''Time'' by

William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major Postmodern literature, postmodern author who influen ...

, with illustrations by

Brion Gysin Brion Gysin (19 January 1916 – 13 July 1986) was a British-Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, performance artist and inventor of experimental devices. He is best known for his use of the cut-up technique, alongside his close friend, the ...

, is a saddle stapled

pamphlet A pamphlet is an unbound book (that is, without a Hardcover, hard cover or Bookbinding, binding). Pamphlets may consist of a single sheet of paper that is printed on both sides and folded in half, in thirds, or in fourths, called a ''leaflet'' ...

described in its publisher's forward as "a book of words and pictures." It is an example of Burroughs' use of the cut-up technique, with which he began experimenting in the fall of 1959. It was published in New York in 1965 by "C" Press, a small publisher founded by the poet

Ted Berrigan Edmund Joseph Michael Berrigan Jr. (November 15, 1934 – July 4, 1983) was an American poet. Early life Berrigan was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on November 15, 1934. After high school, he spent a year at Providence College before joining ...

. Burroughs took a dim view of newspapers and magazines generally, and ''Time'' magazine in particular. In an essay, "Ten Years and a Billion Dollars," he wrote: In 1965, Burroughs put together his own rendition of ''Time'', its cover a collage of the magazine's November 30, 1962 cover and an unidentified painting with Burroughs's name across its top. This was the issue that had anonymously reviewed Burroughs's novel

Naked Lunch ''Naked Lunch'' (first published as ''The Naked Lunch'') is a 1959 novel by American author William S. Burroughs. The novel does not follow a clear linear plot, but is instead structured as a series of non-chronological "routines". Many of thes ...

, published in the United States earlier that month. The review panned the book as "the grotesque diary of Burroughs’ years as an addict," along with a personal attack, including a libel that got Burroughs, then living in

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, a small court settlement. A few of the pages, as well as a color rendition of the cover, appear in the

Los Angeles County Museum of Art The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is an art museum located on Wilshire Boulevard in the Miracle Mile vicinity of Los Angeles. LACMA is on Museum Row, adjacent to the La Brea Tar Pits (George C. Page Museum). LACMA was founded in 1961 ...

(LACMA) catalog of their exhibit, ''Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts."'' The LACMA catalog describes Burroughs's ''Time'' as At 28 cm, the page size more or less reproduces that of ''Time''. The saddle staples are in the middle, between #3 and #4 of the four Brion Gysin illustrations." Some of the text is in columns, while other parts are full width; portions are in full width stanzas.

References

External links

Reality Studio, a Web site devoted to Burroughs' work
Photographic reproduction of the pages of ''Time'' {{William S. Burroughs 1965 books Works by William S. Burroughs