Mettray [Second Series], Issue 9, September 2019

This issue contains a wealth of reproduced primary material within its covers, which depicts scenes from Brion Gysin's 9 rue Gît-le-Cœur "Beat Hotel" apartment.

This includes the following Burroughs material:

• A photograph of William S. Burroughs holding a fish, taken by Mortimer Burroughs in 1924 (likely at the Los Alamos Ranch School)
• The fourth page of a typed letter from William S. Burroughs to Allen Ginsberg, date not stated
• A handwritten letter from William S. Burroughs to Jack Kerouac
• A 1924 postcard from Laura Lee Burroughs to Otto Belue, noting that William has a chipmunk as a friend
• Three page spreads from the 1979 Claude Givaudan production of William S. Burroughs' Scrapbook 3
• A handwritten letter from Otto Belue to William S. Burroughs, dated 7 January 1965
• A postcard from Jack Kerouac to William S. Burroughs, dated 18 October 1962
• A postcard from Allen Ginsberg to William S. Burroughs, dated 28 March 1965
• A typed letter from Allen Ginsberg to William S. Burroughs, dated 4 September 1964
• A typed letter from Allen Ginsberg to William S. Burroughs, dated 10 September 1964

This issue also contains seven reproduced pages from a Brion Gysin sketchbook.

All English texts are afforded French translations.

This copy was acquired as a gift from the Estate of William S. Burroughs during a visit in 2026.

Bibliographic Information: 

• Not in Schottlaender
• Raven 20160900METT.0.9

Selected Contents: 

• biographies
• Didier Morin: editorial
• Mortimer Burroughs: 1924 photograph of William S. Burroughs
• William S. Burroughs:
• [attributed] cover photos from Brion Gysin's room at 9 rue Gît-le-Cœur, the "Beat Hotel"
• undated letter to Allen Ginsberg
• undated letter to Jack Kerouac
• pages from Scrapbook 3
• Laura Lee Burroughs: 1924 postcard to Otto Belue
• Otto Belue: a letter to William S. Burroughs, 7 January 1965
• Jack Kerouac: a postcard to William S. Burroughs, 15 October 1962
• Allen Ginsberg: 
• a postcard to William S. Burroughs, 29 March 1965
• a letter to William S. Burroughs, 4 September 1964
• a letter to William S. Burroughs, 10 September 1964
• Brion Gysin: seven pages from a 1975 sketchbook
• Marcelin Pleynet: "Paris New-York" (prose)
• Julia Kristeva: "La voie lactée de Jackson Pollock" (essay)
• Didier Morin and Ingrid Caven: "Rainer Werner Fassbinder" (interview)
• Edith et Pierre Cottrell: interview
• Philippe Grandrieux: "Journal de tournage de Malgré la nuit qui sort en France le 6 juillet 2016"  (journal)
• Corinne Thévenon: 
• photograph of Roxane Mesquida
• photographs of Arianne Labed and Kristian Marr
• Didier Morin and Gérard Arseguel: interview
• Didier Morin and Onuma Nemon: interview
• Bernard Plossu: photo portfolio

Publishing Information: 

• Director and Editor-in-Chief: Didier Morin
• Assistant Editor: Donia Lakhdar
• Layout: Cécile Braneyre