James Grauerholz (born December 14, 1953 in Coffeyville, Kansas) is a writer and editor. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Coffeyville is a City situated along the Verdigris River in the southeastern part of Montgomery County, located in Southeast Kansas A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms He is most famous as the bibliographer and literary executor of the estate of William S. Burroughs. Bibliography (from Greek grc βιβλιογραφία bibliographia, literally "book writing" as a practice is the academic study of Books William Seward Burroughs II ( – ˈbʌroʊz was an American Novelist, Essayist, Social critic, painter and Spoken word He was born in Kansas and attended the University of Kansas for a year before dropping out and traveling to New York City. The University of Kansas (often referred to as KU or just Kansas) is a public research university with campuses located in Lawrence, Kansas City By his own admission, he was fascinated with Beat Generation literature and authors.
Grauerholz became acquainted with Burroughs in the 1970s while befriending Allen Ginsberg in New York City. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Irwin Allen Ginsberg (ˈgɪnzbɝg (June 3 1926 &ndash April 5 1997 was an American Poet. The City of New York Ginsberg recommended Grauerholz to Burroughs as a possible assistant and their working relationship began in this simple manner, yet grew to be a major factor in the popularization of Burroughs and his works. Grauerholz became Burroughs' friend and business manager until the author's death in 1997.
His influence on Burroughs' later work is significant as he helped edit a trilogy of novels — Cities of the Red Night (1981), The Place of Dead Roads (1985) and The Western Lands (1987) — as well as act as his business manager. Cities of the Red Night is a novel by William S Burroughs. It was the first book in the final trilogy of the beat author and was first published The Place of Dead Roads by William S Burroughs, published in 1983 is the second book of the trilogy that begins with Cities of the Red Night The Western Lands by William S Burroughs, published in 1987 is a novel which is the final part of the trilogy that begins with Cities of the Red Night He spearheaded the author reading tours Burroughs often gave to audiences in the 1980s and 1990s and wrote editorial copy for a compilation of stories Interzone. Interzone is a collection of short stories and other early works by William S He quit working for Burroughs and returned to Kansas in the early 1980s, and this quickly led Burroughs to relocate to the Midwestern university town of Lawrence, Kansas, to work more closely with Grauerholz again. Lawrence is the sixth largest city in the US State of Kansas and the County seat of Douglas County. Up until Burroughs' death in 1997, Grauerholz tirelessly supported him, getting him reading engagements, commercial advertisements (Nike shoes), parts in films (Drugstore Cowboy) as well as recording Burroughs readings. Nike Inc ('naɪki ( is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. Drugstore Cowboy is a 1989 Film written and directed by Gus Van Sant. He looked after William's physical needs as well, taking him to a methadone clinic in Kansas City weekly, as well as providing him with companionship and acting as a kind of social seceretary to the many people that came to Kansas to meet Burroughs. Methadone ( Dolophine Amidone Methadose Physeptone Heptadon and many others is a synthetic Opioid, used medically as an Analgesic, Antitussive
Grauerholz wrote biographical sketches to a Burroughs reader Word Virus, and edited a posthumous release of Burroughs diaries Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs. Last Words The Final Journals of William S Burroughs is a collection of diary entries made by Beat Generation author William S Reportedly, he is working on a full length biography.
Works as editor or co-editor
- Burroughs, William, Cities of the Red Night, 1981
- Burroughs, William, The Place of Dead Roads, 1985
- Burroughs, William, The Western Lands, 1987
- Burroughs, William, My Education: A Book of Dreams, 1995
- Burroughs, William, Interzone, 1985
- Burroughs, William, Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs. Cities of the Red Night is a novel by William S Burroughs. It was the first book in the final trilogy of the beat author and was first published The Place of Dead Roads by William S Burroughs, published in 1983 is the second book of the trilogy that begins with Cities of the Red Night The Western Lands by William S Burroughs, published in 1987 is a novel which is the final part of the trilogy that begins with Cities of the Red Night My Education A Book of Dreams ( 1995) (ISBN 0-14-009454-7 is the final novel by William S Interzone is a collection of short stories and other early works by William S Last Words The Final Journals of William S Burroughs is a collection of diary entries made by Beat Generation author William S , 2000.
Works as author
- Grauerholz, James and Ira Silverberg. ((2000) Word Virus: The William S. Burroughs Reader. Grove Press. Grove Press is an American publishing imprint that was founded in 1951 (Editor and author of biographical sketches preceding each chapter).
- Grauerholz, James. The Death of Joan Vollmer Burroughs: What Really Happened?. American Studies Department, University of Kansas. Online.
External links
- Shooting Joan Burroughs at Beats In Kansas. William Burroughs and James Grauerholz, his editor, heir and adopted son, at Burroughs' Lawrence, KS home in 1997, the last year of Burroughs' life.
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