BIB_ID
455776
Accession number
MA 23933.1
Creator
Burroughs, William S., 1914-1997, sender.
Credit line
Purchased on the Drue Heinz Fund for Twentieth-Century Literature, 2025.
Description
1 item (1 pages) ; 25.4 x 20.4 cm + 2 envelopes + 2 typescript enclosures
Notes
Cover letter that may have accompanied a carbon copy typescript letter to the editor, Los Angeles Free Press: "In answer to Mr Lipton's article on the cut ups and The Process by Brion Gysin . . ."
Stamped and postmarked envelope dated 18 May 1970 addressed: "Letters to the editor / Los Angeles Free Press / 7813 Bevery Bouldevard / Los Angeles, Calif 90036 / USA" and sender's address panel "W.S. Burroughs / 8 Duke Street / St James / London S.W.1 / England".
Stamped and postmarked envelope dated 8 May 1970 addressed: "Letters to the editor / Los Angeles Free Press / 781 Beverly Boulevard / Los Angeles, Calif 90036 / USA" and sender's address panel "W.S. Burroughs / 8 Duke Street / St James / London S.W.1 / England".
Part of a small collection of literary documents acquired together, cataloged separately chronicling a feud between William S. Burroughs and Lawrence Lipton waged in the pages of The Los Angeles Free Press, ("The Freep"). Lipton wrote a negative review of Brion Gysin's novel "The Process" focusing on the use of "cut ups" published in Freep #295, March 1970 and Burroughs responded with a critique of the review; see related collection record (MA 23933) for more information.
Stamped and postmarked envelope dated 18 May 1970 addressed: "Letters to the editor / Los Angeles Free Press / 7813 Bevery Bouldevard / Los Angeles, Calif 90036 / USA" and sender's address panel "W.S. Burroughs / 8 Duke Street / St James / London S.W.1 / England".
Stamped and postmarked envelope dated 8 May 1970 addressed: "Letters to the editor / Los Angeles Free Press / 781 Beverly Boulevard / Los Angeles, Calif 90036 / USA" and sender's address panel "W.S. Burroughs / 8 Duke Street / St James / London S.W.1 / England".
Part of a small collection of literary documents acquired together, cataloged separately chronicling a feud between William S. Burroughs and Lawrence Lipton waged in the pages of The Los Angeles Free Press, ("The Freep"). Lipton wrote a negative review of Brion Gysin's novel "The Process" focusing on the use of "cut ups" published in Freep #295, March 1970 and Burroughs responded with a critique of the review; see related collection record (MA 23933) for more information.
Provenance
Purchased from Carl Williams Rare Books in 2025.
Summary
Addressing the Editor of the Los Angeles Free Press; saying "A copy of this letter was sent to an incorrect address some time ago and may not have reached you".
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