William S. Burroughs

Beyond the Word: Burroughs as a Multidisciplinary Artist

William S. Burroughs is most famous for his work as an author, specifically the author of Naked Lunch, one of…

2 years ago

Burroughs at 110: What’s Next?

To me, the year 2014 somehow feels more recent than a decade ago. Perhaps it has been the chaos of…

2 years ago

Burroughs Studies: The Last Ten Years

A little over ten years ago, I wrote a book called Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the ‘Weird Cult.’ As…

2 years ago

Burroughs at 110: A Month-Long Celebration

This month will see the 110th anniversary of the birth of William S. Burroughs. To mark this special occasion, Beatdom…

2 years ago

Allegories from the Cave: Burroughs and Trocchi – a Platonic Love

‘Demiurgos scowled, and with that Plato awoke. Or did he?’ Voltaire The drug experience has often been perceived as a…

6 years ago

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

The Great Writing Caper

William S. Burroughs often suggested that one's dreams are a valuable target for the writer to plunder. But what he…

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

The Revised Boy Scout Manual: Burroughs on Fake News and Scientology

Ohio State University Press has recently published a “lost masterpiece” by William S. Burroughs, called “The Revised Boy Scout Manual”:…

7 years ago

4 Important Travel Destinations for the Beat Generation

The Beats were, in many ways, an international literary movement. Although in defining the Beat Generation, we tend to look…

8 years ago

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