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Bill Morgan

Bill Morgan

Bill Morgan

Bill Morgan is the author and editor of more than a dozen books about the Beat writers, including the acclaimed biography, I Celebrate Myself: The Somewhat Private Life of Allen Ginsberg. For nearly forty years he has worked as an editor and archival consultant for nearly every member of the Beat Generation including Allen Ginsberg, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Jack Kerouac, Gary Snyder, Michael McClure, Diane Di Prima, Gregory Corso, William S. Burroughs, and Edie Kerouac. He lives in Vermont.

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UConn Huskies Athletics, February 10, 2012
...pulled off a great performance. They're just at a different level right now," said Head Coach Bill Morgan. On the field, junior Ilva Bikanova (Madonas, Latvia) and sophomore Natasha McLaren (Stroudsburg, Pa.) were stellar in the high jump with leaps of...
Bookslut, February 6, 2012
...emerged from his letters. Therefore, the project of reading this second volume of Burroughs's correspondence, edited by Bill Morgan, is perhaps not all that different than reading some of Burroughs's novels. These epistles showcase a broad range of...
New York Times, February 3, 2012
...incident. William Burroughs in 1962. RUB OUT THE WORDS The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1959-1974 Edited by Bill Morgan Illustrated. 444 pp. Ecco/HarperCollins Publishers. $35. Although the book includes roughly two dozen letters to Allen Ginsberg,...
New York Times, February 3, 2012
...incident. William Burroughs in 1962. RUB OUT THE WORDS The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1959-1974 Edited by Bill Morgan Illustrated. 444 pp. Ecco/HarperCollins Publishers. $35. Although the book includes roughly two dozen letters to Allen Ginsberg,...
PublishersWeekly.com, February 3, 2012
...978-0-525-95276-3). Rub Out the Words: The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1959-1974 by William S. Burroughs, edited by Bill Morgan (Ecco,$35; ISBN 978-0-06-171142-8). Sundays Will Never Be the Same: Racing, Tragedy, and Redemption: My Life in America's...
Zimbio, January 15, 2012
...cast,” Radcliffe said. Actors Chris Evans and Jesse Eisenberg are also reportedly cast in the movie. Edited by Bill Morgan and David Stanford Viking Press 499 pgs $14.95 ISBN: 978-1-61129-305-0 Oh... Everyone over the age of 16 should see the movie...
New York Times, June 18, 2011
...edition (it rises to $16.99 on July 2) — was prepared with help from the Beat scholars Bill Morgan and Howard Cunnell, though it has a populist, unscholarly feel. Some of the notes embedded in the text give a helpful run-down of the real-life people...
Harriet: The Blog, June 20, 2011
...edition (it rises to $16.99 on July 2) — was prepared with help from the Beat scholars Bill Morgan and Howard Cunnell, though it has a populist, unscholarly feel. Some of the notes embedded in the text give a helpful run-down of the real-life people...
ArtsBeat, June 18, 2011
...edition (it rises to $16.99 on July 2) — was prepared with help from the Beat scholars Bill Morgan and Howard Cunnell, though it has a populist, unscholarly feel. Some of the notes embedded in the text give a helpful run-down of the real-life people...
Commentaries, May 18, 2011
...Bill Morgan, Hettie Jones: beat talk last night Al Filreis Last night at St. Mark's Bookshop on 9th Street and Third Avenue in New York, Bill Morgan and Hettie Jones...