Two Cities, Issue 6, Summer 1961

Burroughs contributes “Transitional Period”, pp. 43-46.

At page 95 is an advertisement for Minutes to Go by William S. Burroughs, Gregory Corso, Brion Gysin, and Sinclair Beiles.

Published in Paris, France by Two Cities in Summer of 1961.

Bibliographic Information:

• M&M C28
• Shoaf III.28
• Schottlaender v4.C36
• Raven 19610700TCIT.0.6, b10

Selected Contents:

• Jean Fanchette:
• editorial
• "Refus de l'instinct de mort" (poetry)
• "Paralysis" (essay)
• "Work in Progress" (essay)
• Octavio Paz:
• "Duration" (poetry, translated by Denise Levertov)
• "Cosante" (poetry, translated by Denise Levertov)
• Elisabeth Janvier: "Le Couteau" (prose)
• Ted Hughes: "Excerpts from a Play in Verse":
• "The Captain's Speech" (poetry)
• "Speech of the Ouija" (poetry)
• "Wife's Song" (poetry)
• Erik Lindegren: "Le Sacre de l'hiver":
• "Solo de flute pour la neige" (poetry, translated from Swedish by Jean-Clarence Lambert)
• "Rive marine" (poetry, translated from Swedish by Jean-Clarence Lambert)
• "Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (poetry, translated from Swedish by Jean-Clarence Lambert)
• "Aout" (poetry, translated from Swedish by Jean-Clarence Lambert)
• Jean-Clarence Lambert: introduction to "Le Sacre de l'hiver"
• Sara Berenson: "Sing Sad Slow Songs" (prose)
• John Gawsworth: "Letters to Lucrezia":
• "Letter One" (poetry)
• "Letter Two" (poetry)
• André Pieyre de Mandiargues: "A coïmbre" (poetry)
• Daisy Aldan: "Two Poems":
• "Pola's Guitar" (poetry)
• "The Destruction of Cathedrals" (poetry)
• Maude Hutchins: "The Wedding" (prose)
• Celia Hornung: 
• "Five Poems" (poetry)
• "strapped to this knowing..." (poetry) 
• Armand Guibert: "Roy Campbell Traducteur" (essay)
• Joyce Wittenborn: "A Flight of Herons" (poetry)
• William Burroughs: "Transitional Period" (prose)
• Edouard Maunick: "Deux minutes de neige" (poetry)
• Shehira Doss: "Poems" (poetry)
• Roger Bush: "Poems": 
• "Hypnotic Sleep" (poetry)
• "Life Time Study" (poetry)
• Henri-Jacques Dupuy:
• "La mue" (prose)
• "Légitime défense" (essay)
• Arthur Gregor: "Mexico" (poetry)
• Colin Wilson: "Answer to 'Colin on Mount Wilson'" (letter)
• Harold Norse: 
• "He Is" (poetry)
• "Venice" (essay)
• Paulette Vielhomme: "Six Poèmes" (poetry)
• Peter Redgrove: "Poems":
• "The Gamut" (poetry)
• "Version of Lorca" (poetry)
• Yektai: "Portrait of Pat" (painting)
• Paul Jenkins: "Magic Langoustine" (painting)
• David Kerrison: "Yellow Blues on the Murders in S. Africa" (poetry)
• Pat Getz: "Poems":
• "Dryad's Song" (poetry)
• "Adonis" (poetry)
• William Gardner Smith: "The Compensation for the Wound" (on Richard Wright)
• Edwin Mullins: "A Voice in the English Theatre" (interview)
• Ilse Getz: "Collage on Canvas" (art)
• Ruth Francken: "Souvenir de 'Jalousie' de Munch" (painting)
• Armand Guibert: "Poètes et poèsies" (essay)
• Francis Danest: "La Musique" (essay)
• John Ashbery: "Three Painters":
• "Ilse Getz" (essay)
• "Ruth Francken" (essay)
• "Paul Jenkins" (essay)

Publishing Information: 

• Director: Jean Fanchette
• Editorial Secretary: Elisabeth Janvier
• Editorial Team:
• Paris: Karin Blanc, René Coutelle, Francis Danest, Jean Fanchette, Jacqueline Lesschaeve, Edouard Maunick, Elisabeth Janvier, Frédérick J. Temple
• London: Edwin Mullins
• New York: Daisy Aldan, Serge Gavronsky, Sondra Eisenberg
• Canada: Fernand Ouellette
• Greece: Georges Zarkos
• Mexico: Sergio Truini
• Austria: Etti Mandl
• et al