"Astronauts of Inner Space" (1966)





San Francisco, California, US: Stolen Paper Review Editions (book, anthology), 1966.
8.25" x 6.75" x 0.375", softcover, 66 pages.

Astronauts of Inner Space: An International Collection of Avant-Garde Activity, an anthology of writings, much of it reprinted – layout included – from the London Times (Literary Supplement), including the entries from Maurice Girodias, Allen Ginsberg, Marshall McLuhan, and William S. Burroughs. Edited by Jeff Berner, and published by Stolen Paper Review Editions (San Francisco, California, US) in 1966.

The Burroughs contribution is "The Literary Techniques of Lady Sutton Smith", pp. 28-29.

This copy was formerly in the collection of Lon Stacks (Detroit, Michigan, US), and was acquired through their estate.

Maynard & Miles B24.
Shoaf II.30.

Contents: 

  • Raoul Hausmann: "Dadaism and Today's Avant-garde"
  • John Arden: Poetry and Theatre"
  • Jorgen Nash: "Who Are the Situationists?"
  • Décio Pignatari: "The Concrete Poets of Brazil"
  • Maurice Girodias: "Advance through Obscenity?"
  • Bruno Munari: "Programmed Art"
  • Allen Ginsberg: "Back to the Wall"
  • Franz Mon: "Letters as Picture and Language"
  • Marshall McLuhan: "Culture and Technology"
  • Max Bense: "Theory and Practice of Text"
  • Diter Rot: "From a Letter"
  • Otto Piene: "The Development of Group Zero"
  • William S. Burroughs: "The Literary Techniques of Lady Sutton-Smith"
  • Dom Sylvester Houedard: "Paradada"
  • Robert Creeley: "Sense of Measure"
  • Konrad Beyer: "The Vienna Group"
  • Margaret Masterman: "The Use of Computers to Make Semantic Toy Models of Language"
  • R. Watts: "In the Event"
  • Ian Hamilton Finlay: "Poem for Jean Arp"
  • Günter Grass: "Sále"
  • Ian Hamilton Finlay: "Large Mural Poem"
  • Jean Arp: "The Wheel"
  • Pentti Saarikoski: "London Poem"
  • Miroslav Holub: "Discobolus"
  • Anselm Hollo: "Four Stills from 'The Poet' (a film) for Tom Raworth"
  • Miron Bialoszewski: "Two Poems" 
  • Franz Mon: "Text Picture"
  • Paul Ableman: "A Dialogue"
  • Adrian Henri: "from Love Poem"
  • Michael Horowitz: "Polyglottal Stop"
  • Gunnar Ekelof: "Interview"
  • Wolfgang Weyrauch: "Ezra Pound"
  • Hans Magnus Enzenberger: "Lachesis Lapponica"
  • François Dufrêne: "Hurly-Burlyric Rock" 
  • Emmett Williams: "Introduction to a Selection from 5,000 New Ways"
  • Jackson Mac Low: "Two Times Eleven Times Eight"
  • Edwin Morgan: "The Computer's First Christmas Card"
  • Dr. Victor H. Yngve: "Extract from a Set of 500 Sentences"
  • Hans Magnus Enzenberger: "Transit Landing"
  • Edwin Morgan: "Letter to a French Novelist"
  • David Rokeah: "The Fisherman"

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