Alan Ansen's "A Burroughs Triptych" (2022)
Marlborough, Massachusetts, US: Water Row Books and Germany: Moloko Print (book, inscribed, numbered), 2022.
7.25" x 5.5" x 0.375", 82 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-3-948750-18-3.
A Burroughs Triptych by Alan Ansen, as edited with an introduction by Oliver Harris, as co-published by Water Row Books (Massachusetts, US) and Moloko Print (Germany) in 2022. The cover photograph is by Allen Ginsberg, taken in Spring of 1957 in Tangier. Cover design and layout is by Robert Schalinski. This includes multiple photos by Allen Ginsberg (not directly credited).
This book contains the full text of Alan Ansen's William Burroughs (1986), along with a new introduction by Oliver Harris, and, as an appendix, an excerpt of the text of Alan Ansen's 1984 essay "William Burroughs: A Personal View", which appeared prior in The Review of Contemporary Fiction, volume 4, number 1, Spring 1984.
This copy of the book is one of fifty numbered copies with a signed bookplate by Oliver Harris. This is additionally inscribed to me by Jeffrey Weinberg, publisher, on a "Quarantine" sticker at the first free page. This was acquired directly from Water Row Books (Marlborough, Massachusetts, US).
Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Oliver Harris: "A Fascinating Portrait" (introduction):
- "A Certain Kind of Ghost"
- "Contact Highs"
- "I Must Reach the Front"
- "Let Us See"
- "What Is Going to Happen if it Goes On Like This?"
- "It Is Necessary to Travel"
- Alan Ansen: "A Burroughs Triptych"
- Alan Ansen: "Appendix: Cut from 'William Burroughs: A Personal View (1984)'"
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