Back in No Time: The Brion Gysin Reader

The first anthology of writings by the brilliant avant-gardist: "A valuable book that makes accessible an artist too long considered a cult-eccentric." —Publishers Weekly

Born in 1916, Brion Gysin was a visual artist, historian, novelist, and experimental poet credited with the discovery of the "cut-up" technique—a collage of texts, not pictures—which his longtime collaborator William S. Burroughs put to more extensive use. He is also considered one of the early innovators of sound poetry, ...