"William S. Burroughs: Cutting Up the Century" (2019)

Bloomington, Indiana, US: Indiana University Press (book, anthology, essay, biography), 2019.
10.25" x 7.25" x 1.125", 434 pages, hardcover without dust-jacket as issued, ISBN 978-0-253-04132-6.

William S. Burroughs: Cutting Up the Century, an anthology of essays and research on William S. Burroughs edited by Joan Hawkins and Alex Wermer-Colan, published by Indiana University Press (Bloomington, Indiana, US) in 2019. Pictured is the hardcover edition, but this was additionally released in softcover and as an eBook. Contributing editors are Charles Cannon, Tony Brewer, and Landon Palmer.

This book – which focuses mostly on Burroughs' Cut-Up work – includes essays from multiple Burroughs scholars, and includes a chronology, multiple reproductions of Burroughs' collages, typescripts, and scrapbook work, and multiple quotes by Burroughs throughout. 

As noted on the back cover: "[t]his volume includes previously unpublished work by Burroughs such as cut-ups of work written by his son, cut-ups of critical responses to his own work, collages on the Vietnam War and the Watergate Scandal, excerpts from his dream journals, and some of the few diary entries that Burroughs wrote about his wife, Joan."

Also included is a well-assembled index at the back of the book.

Contents: 

• Acknowledgments
• Biographical Timeline (chronology)
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction:
• Alex Wermer-Colan and Joan Hawkins: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: "Cover of TIME Harvard Lampoon parody, 1965" (collage)
• Metamorphosis:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: 
• letter to Ira Cohen, London, 22 April 1963
• "Metamorphosis, c.1928" (poetry written by Burroughs at the age of 14)
• "Adios of Saturn, c.1963" (cut-up work)
• Oliver Harris: "Cutting Up the Century" (essay)
• The Reality Studio:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: 
• "Mr Henry Luce, 1960" (cut-up work)
• "Cut-Up of LIFE Magazine Reporter's Telegram, n.d. c.1960" (cut-up work)
• Section I: Icon/Viral:
• William S. Burroughs: quotes
• Deposition of the Ugly Spirit:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: "Deposition of the Ugly Spirit, 1960-61" (cut-up work)
• Oliver Harris and Barry Miles: "Burroughs and Biography: An Interview with Barry Miles" (interview)
• Brion Gysin: "Burroughs in front of Beat Hotel, Paris, 1959" (photograph)
• Cutting Up the Critics:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: 
• "Cut Up of Critics Grid, 1964" (typescript)
• "Cut Up of Critics, 1964" (cut-up work)
• "Cut Up of Reviews and Times Literary Supplement 'Ugh' Affair, n.d." (cut-up work)
• Kristen Galvin: "The Nova Convention: Celebrating the Burroughs of Downtown New York" (essay)
• Sylvère Lotringer: "Burroughs with Frank Zappa and Patti Smith, facsimile, 1978" (photographs)
• Landon Palmer: "The Disembodied Fry: William S. Burroughs and Vocal Performance" (essay)
• Sylvère Lotringer, "Nova Convention Poster, facsimile, 1978" (poster)
• still from David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch film
• still from Walter Salles' On the Road film
• Cut-Up with Limericks:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: "Cut Up with Limericks, 1971" (cut-up work)
• Allen Hibbard: "William S. Burroughs' Spirit of Collaboration" (essay)
• Ian Sommerville: "Burroughs and Gysin, Paris 1959" (photograph)
• Brion Gysin: "Burroughs in front of Danger Sign, Paris, 1959" (photograph)
• Section II: Space/Time:
• William S. Burroughs: quotes
• Kathelin Gray: "Burroughs and the Biosphere, 1974-1997" (essay)
• Allen Ginsberg: "Burroughs Looking at the Sky in Lawrence, Kansas, May 28, 1991" (photograph)
• Institute of Ecotechnics: 
• "Dr. Hank Truby, Kathelin Gray, Burroughs, and friends, Ecotechnics at Synergia Ranch, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 1974" (photograph)
• "Ecotechnics' Planet Earth Conference, 1980, Aix-en-Provence" (photographs)
• "Research vessel Heraclitus, Peru" (photographs)
• "First crew of Biospherians, 1991" (photograph)
• U.S. Department of Energy: "Photo: Los Alamos Ranch School Big House" (photograph)
• NASA Earth Observatory: "Photo: Valle Caldera" (photograph)
• William S. Burroughs: 
• "Untitled, c.1992" (painting)
• "The Last Rocket Out, 1992" (painting)
• "Burn Unit, 1982" (painting)
• José Férez Kuri: "Burroughs at Biosphere 2, 1990" (photograph)
• The Permissive Society:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: "The Permissive Society, 1971" (cut-up work)
• Aaron Nyerges: "Beat Regionalism: Burroughs in Mexico, Burroughs in Women's Studies" (essay)
• Collage of News Clippings:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: "Collage of Newsclippings, 1970" (scrapbook pages)
• Timothy S. Murphy: "Interference Zones: William Burroughs in the Interstices of Globalization" (essay)
• On China:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs:
• "On China, 1969" (cut-up work)
• "Indochina, or Mr. Nixon's Dilemma, 1970" (scrapbook page)
• "P.S. to ACADEMY 23 & NEWSWEEK Picture, 1967" (typescript)
• Eric Sandweiss: "Cut-Up City: William S. Burroughs' 'St. Louis Return'" (essay)
• William S. Burroughs: 
• "St. Louis Map Collages, St. Louis, December 1964" (photographs)
• "Gay-Lost, St. Louis, December 1964" (photograph)
• Wilbur Trueblood: "The River Front as It Should Be, 1907" (drawing, by F. Humphry Woolrych)
• Missouri History Museum: 
• "Chase-Park Plaza Hotel, Kingshighway and Lindell Blvds., c.1930" (photograph)
• "Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch) under construction, July 4, 1964" (photograph)
• Eric Sandweiss: "Market Street, St. Louis, c.1989" (photograph)
• Thelma Blumberg: "Olive Street, Gaslight Square, St. Louis, c.1964" (photograph)
• unstated: "Gaslight Square Advertisement, c.1964" (advertisement)
• Section III: Word/Image:
• William S. Burroughs: quotes
• On Addiction:
• Brion Gysin: "William S. Burroughs with Maurice Girodias, 1959" (photograph)
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs:
• "TO BE=TO..., 1970" (cut-up work)
• "On Addiction, c1954 and 1957-9" (cut-up work)
• Alex Wermer-Colan: "William S. Burroughs' Imperial Decadence: Subversive Literature in the Cynical Age of the American Century" (essay)
• Opium Collage:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: "Opium Collage, Bellevue 4, 1970" (collage)
• Joshua Vasquez: "Naked Lunch and the Art of Incompleteness: The Use of Genre in Burroughs' Book and Cronenberg's Film" (essay)
• stills from David Cronenberg's Naked Lunch film
• The Fall of Art:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: "Andy Warhol's Soup, Lands End 11, 1970" (collage)
• Barry Miles: "William S. Burroughs with Victor Bockris and Andy Warhol Filming BBC-Arena TV Show, Chelsea Hotel, NYC 1981" (photographs)
• William S. Burroughs: "La Chute de l'Art, 1970" (cut-up work)
• Kurt Hemmer: "Queer Outlaws Losing: The Betrayal of the Outlaw Underground in The Place of Dead Roads" (essay)
• Robert Reed: cover design of Burroughs' The Place of Dead Roads
• Arizona Curio and News Company: "Pima Indians, 1890-1900" (photograph)
• Thinking in Colors:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs:
• "Thinking in Association, 1961" (cut-up work)
• "Master Color Alphabet, 1961" (from correspondence between Burroughs and Gysin)
• Véronique Lane: "Rimbaud and Genet, Burroughs' Favorite Mirrors" (essay)
• William S. Burroughs and Ian Sommerville: 
• "Infinity, 1962" (photo-collage)
• "Untitled, 1964" (photograph)
• Section IV: Cut/Fold:
• William S. Burroughs: quotes
• On the Cut-Up:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: 
• "On the Cut-Up, 1960-61" (essay)
• "Cut Up with Aleister Crowley. n.d." (cut-up work)
• "Fold-in of Western Literary Classics, 1960-61" (fold-in work)
• Davis Schneiderman and Oliver Harris: "Cross the Wounded Galaxies: A Conversation about the Cut-Up Trilogy" (interview)
• The Photo Collage: Watergate:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: 
• "The Photo Collage, 1962" (essay)
• "Watergate Collage, 1973" (collage)
• Blake Stricklin: "'Word Falling...Photo Falling': William S. Burroughs and the Word as Written Image" (essay)
• Cutting Up Scientology:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: 
• "Cut In with Scientology Lit, 1963" (cut-in work)
• "Some Phrases From Scientology Procedures Cut In, 1963-65" (cut-in work)
• "MOB: Which Side Are You On Ron?, 1970" (collage/mock-up)
• Chad Weidner: "Mutable Forms: The Proto-Ecology of William Burroughs' Early Cut-Ups" (essay)
• Section V: Body/Spirit:
• William S. Burroughs: quotes
• The Wild Boys, a Pornographic Screenplay:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs:
• "Wild Boys Photograph, 1974" (photograph, cover sheet)
• "Wild Boys Screenplay, 1972" (script)
• Katharine Streip: "William S. Burroughs, Transcendence Porn, and The Ticket That Exploded" (essay)
• Dream Note on Indictment for Murdering Joan:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: "Dream Note on Indictment for Murdering Joan, Seal Point 4, 1970" (journal entry)
• Ann Douglas, Anne Waldman, and Regina Weinreich: "Gender Trouble: A Critical Roundtable on Burroughs and Gender" (interview)
• Cutting Up Last Words:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs:
• "Cut-Ups of Last Words, 1960" (cut-up work)
• "Cut-Ups Last Words, 1960-61" (cut-up work)
• Anne Waldman: "The Burroughs Effect" (essay)
• Allen Ginsberg: "Burroughs with Anne Waldman, Boulder, CO, 1984" (photograph)
• Root Face:
• Alex Wermer-Colan: introduction
• William S. Burroughs: "Root Face, 1987" (painting)
• Index