William S. Burroughs

Herbert Huncke – Times Square Superstar

by Spencer Kansa.   I first met Herbert Huncke in the Spring of 1992, during a layover in New York,…

13 years ago

Do you burrow like William Seward Burroughs?

Groundhog, do you burrow like William Seward Burroughs? In a windowless bunker at 222 Bowery? (back in the bad old…

13 years ago

Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the ‘Weird Cult’ Out Now

David S. Wills' ground-breaking text, Scientologist! William S. Burroughs and the 'Weird Cult' is now available on Amazon as both…

13 years ago

Somebody Blew Up America: A Conversation with Amiri Baraka

This interview originally appeared in Beatdom #12 - the CRIME issue. You can purchase it on Amazon and Kindle. Amiri…

13 years ago

Drugstore Cowboy

Is this a punk flick? Maybe a beat-punk film? Celluloid where punk and beat meet? Characters are beat, get beaten,…

13 years ago

Missing Poets: Looking for Cabell McLean

Cabell McLean (5th February 1952 – 1st December 2004)   "Boulder at sunrise... .36-caliber pistol... It was me all the…

13 years ago

The Beat Rap Sheet

But yet, but yet, woe, woe unto those who think that the Beat Generation means crime, delinquency, immorality, amorality ...…

13 years ago

What to Expect from Beatdom #12

It's here, it's here, it's finally here!!!! That's right, ladies and gentleman. Beatdom #12 - the CRIME issue - is…

13 years ago

1st Burroughs Documentary to be Rereleased

The first long feature documentary about iconic writer William S. Burroughs, one of the most radically subversive literary figures of…

13 years ago

Dig This ~ Ann and Samuel Charters Read Beat Poetry

We found this while doing some research on the Charters' Book, Brother-Souls:John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac and the Beat Generation.…

13 years ago

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