Borderline, Issue 2, February/March 1989

Includes "Black Smokers and Shotgun Art" a profile on and interview with William S. Burroughs by Doug Hitchcock with photographs by Philip Heying, pp. 20-27. This is accompanied by reproductions of a number of Burroughs' paintings.

Published in New York City and Kansas City, Missouri, US, by Borderline in February, 1989.

Bibliographic Information: 

• Shoaf III.372
• Not in Schottlaender (v4, v5)
• Raven 19890200BORD.0.2

Selected Contents: 

• Jim Schwada:
• review of The Roominghouse Madrigals by Charles Bukowski
• review of Generation of Swine: Gonzo Papers Vol. 2 by Hunter S. Thompson
• Tab Schweitzer: "Dining Out in the Flint Hills" (food reviews)
• Peter Von Ziegesar: 
• "The 'Girls' of Kansas City Coming to a Calendar Near You" (essay)
• "Of, by and for Cupcakes: The Filming of 'Mrs. Bridge'" (essay)
• Jim Rollo: photographs
• Mary Jo Draper: "Love Hurts, but Torture Sells...." (essay)
• Bob Travaglione: photograph
• Nancy Dowd: "The Seated Buddha" (prose)
• Doug Hitchcock an William S. Burroughs: "Black Smokers and Shotgun Art" (interview/essay)
• Philip Heying: 
• cover photograph
• photographs
• "(Borderline) Portfolio" (photographs)
• William S. Burroughs:
• "Ah Pook Is Here..." (painting)
• "Laboratory Accident, Broken Pipes Exposed" (painting)
• "Burn Unit" (painting)
• "S. Freud Conceding the Existence of Telepathy..." (painting)
• "G.O.D." (painting)
• Christopher Johnston: "Joan" (photoessay)
• Doug Hitchcock: 
• "Interstate 70: Sparse, Harsh, and Above All Else, Pancake Flat" (essay)
• "One (I) Day Close to Hell" (on James Dean Pruner)
• "PedalJets; Sin City Disciples; The Front" (interviews)
• Richard Meltzer: "Kansas, East of Java" (poetry)
• Chip Campbell: "Around the Alley" (poetry)
• James Dean Pruner: 
• "The Dance" (painting)
• "Juggler Sadman" (painting)
• "Man on a Bicycle" (painting)
• "Neptune and His Dog (on Flag Day)" (painting)
• "Blindman at the Flamenco Club" (painting)
• Rebekah Presson and Yoko Ono: "Hanging Around the Plaza with Yoko Ono" (interview)
• Dan White: 
• photographs
• "Playing the Dues" (photographs)
• Hudson Marquez: "Starch Army" (essay)
• Bill Shapiro: "Rock 'N' Roll Hell" (essay)
• Hollis Officer: photographs
• Lou Beach: illustration
• Rebekah Presson: "Can K.C. Theater Survive on Comic Strips and Cult Films?" (essay)
• Craig Patterson: "Neo Cow-Town" (essay)
• Steve Curtis: photographs
• Palmer Smoux: "Take My Wine Please" (essay)
• Ann Field: illustration

Publishing Information: 

• Managing Editor/Publisher: Barbara Dezonia
• Design, Art, and Production Director: Mike Fink
• Editor: Doug Hitchcock
• Kansas City Editor: Peter Von Ziegesar
• Legal Counsel: David Howard