 The participants included Anaïs Nin, Marian Seldes, Alice Playten, H.M. Koutoukas, Leo Lerman, Michael Wager, Novella Nelson, Osceola Macarthy Adams, Owen Dodson, Wyatt Emory Cooper, Michael Higgins, Anne Fremantle, Peggy Cass, Ruth Ford, Earle Hyman and Daisy Alden.When William Burroughs returned to the United States from Tangier, Ruas invited him to present a retrospective of all his works.The series consisted of four programs, beginning with "Junkie" and followed by "The Yage Letters," read by Burroughs and Allen Ginsburg, "The Last Words of Dutch Schultz", and, finally, "Naked Lunch".