Ted Morgan's "Rowing toward Eden" (1981)








Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin (book), 1981.
8.5" x 6" x 1", 240 pages, hardcover with dust-jacket, ISBN 0-395-29714-1.

Rowing toward Eden by Ted Morgan, as published in hardcover by Houghton Mifflin (Boston, Massachusetts) in 1981.

A book of memories by Ted Morgan. The chapter "William & Co.", pp. 193-200, is about William S. Burroughs and one evening in particular.

This book also includes multiple mentions of Brion Gysin, as well as a dedicated chapter: "What I Know About Brion", pp. 111-116, a portrait of Gysin.

Contents:

  • Night Rewrite
  • The Stringer
  • Lady Cuba
  • Genia
  • A Wedding
  • May '68
  • The Dinner Party
  • The Dry Tortugas
  • Paul and Jane [re: Paul Bowles, Jane Bowles, Brion Gysin, Randolph Norman]
  • Blue Chip [re: Tangier, Dean's Bar]
  • What I Know About Brion [re: Brion Gysin]
  • Genêt [re: Jean Genêt, Brion Gysin]
  • The Shadow
  • Griots
  • Miss Up-to-Date
  • In the Bight
  • Sahara Crossing
  • Sleep
  • BOF
  • Brothers
  • The German Girl
  • Rush Hour
  • William & Co. [re: William S. Burroughs, James Grauerholz, Allen Ginsberg, Jacques Stern]
  • Shards
  • Twenty-Fifth Reunion
  • Rowing Toward Eden
  • On the Bus

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