Before I opened Dye Hard Press‘ new volume, its
title, Who was Sinclair Beiles? was a question I certainly didn’t know
the answer to. His is a name I’ve occasionally come across, as a poet who, as a
resident of Paris’ famous “Beat Hotel,” created cut-ups with William S.
Burroughs, Brion Gysin, and Gregory Corso, and helped to edit Naked
Lunch and as a resident of the famed “Beat Hotel” in Paris. But there’s
where my knowledge stopped.
Gary Cummiskey and Eva Kowalska have brought together a
collection of eleven essays and interviews which address the question, “Who Was
Sinclair Beiles?” from multiple angles...Read more here
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