Academy 23: An Unofficial Celebration of William S. Burroughs' 'The Final Academy'
no location stated: WhollyBooks (book, anthology), 2012.
11.625" x 8.125", staple-bound, 64 pages.
Academy 23, an anthology edited by Matthew Levi Stevens and Emma Doeve, celebrating the occurrence of The Final Academy.
No significant contribution by William Burroughs (or Brion Gysin), but the issue is filled with writings about both. There are a number of quotes by both interspersed.
Schottlaender v4.G83Contents:
- Emma Doeve:
- "Drawing The Wild Boys" (essay)
- drawings
- Matthew Levi Stevens:
- "A Report from The Final Academy" (memoir of the event)
- "'The Old Man Smiled...' – A Snapshot of Uncle Bill" (memoir)
- "On 'Playback' as Magical Weapon" (essay)
- "Something is True, Everything is Repeated" (essay(
- John [or Jhon] Balance: "Introduction to The Electronic Revolution" (the introduction, in English, to the Maldoror Stichting Dutch edition of Burroughs' book, titled Electronische Revolutie)
- John May: "Meeting with Burroughs @ The Chelsea Arts Club" (memoir)
- Bee: "With Brion Gysin in Paris" (memoir)
- Michael Butterworth: "The Savoy Section: Interview + Introduction to The Final Academy Documents" (interview and the Introduction to the Ikon Video release)
- John Coulthart: "The Final Academy @ The Haçienda, Manchester" (memoir)
- Matthew Levi Stevens and Phil Hine: interview
- Michael Stevens: "Select Additions for a Third Edition of The Road to Interzone (2010-2012)" (bibliography)
- Jack Sargeant: "On Burroughs' Outlaw Pantheon" (essay)
- Cabell McLean:
- "My Friend, The Teacher" (memoir)
- "Legend Days Begun" (prose)
- Joe Ambrose:
- "Bill's Room" (essay)
- "Festimad, Madrid 1996" (memoir)
- Matthew Levi Stevens and Terry Wilson: interview excerpt
- Joe Ambrose and Spencer Kansa: "He Shoots, He Scores: Shots from the Hip" (interview)
- David S. Wills: "Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the 'Weird Cult'" (essay)
- Paul A. Green: "'Last Words' – The Final Journals of William Burroughs" (commentary)
- various: "Nothing Here Now but the Recordings" (quotes)
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