Insect Trust Gazette Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Phil Baker. William S. Burroughs. 16 August 2015. 15 July 2010. Reaktion Books. 978-1-86189-736-7. 213.
  2. Web site: Insect Trust Gazette. RealityStudio.org. 6 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Jed Irwin on the Insect Trust Gazette. RealityStudio.org. 6 March 2021.