Les Inrockuptibles ("Les Inrocks"), Special Edition ("Sur la route avec la beat generation"), 2016

A special edition of Les Inrockuptibles published in concert with the Beat Generation exhibition at Centre Pompidou, Paris, between June 22 and October 3, 2016 and the William S. Burroughs exhibition at the Semiose Galerie, Paris, between June 4th and July 23, 2016. Burroughs mentions and photographs throughout.

Includes a full page reproduction of a Gysin/Burroughs collage from The Third Mind at page 17.

Between pages 40 and 43 is “William S. Burroughs: le roi des junkies” by Philippe Azoury, a biographical article.

Between pages 44 and 47 is “Burroughs peintre-mitrailleur” by Claire Moulène, a brief essay on Burroughs’ painting accompanied by four reproductions of his paintings; a small advertisement for Semiose Galerie and the publication Pleased to meet you: William S. Burroughs begins the article.

At page 52 is a small biography on Brion Gysin, and at page 53 a small biography on Joan Vollmer, in the “Les compagnons de route” section.

In “Visions éclairées” by Vincent Ostria, at pages 58-59, the films of William S. Burroughs are discussed. 

Burroughs’ appearances in Gus Van Sant’s Drugstore Cowboy and A Thanksgiving Prayer and the adaptation of Burroughs’ Naked Lunch by David Cronenberg are mentioned in “The beat goes on” by Vincent Ostria at pages 84-85.

A full-page advertisement for Pleased to meet you: William S. Burroughs is at page 89.

An article on the comic artist Charles Burns and his references to William S. Burroughs is at page 91, in the article “Cut-up appliqué” by Stéphane Beaujean.

Burroughs’ impact on music is discussed in “Pop idol” by Christophe Conte, at page 93.

A short bibliography on Burroughs is at page 97.

Published in Paris, France by Les Inrockuptibles in mid-2016.

Bibliographical Information:

• Not in Schottlaender (v4, v5)
• Raven 20160000LINR.0.0

Selected Contents:

• Allen Ginsberg:
• cover photo
• photographs
• Bruno Juffin:
• "Les premiers battements" (essay on the early Beat years)
• "Six gallery, là où s'écrivit la légende" (essay on Six Gallery)
• "La fièvre au corps" (essay on On the Road)
• "Echanges passionnés" (essay on the correspondence between Ginsberg and Kerouac)
• "Kerouac superstar" (essay on the influence of the Beats on rock music)
• Claire Moulène, Anne-Claire Norot, Mathilde Urfalino and Jean-Jacques Lebel: "Jean-Jacques Lebel: longtime companion" (interview)
• Gregory Corso: "poème autographe inédit (1960)" (poetry, manuscript)
• Harold Chapman: photographs
• Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs: "Untitled (Primrose Path)" (collage from The Third Mind)
• Stéphane Deschamps:
• "Belles natures" (essay)
• "Voyages au Maroc" (essay on Tangier)
• "Tête chercheuse" (essay on Harry Smith)
• Peter Stackpole: photograph
• Louis-Julien Nicolaou:
• "L'onde poétique" (essay)
• "Jack Kerouac: le héros cabossé" (essay on Kerouac)
• introduction to "Allen Ginsberg: le gourou éclaire" (essay)
• "A la recherche de la pulsation" (essay on Jazz)
• "Illuminations" (essay on Patti Smith)
• John Cohen: photograph
• Carolyn Cassady: photograph
• Gilles Dupuy: "Neal Cassady: la fureur de vivre" (essay on Neal Cassdy)
• Renaud Monfourny and Allen Ginsberg: "Allen Ginsberg: le gourou éclaire" (interview)
• Philippe Azoury: "William S. Burroughs: le roi des junkies" (essay on Burroughs)
• Renaud Monfourny: photographs
• Claire Mouléne: "Burroughs: peintre-mitrailleur" (essay)
• William S. Burroughs:
• "Unworkable Machine (1993)" (painting)
• "Entrance [/Exit] (1988)" (painting)
• "Blue Junction (1989)" (painting)
• "Exhibit X (1992)" (painting)
• Clémentine Goldszal: "Cherchez la femme" (essay on female Beats)
• various: "Les compagnons de route" (biographies: Brion Gysin, Gary Snyder, Peter Orlovsky, Philip Lamantia, Michael McClure, Joan Vollmer, John Giorno, et al)
• Jérôme Provençal: "French connection" (essay on Claude Pélieu)
• Vincent Ostria:
• "Visions éclairées" (essay on the Beats in film)
• "Miroir déformant" (essay on movies)
• "The beat goes on" (essay on movies with the Beats)
• Sophie Rosemont:
• "Le pouls du monde" (essay on the travels of the Beats)
• "Le Beat Hotel, repaire parisien" (essay on the Beat Hotel, Paris)
• Pete Turner: photograph
• Yann Perreau:
• "L'Amérique cardinale" (essay on historic American Beat locations)
• "City Lights Books, lumière de Frisco" (essay on City Lights Books, San Francisco)
• Jean-Marie Durand: "Le trip ultime" (essay on drugs and the Beats)
• David Gahr: photograph
• Francis Dordor: "Freewheelin' Bob" (essay on Bob Dylan)
• Ken Regan: photograph
• Richard E. Aaron: photograph
• Léonard Billot:
• "Beat régénération" (essay on the literary heritage of the Beats)
• Léonard Billot and Alysia Abbott: "Alysia ay pays des merveilles" (interview)
• Stéphane Beaujean: "Cut-up appliqué" (essay on Charles Burns)
• Charles Burns: illustration
• Christophe Conte: "Pop Idol" (essay on William S. Burroughs' influence on pop music)
• Serge Cohen: photograph
• bibliographies

Publishing Information:

• Editorial Director: Pierre Siankowski
• Editor-in-Chief: Anne-Claire Norot
• Editorial Assistants: Yaêl Girardot, Fabrice Ménaphron
• Editors: Philippe Azoury, Stéphane Beaujean, Léonard Billot, Christophe Conte, Stéphane Deschamps, Francis Dordor, Jean-Bptiste Dupin, Gilles Dupuy, Jean-Marie Durand, Clémentine Goldszal, Erwan Higuinen, Bruno Juffrin, Renaud Monfourny, Claire Moulène, Louis-Julien Nicolaou, Anne-Claire Norot, Vincent Ostria, Yann Perreau, Jérôme Provençal, Sophie Rosemont
• Layout: Manuelle Castelli
• et al