{"product_id":"the-yage-letters-redux-9780872864481","title":"The Yage Letters Redux","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn January 1953, William Burroughs began a seven-month expedition into the jungles of South America, ostensibly to find yage, the fabled hallucinogen of the Amazon. But Burroughs also cast his anthropological-satiric eye over the local regimes to record trademark vignettes of political and psychic malaise. From the notebooks he kept and the letters he wrote home to Allen Ginsberg, Burroughs composed a narrative of his adventures that appeared ten years later as \"In Search of Yage\" within \u003cem\u003eThe Yage Letters\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat book, published by City Lights in 1963, was completed by the addition of Ginsberg's account of his own experiences with yage as he traveled through South America in 1960, and by the addition of other Burroughs letters and texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor this new edition, Burroughs scholar Oliver Harris has gone back to the original manuscripts to untangle the history of the text, telling the fascinating story of its genesis and cultural importance in his wide-ranging introduction. Also included in this edition are extensive materials, never before published, by both Burroughs and Ginsberg that shed new light on their adventures in exploration and writing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A complete understanding of the literary legacy of William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg is impossible without reading this amazing collection of letters and documents centered on yage, the fabled hallucinogen of the Amazon. . . . These crucial texts go beyond simple curiosity about mind-changing drugs to set the foundation of what would later become a literary movement that changed American literature.\"--Bloomsbury Review\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBurroughs' book about his search for the 'ultimate fix', \u003cem\u003eThe Yage Letters\u003c\/em\u003e, possesses an equally strange and secret history. Published in 1963 but written a decade earlier, it has long been seen as a fascinating curio in the Burroughs canon, yet a new edition of the book, edited by Oliver Harris, places it more centrally in the list of key Burroughs texts. . . . \u003cem\u003eThe Yage Letters\u003c\/em\u003e marks the point when Burroughs moved full-time into his own, fully realised universe.--\u003cem\u003eThe Independent UK\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Burroughs\u003c\/strong\u003e is widely recognized as one of the most influential and innovative writers of the twentieth century. His books include: \u003cem\u003eJunky\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eQueer\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Wild Boys\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Place of Dead Roads\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOliver Harris\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor in literature and film in the School of American Studies at Keele University. He is the editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Letters of William S, Burroughs\u003c\/em\u003e (Penguin) and the 50th anniversary edition of \u003cem\u003eJunky\u003c\/em\u003e (Penguin).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-49412\"\u003eWilliam S. Burroughs\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1029095\"\u003eAllen Ginsberg\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.12h x 5.64w x 0.52d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872864481\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0872864480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-EDU\"\u003eEducation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-EDU020000\"\u003eMulticultural Education\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilliam Burroughs (1915-1997) is widely reconized as one of the most innovative writers of the twentieth century. His books include: \u003cem\u003eJunky\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eNaked Lunch\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Soft Machine\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCities of the Red Night\u003c\/em\u003e. Allen Ginsberg is also the author of \u003cem\u003eHowl and Other Poems\u003c\/em\u003e, which was originally published by City Lights Books in the fall of 1956. Oliver Harris is a professor in Literature and Film in the School of American Studies at Keele University, he is the editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Letters of William S. Burroughs\u003c\/em\u003e (Penguin) and the 50th anniversary definitive edition of \u003cem\u003eJunky\u003c\/em\u003e (Penguin).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"City Lights Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43835309523083,"sku":"9780872864481","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_ab1e6d85-1960-44fe-9eba-3b5f2f566ecf.jpg?v=1755667566","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-yage-letters-redux-9780872864481","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}