Reality" (essay)
• Lee Hixon: "Nondual Polytheistic Pluralism" (essay)
• David Joel and Zalman Schachter: "Torah and Dharma" (interview)
• various: "Lokations & Tales":
• William S. Burroughs: "Walk Around Boulder" (prose)
• Peter Orlovsky: "Splash Poem for Loka" (prose)
• Lewis MacAdams: "The Launching of the Annie" (prose)
• Jayne Anne Phillips: "Slave" (prose)
• Joshua Zim: 
• "Memories" (prose)
• "Feeling" (prose)
• Phoebe MacAdams: "Simple" (prose)
• Bill Karelis: "Disintegration (8/21/75)" (prose)
• Michael Brownstein: 
• "Monroe Wheeler at the Pumps" (prose)
• "California" (prose)
• Liza Jones: photographs
• Rick Fields: "Columbus Day" (prose)
• William S. Burroughs: "A Lecture" (lecture)
• Allen Ginsberg: 
• "An Exposition of William Carlos Williams' Poetic Practice" (essay)
• "Cabin in the Rockies" (poetry)
• Irving Wellcome: photograph
• Charles Sheeler: photograph
• John D. Schiff: photograph
• W. S. Merwin: "Notes on a Way" (essay)
• Maureen O'Brien: photo montage
• Ed Sanders: "Investigative Poetry" (essay)
• Anne Waldman: "Notes from Rolling Stones at Fort Collins July 20, 1975" (poetry)
• Philip Whalen: "Saturday" (poetry)
• Sidney Goldfarb: "Boulder" (poetry)
• Diane di Prima: "No Problem Party Poem" (poetry)
• Ted Berrigan: "Boulder Now" (poetry)
• William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Chögyam Trungpa, Anne Waldman, Philip Whalen, Rick Fields, David Rome, and Joshua Zim: "Poets' Colloquium" (discussion)
• Gary Allen: photograph

Publishing Information: 

• Editor: Rick Fields
• Associate Editors: David Joel, Rosel Boycott
• Art Director: Phyllis Gershuny-Segura
• Production Manager and Assistant Editor: Martha Margolis
• Cover Design: Chögyam Trungpa, Rinpoche and Gina Janowitz