Liza Williams

Johannes

Johannes

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She drove around Mexico with her dog looking for Oscar Acosta, Hunter Thompson's lawyer, the "Brown Buffalo" who disappeared (another boyfriend) and saw Jesus above Santa Anita Racetrack (she told me).
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Jesus, you mean Oscar Acosta was one of the boyfriends of Liza Williams?

Now here was a woman who kept close to the literary pulse of the time.
 
ToddE

ToddE

Well, Bill, that fills in a lot of blanks. I'd known her at Capitol and Island (and Stone), and was in touch with her a couple of times when she was at Olivia, but never asked how she got there.
Olivia as a label is evidently long gone; I contacted what's left a few years ago and they had no idea what had happened with Liza. As you and I (and I guess J.R.) have wound up here while looking for her, maybe someone who knows here present whereabouts will, eventually; and at the very least convey out best wishes.
If there's a God in Heaven, Liza is somewhere comfortable, eating bonbons and auditioning potential lovers as she puts the final touches on her memoirs.
 
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LindaC

I am VERY GLAD I found this forum and that is said Liza is still alive, or was recently anyway. I wish we could get a solid confirm on that. I remember her column in the LA Free Press very well. Lawrence Liption (I think that's the name) wrote a column for the Free Press at the same time. He liked to make fun of Liza, he said her column ought to be called "My vagina, its life and hard times" OR - I think he's the one who said this, at any rate, someone did. Whose memory is perfect after so many years? I couldn't even recall Liza's surname - I emailed somebody at the Freep now, and HE told me. I am hardly surprised to hear, she always had an EVENTFUL life. I think of her as something of a "feminist" writer - and, let me tell you, such folk were few and far between when she wrote for the Free Press.
I just registered for this forum, in order to post this comment, and I am NOT going to upload a picture, I haven't allowed anyone near me w/a camera for some 25 years. Vain you see. Now, I am old enough I can admit to vanity and other such things
 
David Brody

David Brody

Hi. I came across this thread while trying to find Liz Williams' whereabouts. My father kew her, her mother and Bukowski in L.A. in the 60's and 70's and I'm anxious to find out how she's doing. This is part of the early stages of a bio of my father. He was a well known communist filmmaker and photographer. www.sambrody.com Thanks for any info.
 
aron kay

aron kay

high i am aron kay the mad yippie pie thrower....i am wondering about the whereabouts of liza williams.
i havent seen her since around the time of 9/11...we were at a mutual friend's funeral in nyc that day....i knew liza as far back as 1967-68 when she was working at the la free press bookstore on fairfax avenue...i was working with green power at the time...green power fed the street freex and focalized the love-ins at griffith park....
anyway i would run into her in la and nyc over the years....i wonder if she is still around...please rsvp me via pieman420@gmail.com if you have any info
 
bospress.net

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not sure about Liza, but god damn! You got balls, Mr. Pie Thrower. Hats off to you.

Someone needs to fruit pie Michelle Bachmann...

Bill
 
d gray

d gray

tried to do his best but could not
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great shots but hey - what did andy warhol do to deserve one?
 
Bukfan

Bukfan

"The law is wrong; I am right"
Someone needs to fruit pie Michelle Bachmann...
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Right, and don't forget Sarah Palin, Ted Cruz, Sherif Arpaio, Bill O'reilly and ...I better stop here because the list goes on and on, unfortunately.
 
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Fez1

I ran an article about Liza in Beat Scene 70, Spring 2013. It mentions her links with Lucien Carr and her contributions to the Rolling Stone Book of the Beats. But again, I have no knowledge of her latest situation. Is it still a mystery?
 
David Brody

David Brody

It's crazy to me that in this world where now one gets to keep secrets anymore, that someone as memorable as Liza Williams just disappears.
 
bospress.net

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It is strange indeed. This is one problem with women giving up their last name when they marry. If she has married once or twice and took his name, there is no telling what her last name is now. Also, Liza could be Elizabeth and she could be going under a different first name even. A lot of people mentioned here eventually find themselves because they Google their name. Maybe she is not living, not on the internet, or just does not care to post on a forum.

Having a somewhat common name like Elizabeth Williams makes it tough because there could be 10,000 people with this name in the US alone. Take it from a guy named Bill Roberts who is one of at least 10,000 people with that name.

Bill
 
Wilco75

Wilco75

Hello all, if any of you are still watching this thread. I'm trying to track down Liza to find out some info about a piece of folk art she gave me ca 13 years ago. I was working at a coffee shop on 57th st in NYC and Liza would come in after therapy and we would have long chats. Before I left to move to Sweden, she came in and gave me a beautiful little, hand-painted bowl that she told me was Native American as a parting gift. She was a very special person and I really enjoyed talking to her. I didn't know any of the details of her life or about her association with Bukowski at all at the time. A few years ago while watching Born Into This here on swedish tv, I recognised Liza and had a little laugh for myself. Anyway, to make a long story short (too late) the little token she gave me definitely has some mojo and I'm about to incorporate the pattern from it into a tattoo I'm getting so I wanted to find out more about what it means. Thinking I'd find her via social media or something I ended up here and am truly delighted to here all these little tidbits about her exciting life and all the poeple she seems to have touched. Again, my encounter was brief, but she definitely left an impression on the young, New York, artist musician in me that searching for the meaning of life. I've written to John Dullighan (director of Born Into This) to see if he has any leads as well. I'll let you know how that pans out.
For yucks, here's the bowl I got from Liza, on the off chance that any of you may know something about it. Take care for now everyone...
Michael

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Wilco75

Wilco75

Oh no, so sad. Thank you for contacting me and letting me know. I haven't been able to find any pics of Liza online, if you or someone could post a portrait, i'd appreciate it. I'm so thankful to have had contact with her, however limited it was.
 
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