William S. Burroughs

Alt Lit as the New Beat Generation

“Do you think in five years the national media will create a stupid term like blogniks to describe us?”  …

13 years ago

Charles Gatewood Photos at the Robert Tat Gallery

Charles Gatewood has not only been working for some of the world's best publications for more than five decades, but…

13 years ago

Joe Gould’s Secret Discovered in the Afterword of Hippos

“The usual assortment of stupid characters was assembled in Minetta’s. Joe Gould was sitting at a table.” And the Hippos…

13 years ago

Two Young Men and Two Paintings on a Hot Summer Day

“In the air-cooled museum Phil spent ten minutes in front of a portrait of Jean Cocteau by Modigliani. . .…

13 years ago

“The World Is Waiting for the Sunrise” and the Hippos and Benny Goodman and the Savoy

“We passed the Apollo theater . . . . and then we crossed the street to a penny arcade .…

13 years ago

Episode One

In this first episode of the Beatdom Podcast, your host, David S. Wills, talks with Charles Cannon about his Burroughs…

13 years ago

Subterranean Lost Love

“They are hip without being slick, they are intelligent without being corny, they are intellectual as hell and know all…

13 years ago

William S. Burroughs: Botanist

In 1953, William S. Burroughs published his first novel, Junkie, which ended with the ominous line, “Yage may be the final…

13 years ago

Drinking from the Beat Menu

 Jack Kerouac Gin, whiskey, beer, cognac, and wine   According to his biographer, Michael Dittman, as a young construction worker…

13 years ago

Big Punk

“Punk: Chaos to Couture” Costume Exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York (The exhibit runs until…

13 years ago

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