Cutting Up the Century: A Review
Ever since the hundredth anniversary of William S. Burroughs’ birth in 2014, there has been a glut...
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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 in...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Prophecy in Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch is the book that catapulted William S. Burroughs from a minor author and figure of...
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Review: The Green Ghost
In recent years, William S. Burroughs’ work and life has been examined from various vantage...
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The Burroughs Millions
In Search of the Origin of Burroughs’ Mythical Trust Fund From Beatdom #16 William S. Burroughs...
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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,...
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Hubert Selby Jr’s American Dream
The American Dream is the unifying theme across the work of the Beat Generation. Jack Kerouac...
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Storming the Reality Studio with Uncle Bill: Some Thoughts on William S. Burroughs and the Movies
From Beatdom #14 Until really quite recently, of the “big names” that one thinks of in...
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American Mutants Spawned in the Bunker
Originally published in Beatdom #14, and excerpted from the forthcoming memoir/scrapbook,...
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