William Weiss' "Orbiting William Burroughs" (2015)


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n.p.: Espresso Press (book, interview, essay), 2015.
9” x 6” x 0.25”, 113 pages, softcover, ISBN 2-370-00027-162-4.

Orbiting William S. Burroughs by William Weiss (Professor Emeritus at SUNY), a short book with a memoir, an interview with William S. Burroughs (pp. 21-31), two fold-in works by Weiss, and an essay on Burroughs entitled "Riding the Nova Express: William Burroughs and the Postmodern Experiment". Published by Espresso Press (n.p.) in 2015. Cover photo of Burroughs is by Abe Frajndlich. Cover collage is by William Weiss, Book design is by Susan Pearce. Scarce.

This copy is inscribed from William Weiss to Supervert (New York City) in 2015. This was acquired from Supervert's collection.

Contents: 
  • Introduction
  • "The Ginsberg Connection" (memoir)
  • "Interview with William S. Burroughs" (interview)
  • "Servicing the Machines of Desire" (fold-in by Weiss)
  • "Dragonfly Dance" (fold-in by Weiss)
  • "Riding the Nova Express: William Burroughs and the Postmodern Experiment" (essay)

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