Back in No Time: The Brion Gysin Reader

by Brion Gysin

Book Overview

First anthology of writings of a brilliant avant-garde figure

Brion Gysin (1916 - 1986) was a visual artist, historian, novelist, and an experimental poet credited with the discovery of the 'cut-up' technique -- a collage of texts, not pictures -- which his longtime collaborator William S. Burroughs put to more extensive use. He is also considered one of the early innovators of sound poetry, which he defines as 'getting poetry back...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819565296
• ISBN13: 9780819565297
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher