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The Insect Trust Gazette was a poetry journal published at Temple University in Philadelphia. Three issues appeared from 1964 - 1968. It was edited by Leonard Belasco, Jed Irwin, Robert Basara, and William Levy.

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. 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. An urban legend known as "John Fare" originated from a story called "The Hand" by N.B. Shein, published in a 1968 volume.

References

1. Phil Baker (15 July 2010). William S. Burroughs. Reaktion Books. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-86189-736-7. Retrieved 16 August 2015.
2. "Insect Trust Gazette". RealityStudio.org. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
3. "Jed Irwin on the Insect Trust Gazette". RealityStudio.org. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
4. Shein, N.B. (1968). The Hand. Insect Trust Gazette, No. 3, pp. 1-4.
5. Boston, Richard (1970). The Press We Deserve, p. 127. Routledge & K. Paul, ISBN 9780710068217

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