The Yage Letters Redux

In 1/1953, Wm S. Burroughs began an expedition into the jungles of S. America to find yage, the fabled hallucinogen of the Amazon. From the notebooks he kept & the letters he wrote home to Allen Ginsberg, Burroughs composed a narrative of his adventures that later appeared as The Yage Letters. For this edition, Oliver Harris has gone back to the original manuscripts & untangled the history of the text, telling the story of its genesis & cultural importance. Also included in this edition are extensive materials, never before published, by both Burroughs & Ginsberg. Wm S. Burroughs s widely recognized as one of the most influential & innovative writers of the 20th century. His books include Junky, Naked Lunch & The Wild Boys.