Contact, [Issue 2,] August 1970

Burroughs and Alexander Trocchi edit the column “MOB”, pp. 26-27. This is noted as by William S. Burroughs in Shoaf and Schottlaender, but I have reservations, informed by the note that this is “The Hen’s Convention or thoughts of bare-man Lao” by Alexander Trocchi in its sub-title. It is not unlikely that Burroughs contributed to this, but I feel the work is mostly Trocchi’s.

There are also advertisements for The Last Words of Dutch Schultz and The Job by William S. Burroughs on the inside front cover.

This was published in London, England by Hermonwood Ltd. in August 1970.

This copy was acquired from Third Mind Books (Ann Arbor, Michigan, US).

Bibliographic Information:

• Not in Maynard and Miles
• Shoaf III.166
• Schottlaender v5.C265 [not in versions 4 or earlier]
• Raven 19700800CONT.0.2

Contents:

• James Tyson: "Comment" (editorial)
• Dr. Philip Cauthery: "Sex on the NHS" (essay)
• Dr. Martin Cole: "The Princess and the Prostitute" (essay)
• Glenville Whittaker: "The Uranus Generation" (essay)
• Roger Baker: "Sex Mags" (essay)
• Maureen Duffy: "Bernini's St. Theresa" (poetry)
• Picasso: "Erotic Drawings" (art)
• Eileen Mullen: "Children with Inbuilt Happiness" (essay)
• Alexander Trocchi and [purportedly] William S. Burroughs: "MOB" [or Alexander Trocchi's "The Hen's Convention or thoughts of bare-man Lao"] (essay)
• David Castell: review of Watermelon Gemini
• Roger Baker: "Theatre of Safety" (essay)
• letters
• classifieds

Publishing Information:

• Editor: James Tyson
• Assistant to the Editor: Anne Fleming
• Art Editor: Andrew Hall
• Contributing Editors: Roger Baker, Philip Cauthery, Martin Cole
• Special Features: William Burroughs, Maureen Duffy, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Trocchi
• Contributors: Eileen Mullen, Glenville Whittaker
• Subeditor: Kenneth Mayne
• Advertising: John Sturges
• Subscriptions: Mirabelle Hanks