Benzene, Volume 1, Number 2, Winter 1980/1981

Intrepid publisher Allen DeLoach contributes "William Burroughs: Conversations", an interview with William S. Burroughs, pp. 18-19.

Allen DeLoach also contributes "V Lectures on William Burroughs", pp. 19-20. This mentions a book that DeLoach was working on (and apparently was unpublished) entitled William Burroughs: The Jig-Saw of Association.

Both are interspersed with images from The Last Words of Dutch Schultz.

Published in New York City by De Press in Winter of 1981 [noted inside the issue, despite "1980" on the cover].

Publishing Information:

• Shoaf IV.73 [as a 1980 periodical]
• Schottlaender v4.C492, v5.C511 [as a 1981 periodical – I think correctly]
• Raven 19810100BENZ.1.2

Selected Contents:

• Richard Olsen: concrete poetry
• Robert Gregory: "Olivant" (prose)
• J. H. Roth: "Apodosis" (prose)
• John Rothfork: concrete poetry
• Joseph Nechvatal: drawings
• Spalding Gray: "Excerpts from Seven Scenes from a Family Album" (prose)
• Les Wicks: "When It Comes" (prose)
• Janice Eidus: "Speaking Of" (prose)
• Michael Martone: "Carbonation" (prose)
• Maris Nichols: "Broken Ribs" (poetry)
• Harrison Fisher:
• "Ghosts" (poetry)
• "Roberto Emissions" (poetry)
• "Before Fiction" (poetry)
• "Night Doesn't Knock" (poetry)
• Steve Gianakos: drawings
• Charles Brownson: "Thin Air" (prose)
• Frank Kamin: "Jhon Cage" (art)
• Allen DeLoach and William S. Burroughs: "William Burroughs: Conversations" (interview)
• Allen DeLoach: "V Lectures on William Burroughs" (essay)
• Tom Ahern:
• "My Friend" (prose)
• "Our First Maid" (prose)
• Jesse Glass Jr.: "Incest" (prose)
• Joshua Scadron-Wattles: "On the Position of Boundary Lines" (art)
• Roshni Rustomji: "La Llorona" (prose)
• Tom Whalen: "The Symphony" (prose)
• Annette Wilson-Jones:
• "My Mother; As St. Stephan, Martyr" (painting)
• untitled painting
• Les Wicks: "Network of Shamans" (prose)
• M. R. Doty: "The Alchemists" (prose)
• John Masterson: "Sunday" (prose)
• Geoffrey Cook and Lon Spiegelman: "A Baptismal Poem after Venantius Fortunatus" (poetry, drawing)
• Debby Adelman: "Bible Stories to Melt a Man's Heart" (prose)
• Charles Bernstein: untitled (poetry)

Publishing Information:

• Editors: Allan Bealy, Sheila Keenan
• Production: Dayna Burnett
• Typesetting: Alba Acevedo, Diane Lubarsky, Sheila Keenan, Sizzlene
• Design & Layout: Allan Bealy, Dayna Burnett
• Circulation: Bruce Allardice
• Printing: Jae Kim Press, NYC