John Tytell's The Beat Interviews (2014)







Troutdale, OR.: Beatdom Books (book, essays, interviews, 1st), 2014.
9" x 6" x 0.5", 174 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-0-9569525-9-2.

The Beat Interviews: Conversations with Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, John Clellon Holmes, Herbert Huncke, and Carl Solomon by John Tytell, as published by Beatdom Books in 2014.

This includes three subsections on William S. Burroughs.  The first, "An Interview with William S. Burroughs", pp. 66-89, is precisely that. The second, "Hello, Mr. Nice Guy", pp. 90-114, is a profile of Burroughs. The third, "Call Him Burroughs", pp. 115-123, concerns the Grauerholz (initially) and Miles (finally) biography of Burroughs entitled Call Me Burroughs.

Contents: 

  • I. Origins:
    • "An Interview with Herbert Huncke"
    • "The COOL World"
  • II. Philosophy:
    • "An Interview with John Clellon Holmes"
    • "The Joyous Disease"
  • III. Burroughs:
    • "An Interview with William S. Burroughs"
    • "Hello, Mr. Nice Guy"
    • "Call Him Burroughs"
  • IV. 'I'm With You in Rockland':
    • "An Interview with Carl Solomon"
    • "The Comedian as Common Denominator"
  • V. Ginsberg:
    • "n Interview with Allen Ginsberg"
    • "'The Greatest Man in San Francisco'"
    • "Requiem for Ginsberg"

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