EBSN Voices

In this section, you can find interviews, obituaries, and related materials.
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Interviews:

We are the New Beat: Bob Holman and Marcos de la Fuente interviewed by Annalisa Marí Pegrum.

Thomas Antonic – The Three Wives of William S. Burroughs – Interview by Oliver Harris

“Beyond the Legend: An Interview with Steven Belletto, author of Black Surrealist: The Legend of Ted Joans” by Kurt Hemmer

Visionary Poetry in The Velvet Wire, by Anne Waldman and No Land – An interview by Annalisa Marí Pegrum

Interview by Oliver Harris with Patrick Negrier, on the publication of his book, Actualité de Ginsberg & des Beats (2025) (available in English and French)

Farid Ghadami interviewed by Erik Mortenson

THE LAST QUARTER CENTURY : An Interview with Gerald Nicosia by Kurt Hemmer

Interview with Tony Triglio on Elise Cowen, by Isabel Castelao-Gómez

Tony Trigilio in conversation with Stevan M. Weine on Best Minds: How Allen Ginsberg Made Revolutionary Poetry from Madness (Fordham University Press, 2023)

Oliver Harris interviewed by David Garyan

“Amongst Nazis: William S. Burroughs in Vienna” 1936/37 – An interview with Thomas Antonic by David Holzer

Diane di Prima: A Phone Conference / Poetry Reading and Discussion of Her Life (2000)

The Ur-Text of the Beats: A Conversation with A. Robert Lee on The Joan Anderson Letter by Kurt Hemmer

An interview with Philippe Tancelin, by Nina Zivancevic

GENIUS MYSTICAL POET & PHOTOGRAPHER, IRA COHEN, & THE STORY OF BARDO MATRIX – An interview with Allan Graubard (AG) by Matthew McLaughlin (MM)

William S. Burroughs SF Machine: An Interview with Clémentine Hougue by Oliver Harris. December 2021

Jean-François Duval interviewé par Lucie Malagnat

Théophile Aries interviewé par Lucie Malagnat

Julien Delmaire interviewé par Lucie Malagnat

THE CAMBRIDGE COMPANION TO THE BEATS: Steven Belletto interviewed by Oliver Harris

THE LAST DAYS OF JAN KEROUAC: Gerry Nicosia interviewed by Oliver Harris

Andrew Lees Interviewed by David Holzer

Writing, Studying and Teaching Burroughs: An interview with Sean Bolton Recorded and Transcribed by Benjamin J. Heal

A Conversation with ruth weiss by Thomas Antonic

1985 Interview of Felicity Mason/Anne Cumming – by Jennie Skerl

Carolyn Cassady Interviewed by Polina Mackay

Johny Brown Interviewed by Oliver Harris

Théophile Aries Interviewed by Oliver Harris

In Memoriam:

Remembering René van der Voort: Sounding The Counterculture

In Memory of René van der Voort (1951-2026)

Report on the James Grauerholz Memorial in New York by Alex Wermer-Colan and James Ilgenfritz

‘Blown between the Worlds’: a few words about James Grauerholz, by Simon Johnson

On The Life of a Titan: Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1919-2021)

This kind of bird flew backwards: Diane di Prima (1934-2020)

JAZZ & POETRY PIONEER AND WORD SHAMAN ruth weiss, 1928–2020

Jürgen Ploog: A Terminal Landing

Obituary for Michael McClure

Obituary for Genesis P’Orridge

John Giorno Obituary