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About William S. Burroughs
American writer and visual artist
William S. Burroughs was an American writer and visual artist, widely associated with the Beat Generation and postmodern literature. He became known for fiction that pushed against conventional form and voice. His work is often experimental, with unreliable narrators and semi-autobiographical material shaped by his experience of drug addiction. He also helped popularize the cut-up technique with Brion Gysin. Across his fiction and his life, recurring interests included mysticism, the occult, and magical themes.
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- “Junk turns the user into a plant. Plants do not feel pain since pain has no function in a stationary organism…”William S. Burroughs
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- “Hemingway was a prisoner of his style. No one can talk like the characters in Hemingway except the characters…”William S. Burroughs
- “The world wasn't a more tolerant place when I was a young man. Rather, they simply sidestepped all the issues.”William S. Burroughs
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- “I feel compelled to make another 'nonapology.' Many readers are likely to be concerned about my use of mascul…”M. Scott Peck
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Books by William S. Burroughs
Naked Lunch
2001
Junky
1994
Queer
1986
Cities of the Red Night
1982
Nova Express
1964