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Jun 24, 2024 · Beat pioneer, heroin addict, expatriate, anarchist, gay rights advocate, gentleman, punk icon, free speech trailblazer, and member of the Academy of Arts and Letters, William Seward Burroughs was not only one of the most important American authors of the twentieth century but also one of the most fascinating.
13 hours ago · The Court liberalized obscenity law even as it maintained restrictions on pornographic literature, setting off a wave of censorship cases including trials on Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg, Lady Chatterley’s Lover by D. H. Lawrence, Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller, and Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs.
Jun 28, 2024 · Before they became the voices of the Beat Generation, the still unknown Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg were involved in a story of intrigue and murder that played out...
6 days ago · Junkie. 'Junk,' writes the author of these brutally frank reveltions, 'is not just a habit. It is way of life.'. A way of life in which 'kick' is king, and where drug-dominated starvelings float in a half-lighted world of debased values, overpowering hungers and sudden-flaring violence.
13 hours ago · As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he began friendships with Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism , economic materialism , and sexual repression , and he embodied various aspects of this counterculture with his views on drugs, sex ...
Jun 21, 2024 · However, perhaps most intriguing was the colossal influence of Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs. The nonconformist rogue challenged him to see the bigger picture, innovate by combining different media, and understand the importance of satire and rhetoric.
Jun 11, 2024 · William S. Burroughs — ‘We have a new type of rule now. Not one-man rule, or rule of aristocracy or plutocracy, but of small groups elevated to positions...
