Insect Trust Gazette

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The Insect Trust Gazette was a poetry journal published at Temple University in Philadelphia. [1] Three issues appeared from 1964 - 1968. It was edited by Leonard Belasco, Jed Irwin, Robert Basara, and William Levy. [2]

The journal's name was derived from a phrase in William S. Burroughs' novel Naked Lunch about a "a trust of giant insects from another galaxy." The editors added "gazette" to it. [3] Burroughs contributed texts to the first two issues. The journal folded in 1968.

A folk/jazz/blues group in the late 1960s, The Insect Trust, took its name from the journal. An urban legend known as "John Fare" originated from a story called "The Hand" by N.B. Shein, published in a 1968 volume. [4] [5]

References

  1. ↑ Phil Baker (July 15, 2010). William S. Burroughs. Reaktion Books. p. 213. ISBN   978-1-86189-736-7 . Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Insect Trust Gazette". RealityStudio.org. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Jed Irwin on the Insect Trust Gazette". RealityStudio.org. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  4. ↑ Shein, N.B. (1968). The Hand. Insect Trust Gazette, No. 3, pp. 1-4.
  5. ↑ Boston, Richard (1970). The Press We Deserve, p. 127. Routledge & K. Paul, ISBN   9780710068217


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