Tag Archives: William Burroughs

CUT-UPS@2023 Call For Papers

Posted on November 8, 2022 by ebsn

The CFP for CUT-UPS@2023 is now live. This conference replaces the 2020 conference that was cancelled due to COVID. It’s great that we can now look forward to holding this event! As a “Special Conference”, it has a particular focus, rather … Continue reading →

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Interview with Thomas Antonic on his book “Amongst Nazis: William S. Burroughs in Vienna 1936-37”

Posted on April 10, 2022 by ebsn

New scholarship! – Excellent new interview with Thomas Antonic on his book Amongst Nazis by David Holzer, up on the site now.

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New Book Reviews

Posted on August 9, 2021 by alabasterbreadfruit

Check out the reviews just added to the site: NEW: Review of The Beats: A Teaching Companion (2021), edited by Nancy M. Grace, by John Shapcott. NEW : Just for Jolly, by Phil Baker.Review of Soft Need #23 (Expanded Media Editions, 2020) … Continue reading →

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‘Claude Pélieu: Short-Circuits and Fused Visions’ Conference’ 8-9 July 2021

Posted on July 7, 2021 by ebsn

Just ahead of the summer break, organizers and EBSN members James Horton (ENS), Peggy Pacini and Frank Rynne (CY Cergy Paris Université) are very pleased to invite you to a two-day conference, ‘Claude Pélieu: Short-Circuits and Fused Visions’, on Thursday … Continue reading →

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Podcast Interview with Oliver Harris

Posted on August 4, 2020 by alabasterbreadfruit

First episode in a planned regular feature for the EBSN website. “Playback – The EBSN Podcast” will attempt to fill some of the void left by Covid 19, by providing our members with some new and varied content. In this … Continue reading →

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Burroughs and Cohen – New Publications

Posted on July 29, 2020 by alabasterbreadfruit

Check out our New Publications section for details of some very interesting new books, including new editions of early cut-up texts featuring William Burroughs, and a collection of Ira Cohen’s mylar chamber photographs.

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Bomb Culture – Jeff Nuttall

Posted on January 13, 2020 by alabasterbreadfruit

Jeff Nuttall’s Bomb Culture (1968), like his magazine project My Own Mag (to which William Burroughs, in cut-up mode, was a key contributor) achieved cult status as a vital, radical exploration of 1960s counterculture. Nuttall’s reflective post-60s manifesto explores the … Continue reading →

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