Cut Up! an Anthology Inspired by the Cut-Up Method of William S. Burroughs & Brion Gysin

by Alex S. Johnson, Charie D. La Marr, A.D. Hitchin, et al.

In Paris in the late Fifties the Beat Generation writer William Burroughs and his sidekick Brion Gysin developed the cut-up method. It involved taking a piece of finished text and cutting it into pieces - then rearranging those pieces to create a new text or work of art. Burroughs wrote that: "When you cut into the present the future leaks out." The cut-up had a profound effect on music, writing, painting, and film. Devotees of the cut-up include...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1291745920
• ISBN13: 9781291745924
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Length: 396 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"