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Cutting Up the Century: A Review

Ever since the hundredth anniversary of William S. Burroughs’ birth in 2014, there has been a glut of books about…

6 years ago

William S. Burroughs and Music: An Interview with Casey Rae

In William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock ‘n’ Roll, Casey Rae takes a look at the many ways…

7 years ago

Angry Young Men Become Nice Old Men: A Review of Don’t Hide the Madness

In March, 1992, Allen Ginsberg visited his old friend, William S. Burroughs, at his home in Lawrence, Kansas. He recorded…

7 years ago

Who Owns the Dropper Owns the Fix: Out to Lunch with William Burroughs

It was summer 91, I think, when sharing a joint on a brick fire escape after a night of acid-tapped…

8 years ago

Beat Family Values: The Typical American Family, and the Beats’ Roll in its Downfall

  The Beat Movement scared the hell out of America. After all, the Beats were dirty, they were obscene, they…

9 years ago

Prophecy in Naked Lunch

Naked Lunch is the book that catapulted William S. Burroughs from a minor author and figure of interest in the…

9 years ago

Review: The Green Ghost

In recent years, William S. Burroughs’ work and life has been examined from various vantage points. In my own 2013…

9 years ago

The Burroughs Millions

In Search of the Origin of Burroughs’ Mythical Trust Fund From Beatdom #16 William S. Burroughs was always quick to…

10 years ago

Naked Performativity: Examining the Work of William Burroughs

“When you look back over a year on the junk, it seems like no time at all” — William Burroughs,…

11 years ago

Hubert Selby Jr’s American Dream

The American Dream is the unifying theme across the work of the Beat Generation. Jack Kerouac wrote wondrous love letters…

11 years ago

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