Purchase those Eurostar tickets to Paris, book those flights to New York, or hotfoot it to London in 2009 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the publication by Olympia Press of William S. Burroughs’s Naked Lunch. On Paris’s Left Bank between June 30th and July 3rd, special events include a rare reading by Terry Wilson - a friend of Burroughs and Gysin. There will also be readings, performances, films, dance, and even a magician. July 30th at the University of London Institute, Paris, sees the launch of Naked Lunch@50: Anniversary Essays, edited by Oliver Harris and Ian MacFadyen. The homage will continue in New York City and in London later in the year - further details to follow.
First posted: Tuesday, November 18th, 2008.
