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  1. Jun 24, 2024 · Beat pioneer, heroin addict, expatriate, anarchist, gay rights advocate, gentleman, punk icon, free speech trailblazer, and member of the Academy of Arts and Letters, William Seward Burroughs was not only one of the most important American authors of the twentieth century but also one of the most fascinating.

  2. Jun 27, 2024 · BY THE TIME of his death in 1997, William S. Burroughs had achieved something that very few figures ever manage: He had become supra-human, a living, livid symbol. Only Burroughss own name can unite such disparate activities, output, and stances: writer, murderer, painter, junkie, public commentator, cultural critic, concept engineer.

  3. Jun 27, 2024 · A writer reflects on a London visit with Williams S. Burroughs and a later pilgrimage to the Beat writer’s home in Algiers Point, a place immortalized in Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road.” – by Richard Goodman

  4. 5 days ago · Before they became the voices of the Beat Generation, the still unknown Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg were involved in a story of intrigue and murder that played out...

  5. Jun 21, 2024 · A New Perspective: how William S. Burroughs inspired Keith Haring. As one of the tragic casualties of the AIDS outbreak, Keith Haring joins the likes of Derek Jarman and Freddie Mercury as part of an immortal image of strength in the face of adversity.

  6. Jul 3, 2024 · William S. Burroughs — ‘Hemingway said:'It don't come anymore.'So where did it go?’.

  7. Jun 18, 2024 · Burroughs, William S. 1957. Junkie: confessions of an unredeemed drug addict. London: Brown, Watson. Creator. William S. Burroughs. Source. Special Collections, University of Delaware Library. Publisher. Brown, Watson. Date. 1957. Contributor. Alexander Johnston. Language. English. Type. Text

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