Écritures, Issue 8, Fall 1981

This issue includes extracts from an interview by Christian David and Jean-Marc Vincent of Brion Gysin on 30 March 1981, entitled “Dernier Musée.” This includes two photographs of Gysin and one of the Dreamachine.

This issue also contains Bernard Heidsieck’s “Le Domaine Poétique 1962/1963” a history of the group, which includes mention of Gysin.

The supplement for this issue notes Franco Beltametti’s Sperlonga Manhattan Express, a publication that includes Gysin.

Published in Montluçon, France by Jean-Marc Vincent at the Maison des Jeunes et de la Culture (MJC) in the final quarter of 1981.

Contents:

• Franco Beltrametti: "Treize Poémes":
• "sonettoh ah amsterdam" (poetry)
• "et puis..." (poetry)
• "plus vieux que Lao Tzu le paradis perdu..." (poetry)
• "viens-tu à Tombouctou?..." (poetry)
• "restera-t-il surpris le lecteur?..." (poetry)
• "des gens qui n'existent plus..." (poetry)
• "devant moi..." (poetry)
• "a comme arc comme aube comme encore..." (poetry)
• "peut-être presque par hasard..." (poetry)
• "faisons une bonne fois..." (poetry)
• "et puis elle lit la page..." (poetry)
• "the inside look" (poetry)
• "eh alors comment vas-tu..." (poetry)
• Christian David, Jean-Marc Vincent, and Brion Gysin: "Dernier Musée" (interview, 30 March 1981)
• Michael McClure:
• "Borrowed Feet / Pieds d'emprunt" (poetry)
• "On Reading Paterson Aloud / En lisant Paterson a haute voix" (poetry) 
• Diane di Prima: "hors de son" (poetry)
• John Giorno: "Completely Attached to Delusion" (poetry, in English and French)
• Robert Cordier: "The Cafe-Hotel at Livron / Le café-hôtel à Livron" (poetry)
• Peter Orlovsky:
• "My Bed Is Covered Yellow" (poetry)
• "Angry & Rotten Mad at Myself" (poetry)
• "& the Tea Will Seem Golden" (poetry)
• "Some One Liked Me When I Was Twelve" (poetry)
• "My Mother Memory Poem" (poetry)
• Bernard Heidsieck: "Le Domaine Poétique 1962 / 1963" (essay)
• Franco Beltrametti: "Pour Écritures pour Jean-Marc, 27/VII/81" (drawing)