LIST OF LITERARY (non-scientific) PUBLICATIONS

 

by Carl Djerassi

[* denotes books]

 

1983

 

1.         Paul Klee at Bard. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) In The Graphic Legacy of Paul Klee, Edith C. Blum Art Institute, The Bard College Center, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, pp. 10-11 (1983).

 

1984

 

2.         Why Are Chemists Not Poets? by Carl Djerassi (Poem) In Proceedings of the Alfred Benzon Symposium 20, (P. Krogsgaard-Larsen, S. Broger Christensen, and Helmer Kofod, eds.) Munksgaard, Copenhagen, pp. 548-549 (1984).

 

3.         Morphine and Related Opioid Analgesics. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) In Proceedings of the Alfred Benzon Symposium 20, (P. Krogsgaard-Larsen, S. Broger Christensen, and Helmer Kofod, eds.) Munksgaard, Copenhagen, pp. 448-449 (1984).

 

4.         Lingonberries Are Not Sufficient. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Cumberland Poetry Review, 3, 63 (1984).

 

5.         Concordance Browsing. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Wallace Stevens Journal, 8, 108 (Fall 1984).

 

6.         Pure Scientist, You Look With Nice Aplomb. by Carl Djerassi Poem) Wallace Stevens Journal, 8, 109 (Fall 1984).

 

7.         Vocalissima. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Wallace Stevens Journal, 8, 110 (Fall 1984).

 

8.         Introduction to Paul Klee: Selections from the Djerassi Collection, by Carl Djerassi, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, pp. 2-5 (1984).

 

1985

 

9.         Two Egyptians Being Served by a Nazi. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Wallace Stevens Journal, 9, 52 (Spring 1985).

 

10.       The Twins. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Wallace Stevens Journal, 9, 118 (Fall 1985).

 

1986

 

11.       Introduction to Paul Klee: Figurative Graphics from the Djerassi Collection, by Carl Djerassi, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, p. 5 (1986).

 

12.       The Clock Runs Backwards. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Kenyon Review, 8, 91 (Winter 1986).

 

13.       Catalyst. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Kenyon Review, 8, 93 (Winter 1986).

 

14.       The Next Birthday. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Kenyon Review, 8, 94 (Winter 1986).

 

15.       Amour dÕArthropode (III). by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Current Contents, 26, 4 (1986).

 

16.       Introduction to Quartet (by Lewis Thomas). by Carl Djerassi, Arif Press, Berkeley, California, pp. 5-7 (1986).

 

17.       Cocksure. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Metrosphere, Issue 4, p. 84 (1986-87).

 

18.       CastorÕs Dilemma. by Carl Djerassi (Short Story) Hudson Review, 39, 405 (1986).

 

1987

 

19.       My Island. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) The Midwest Quarterly, 28, 214 (1987).

 

20.       Diary Entry (11 August 1983). by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Sands 1987, 10 (1987).

 

21.       Wallace Stevens Was Right. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Sands 1987, 12 (1987).

 

22.       WhatÕs Tatiana Troyanos Doing in SpartacusÕ Tent? by Carl Djerassi (Short Story) Exquisite Corpse, 5, 9 (1987).

 

23.       Maskenfreiheit. by Carl Djerassi (Short Story) The Crescent Review, 5 (2) (1987).

 

24.       Introduction to Pattern and Process: Nature and Architecture in the Work of Paul Klee. by Carl Djerassi San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, p. 5 (1987).

 

25.       Three Variations on a Theme by Callosobruchus. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) New Letters, 54, 112 (Fall 1987).

 

26.       Godfather I. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) New Letters, 54 (1), 113 (Fall 1987).

 

1988

 

27.       Why Are Chemists Seldom Poets? by Carl Djerassi (Poem) South Dakota Review, 26, 128 (Summer 1988).

 

28.       Introduction to The In-Between-World of Paul Klee. by Carl Djerassi, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California, p. 5 (1988).

 

29.       The Quest for Alfred E. Neuman by Carl Djerassi (Memoir). Grand Street, 8, 167 (1988).

 

30.       The Toyota Cantos. by Carl Djerassi (Short Story) Frank (Paris), No. 10, p. 90 (1988).

 

31.*     The Futurist and Other Stories. by Carl Djerassi (Short Story Collection) Futura Publications, London (U.K.), 159 pp. (1988).

 

32.       WhatÕs Tatiana Troyanos Doing in SpartacusÕ Tent? by Carl Djerassi (Short Story), Cosmopolitan (U.K.), p. 233 (December 1988).

 

33.       My Island. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Anthology of Magazine Verse, 1986-1988 edition (Alan F. Pater, ed.), Monitor Book Company, Beverly Hills, California, pp. 136-137.

 

1989

 

34.       Cleansing My Doors of Perception. by Carl Djerassi (Memoir) Michigan Quarterly Review, 28, 123 (Winter 1989).

 

35.       ÒDear Mrs. Roosevelt.Ó by Carl Djerassi (Memoir) Hudson Review, XLII (1), 61 (1989).

 

36.       My Very First Divorce. by Carl Djerassi (Memoir) Hudson Review, XLII (1), 65 (1989).

 

37.       CastorÕs Dilemma. by Carl Djerassi (German translation of short story) Nachrichten aus Chemie, 37, 403 (1989).

 

38.       DegasÕ Horse. by Carl Djerassi (Memoir) New Letters, 55, (2), 13 (Winter 1988/89). (Winner of Dorothy Churchill Cappon Essay Award.)

 

39.       Spider at an Exhibition. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Poet & Critic, 20:3, p. 15 (1989).

 

40.       Kinshasha to Brussels. by Carl Djerassi (Memoir) Exquisite Corpse, 7:6-9, p. 22 (1989)

 

41.       Catalyst. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) The Kenyon Poet (Anthology), p. 111 (1989).

 

42.       My Island. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) The Kenyon Poet (Anthology), p. 112 (1989).

 

43.       The Next Birthday. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) The Kenyon Poet (Anthology), p. 113 (1989).

 

44.       White House Enemy. by Carl Djerassi (Memoir) Negative Capability, IX(1), p. 122 (1989).

 

45.       I Have Nothing Left to Say. by Carl Djerassi (Poem) Negative Capability, IX, p. 65 (1989).

 

46.*     CantorÕs Dilemma. by Carl Djerassi, Doubleday, New York, 231 pp. (1989).

 

1990

 

47.       The Big Drop. by Carl Djerassi (Memoir) The Hudson Review, XLII(4), p. 565 (1990).

 

48.       Freud and I. by Carl Djerassi (Memoir) The Southern Review, 26 (1), p. 42 (1990).

 

49.       Wien, Wien, nur du allein by Carl Djerassi (Memoir) (erroneously published as Wein, Wein, nur du allein...) The Exquisite Corpse, 8, (5-9), p. 37 (1990).

 

50.*     CantorÕs Dilemma. by Carl Djerassi (Novel) Macdonald, London (U.K.), 230 pp. (1990).

 

1991

 

51.*     Steroids Made it Possible. by Carl Djerassi (Scientific Autobiography) American Chemical Society Books, Washington, DC; 205 pages (1990).

 

52.       Cash for Creativity. By Carl Djerassi (Book Review: The Need to Give by Andrew Sinclair). Times Lit. Suppl., January 4, 1991.

 

53.       A Scattering of Ashes. by Carl Djerassi (Memoir) The Hudson Review, XLIII, No. 4, pp. 571-581 (1991).

 

54.*     CantorÕs Dilemma. by Carl Djerassi (Paperback Edition) Penguin Books, New York, 230 pages (1991).

 

55.*     Cantors Dilemma. by Carl Djerassi Translated into German by Ursula-Maria Mšssner). Haffmans Verlag, Zurich, 276 pages (1991).

 

56.*     The Clock Runs Backward. by Carl Djerassi (Poetry Chapbook) Story Line Press, Brownsville, OR; 55 pages (1991).

 

57.       Some Forms of Art Patronage. by Carl Djerassi Bulletin of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, XLIV, (7), pp. 51-68 (1991).

 

58.*     CantorÕs Dilemma. by Carl Djerassi (Paperback Edition) Futura Publications, London, 230 pages (1991).

 

59.       Was macht Tatiana Troyanos in Spartakus Zelt? by Carl Djerassi (Translated into German by Ingeborg Kuhn.) Der Rabe, Nr. 30, 419-423 (Haffmans Verlag, Zurich) (1991).

 

60.*     Der Futurist und andere Geschichten. by Carl Djerassi (Translated into German by Ursula-Maria Mšssner.) Haffmans Verlag, Zurich, 189 pages (l991).

 

61.       Der Psomophile. by Carl Djerassi (German translation of short story.) Spiegel Spezial, 3, p. 98 (1991).

 

62.       How I Beat Coca-Cola: A Science Fiction. by Carl Djerassi (Short Story). South Dakota Review, 29 (4), pp. 46-61 (Winter 1991).

 

1992

 

63.       Ein Rhinozeros hat meine Rolex geschluckt. by Carl Djerassi (Memoir. Translated into German by Ursula-Maria Mšssner.) Der Rabe, Nr. 30, pp. 26-30, Haffmans Verlag, Zurich (1992).

 

64.       ãWas macht Tatiana Troyanos in Spartakus Zelt?Ò (German translation of short story.) Das Raben Taschenbuch 160, Nr. 63, pp. 419-423, Haffmans Verlag, ZŸrich (1992).

 

65.*     The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and DegasÕ Horse: An Autobiography. by Carl Djerassi Basic Books, New York, 319 pp. (1992).

 

66.*     Le Dilemme de Cantor. by Carl Djerassi (French translation by Josette Chicheportiche et Natalie Levisalles.) Editions Balland, Paris, France, 345 pp. (paperback edition) (1992).

 

67.*     Die Mutter der Pille - Autobiographie. by Carl Djerassi (German translation by Ursula-Maria Mšssner.) Haffmans Verlag, Zurich, 521 pp. (1992).

 

68.       ÒI Have Nothing Left to Say.Ó by Carl Djerassi (Poem) In: Life on the Line (Anthology), ed. by Sue B. Walker & Rosaly D. Roffman. Negative Capability Press, Mobile, AL, p. 92 (1992).

 

1993

 

69        ÒManaging Competing Interests: Chastity vs. PromiscuityÓ by C. Djerassi in ÒEthics, Values, and the Promise of ScienceÓ Forum Proceedings, Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society, Research Triangle Park, NC, 1993, pp. 31 – 45.

 

69a.     ÒDie Uhr lŠuft rŸckwŠrtsÓ (The Clock Runs Backward [Poem]) In: Der Rabe, Nr. 35, pp. 94-96, Haffmans Verlag, Zurich, (1993).

 

70.       ÒDie Uhr laŸft rŸckwŠrtsÓ (The Clock Runs Backward by Carl Djerassi [Poem]) in Kiesstrasse Zwanzig Uhr (ed. JŸrgen Lentes), Frankfurt, pp. 180-185 (1993).

 

71.*     Das Bourbaki Gambit. by Carl Djerassi German translation by Ursula-Maria Mšssner.) Haffmans Verlag, Zurich, 278 pp. (1993).

 

72.*     The Pill, Pygmy Chimps, and Degas' Horse: An Autobiography. by Carl Djerassi Basic Books, New York, paperback edition, 319 pp. (1993).

 

73.*     Cantors Dilemma by Carl Djerassi (German translation by Ursula-Maria Mšssner). Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, paperback edition, 287 pp. (1993).

 

74.*     Il futurista e altri racconti by Carl Djerassi (Italian translation by Adriana Crespi Bortolini). Sellerio editore Palermo, 174 pp. (1993).

 

75.*     Der Futurist und andere Geschichten. by Carl Djerassi (German translation by Ursula-Maria Mšssner). Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, paperback edition, 188 pp. (1993).

 

1994

 

76.*     CantorÕs Dilemma by Carl Djerassi (Japanese translation). Bungeishunju, Tokyo, 379 pp. (1994).

 

77.*     El Dilema de Cantor by Carl Djerassi (Spanish translation by Maria Urquidi). Fondo de Cultura Economica, Mexico, 194 pp. (1994).

 

78.       ÒWachstum und die FolgenÓ by Carl Djerassi in  Kleine Weltebevšlkerungs-Fibel, p. 31, 1994. Haffmans Verlag, ZŸrich

 

79.*     La Pillola, gli ScimpanzŽ Pigmei el Cavalli di Degas by Carl Djerassi (Italian translation by Marco Ferrari). Garzanti Editore s.p.a., Milano, 389 pp., (1994).

 

80.*     The Bourbaki Gambit. by Carl Djerassi. University of Georgia Press, Athens, Georgia, 230 pp. (1994).

 

81.*     Marx, verschieden by Carl Djerassi. (German translation of Marx, deceased by Ursula-Maria Mšssner). Haffmans Verlag, Zurich. 276 pages (1994).

 

82.*     From the Lab into the World: A Pill for People, Pets, and Bugs (Collected essays) by Carl Djerassi, Am. Chem. Soc. Books, Washington, D.C., 230 pp. (1994).

 

83.       Ò1991 Kein Jahr der PilleÓ by Carl Djerassi in Der Rabe, No. 42, pp. 169-184. Haffmans Verlag, Zurich (1994).

 

1995

 

84.       ÒThe Physics of a ManÕs Emotional LifeÓ by Carl Djerassi (book review of Good Benito by Alan Lightman) San Francisco Chronicle 1.29.95

 

85.*     Djerassi: De La Chimie des Hormones a La Pilule. (French translation of autobiography), Editions Belin, Paris, 415 pp. (1995).

 

86.       ÒDie Suche nach Alfred E. NeumanÓ by Carl Djerassi in Der Rabe No. 43, pp. 137-144. Haffmans Verlag, Zurich (1995).

 

87.       ÒNoblesse ObligeÓ by Carl Djerassi in Freundin (Munich semimonthly), No. 24 (Nov. 8, 1995) pp. 171-180.

 

88.*     Das Bourbaki Gambit by Carl Djerassi (German translation by Ursula-Maria Mšssner) Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, paperback edition, 283 pp. (1995).

 

1996

 

89.*     Die Mutter der Pille by Carl Djerassi (German translation by Ursula-Maria Mšssner) Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich, paperback edition, 539 pp. (1996).

 

90.*     La P’ldora, Los ChimpancŽs Pigmeos y El Caballo de Degas by Carl Djerassi (Spanish translation by Roberto Elier and Hugo Mart’nez Moctezuma) Fondo de Cultura Economica, Mexico, paperback edition, 381 pp. (1996).

 

91.       ÒDarf ich Sie Kosten?Ó (ÒMay I Taste You?Ó) by Carl Djerassi in Die Neue Klassische Sau (Handbook of Literary High-Eroticism), pp.298-300, Haffmans Verlag, Zurich, 1996.

 

92.*     Marx, Deceased, by Carl Djerassi The University of Georgia Press, Athens, 218 pp., (1996).

 

93.*     Bourbaki et spil om magt by Carl Djerassi (Danish translation by Ingeborg Christensen), Fremad, Copenhagen, 264 pp., (1996).

 

94.*     The Bourbaki Gambit, by Carl Djerassi (paperback edition), Penguin-USA, New York, 230 pp. (1996).

 

95.*     Menachems Same by Carl Djerassi (German translation by Ursula-Maria Mšssner), Haffmans Verlag, Zurich, 245 pp. (1996).

 

96.*     CantorÕs Dilemma by Carl Djerassi (Chinese translation by Jenny Yang et al and revised by Chai-li Wu), Unitas Publication Company, Taipei, 283 pp. (1996)

 

97.*     El Gambito de Bourbaki by Carl Djerassi (Spanish translation by Leticia Garcia Urriza) Fondo de Cultura Economica, Mexico, paperback edition, 240 pp. (1996).

 

                                                            1997

 

98.       From the Pill to the Pen, by Carl Djerassi Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series,    Volume 26, pp.85-107. Gale Research, Detroit (1997).

 

99.*     MenachemÕs Seed, by Carl Djerassi, University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA., 196 pp. (1997).

 

100.     ICSI, by Carl Djerassi (Sample scene from Play) ÒReduce to the MaxÓ -- Micro Compact Car AG, Biel, Switzerland (1997) in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian and Dutch promotion for Mercedes Smart Car.

 

101.     Passionate Minds, Chapter 2 titled Blemished Heroes, pp. 8-16, (by Lewis

            Wolpert and Alison Richards), Oxford University Press, Oxford (1997).

 

                                                        1998

 

*102.   Von der Pille zum PC, by Carl Djerassi (German translation by Ursula-Maria Mšssner), Haffmans

            Verlag, Zurich, 80 pp. (1998).

 

*103.   NO, by Carl Djerassi (German translation by Ursula-Maria Mšssner), Haffmans Verlag, Zurich, 335 pp. (1998).

 

104.     In Retrospect:  The Struggles of Albert Woods, by Carl Djerassi, Nature,  392, 244 (1998).

 

105.     Ethical Discourse by Science-in Fiction, by Carl Djerassi Nature, 393, 511-513 (1998).

 

*106.   Dilemata na Kantor by Carl Djerassi (Bulgarian translation by R. Radeva)

            Marin Drinov Publ. House, Bulg. Academy of Sciences, Sofia, 185 pp. (1998).

 

107.     Was macht Tatiana Troyanos in SpartakusÕ Zelt? by Carl Djerassi in Das Grosse

            Heyne JubilŠums Buch, Heyne Verlag, Munich, pp. 565-568 (1998).

 

*108.   MenachemÕs Seed by Carl Djerassi (paperback), Penguin-USA, New York, 196 pp. (1998).

 

*109.   NO, by Carl Djerassi University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, 276 pp. (1998).

 

 110.    The Pill is the Pill is the Pill, by Carl Djerassi Los Angeles Times Commentary, September 10, 1998, p. B9.

 

111.      Surely youÕre joking by Carl Djerassi (Book review of Dancing Naked in the Mind Field by Kary Mullis), New Scientist, September 21, 1998, p. 51.

 

112.      Dylemat Profesora Cantora by Carl Djerassi (Polish translation of short story by Janusz Stanny), Magazyn Gazety NR 41 (292) 1998, p. 74-79.

 

113.    Science-in-fiction ist nicht Science Fiction: Ist sie Autobiographie? by Carl Djerassi in ÒFiction in Science – Science in Fiction. Zum GesprŠch zwischen Literatur und WissenschaftÓ (ed. W. Schmidt-Dengler), Verlag Hšlder-Pichler-Tempsky, Vienna, pp. 71 – 104, 1998.

 

1999

 

114.     On the Pill:  A Social History of Oral Contraceptives, 1950 – 1970 by Carl Djerassi (Review of book by Elizabeth Siegel Watkins), New England Journal of Medicine, February 11, 1999, Volume 340, pp. 485 – 486.

 

115.     Der entmachtete Mann oder:  Sex im Zeitalter der technischen Fortpflanzung, by Carl Djerassi in DIE ZEIT (Hamburg), No. 27, July 1, 1999, p. 28

 

*116.   O Dilema de Cantor by Carl Djerassi (paperback), (Portuguese translation of CantorÕs Dilemma  by Fl‡via Terra Cunha) Editora Nova Fronteira (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), 292 pp. (1999).

 

117.        Under the covers or under a lens by Carl Djerassi (book review of Designing Babies by Roger Gosden), Nature, 22 July 1999, No. 6742, p. 327.

 

*118.   The Bourbaki Gambit, by Carl Djerassi (Chinese translation by Jih-Li Chang and Chai-Li Wu), Unitas Publication Company, Taipei, 321 pp. (1999)

 

*119.   MenachemÕs Seed, by Carl Djerassi (Chinese translation by Ding-Chi Chang), Unitas Publication Company, Taipei, 287 pp. (1999)

 

*120.   NO, by Carl Djerassi (Chinese translation by Zy-Yin Chiu), Unitas Publication Company, Taipei, 343 pp. (1999)

 

121.        ÒThe Century of A.R.T.Ó by Carl Djerassi in ÒPredictionsÓ (S. Griffiths, ed.), Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1999, pp. 76-84.

 

122.        ÒUseful WorkÓ by Carl Djerassi in ÒProfession 1999Ó (P. Franklin, ed.), The Modern Language Association of America, 1999, pp. 36-48.

 

2000

 

*123.  Unbefleckt, by Carl Djerassi (German translation by Bettina Arlt), Haffmans Verlag, Zurich, 113 pp. (2000).

 

124.    ÒErektionÓ by Carl Djerassi in ÒDie Allerneueste klassische Sau,Ó Haffmans Verlag, Zurich, 1999, pp. 75–84.

 

125.    ÒErregung in der OperÓ by Carl Djerassi in ÒDie Allerneueste klassische Sau,Ó Haffmans Verlag, Zurich, 1999, pp. 290-293.

 

*126.  An Immaculate Misconception by Carl Djerassi (paperback), Imperial College Press, London, 134 pp. (2000).

 

*127.  ÒObeflŠckadÓ by Carl Djerassi (translated into Swedish by Lolo Amble), Bookhouse Publishing,

           Stockholm 2000, 74 pp.

 

128.    "Sex and Fertilization: Ready for Divorce?" by Carl Djerassi in NEXT SEX -Ars Electronica 2000 (ed. by G. Stocker & Christine Schšpf), Springer Verlag, Vienna & New York, 2000, pp. 45-52 (English), pp.53-61 (German).

 

*129.  NO. by Carl Djerassi (Novel – Paperback Edition) Penguin Books, New York, 276 pages (2000).

 

 *130.  Wie ich Coca-Cola schlug, by Carl Djerassi (German translation by Ursula-Maria Mšssner), Haffmans Verlag, Zurich, 216 pp. (2000).

 

131.     ÒScience-in-Theatre:  From Oxygen (theater)Óby Carl Djerassi and Roald Hoffmann in Connecting Creations/Science-Technology-Literature-Arts (ed. by Margery Arent Safir), Centro Galego de Arte Contempor‡nea, Santiago de Compostela, 2000, pp. 321-332 (English).

 

132.  ÒLa ciencia en el teatro:  Ox’genoÓ por Carl Djerassi y Roald Hoffmann en Conectando creaciones/Ciencia-Tecnolog’a-Literatura-Arte (Editado por Margery Arent Safir), Centro Galego de Arte Contempor Contempor‡nea, Santiago de Compostela, 2000, pp. 351-363 (Spanish).

 

*133.   Marx, el difunto. by Carl Djerassi (Paperback Edition) (Spanish translation by Leticia Garc’a Urriza), Fondo de Cultura Econ—mica, Mexico 2000, 228 pp.

 

*134.  La p’ldora anticonceptiva 40 A„OS de impacto social, Publicaciones M.V., Bogota Colombia, 2000, Foreword by Carl Djerassi, pp. 6-9. (Spanish)

 

*135.  La p’lula anticoncepcional 40 ANOS de impacto social, Publicacones M.V., Bogota Colombia, 2000, Foreword by Carl Djerassi, pp. 6-9. (Portuguese)

 

2001

 

*136.   Oxygen by Carl Djerassi and Roald Hoffmann, (paperback), Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2001, 119 pp.

 

137.     From Oxygen A Play in Two Acts by Carl Djerassi and Roald Hoffmann, The Kenyon Review & Stand Magazine, Volume XXIII Number 2, Spring 2001, Stand, Volume 2 (4)/3(1), March 2001 (paperback), pp. 221-238.

 

*138.   La Semilla de Menachem, </