William S Burroughs

Hunter S. Thompson, Johnny Depp, and Me: A Healthy Dose of Disrespect

Regina Weinreich | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Aaron Eckhardt, Hunter S. Thompson, Michael Rispoli, Amber Heard, William S. Burroughs, Johnny Depp, Bruce Robinson, The Rum Diary, Culture News
Regina Weinreich

For me, the best part of this meandering cartoon movie is a sight gag with Depp's Paul Kemp riding atop his sidekick photographer Bob Sala (Michael Rispoli) in an open vehicle, up and down, up and down over cracked cobblestones on bumpy streets.

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PHOTOS: Celebrities Who Have Killed People

BuzzFeed | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Don King, Jayson Williams, Sid Vicious, Robert Blake, Ted Kennedy, Laura Bush, Hit and Run, Brandy, Celebrity Crime, William S. Burroughs, Adlai Stevenson, Keith Moon, Celebtriy Criminals, Celebrities Who Killed People, Celebrities, Matthew Broderick, Celebrity News

It turns out some very famous people have done some bad things. ...

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Your Favorite Authors' Drinks Of Choice

flavorwire.com | Posted 08.13.2011

Read More: Oscar Wilde, Dorothy Parker, Charles Bukowski, Ernest Heingway, Anne Sexton, Favorite Authors, William Faulkner, William S. Burroughs, Dylan Thomas, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Books News

It’s a well-known stereotype that many literary authors are also raging drunkards. Which, forgive us, doesn’t make us want to emulate them any les...

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James Frey Discusses The Big O, His Blasphemous New Book Pre-Oprah Interview

The Fix | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: The Final Testament of the Holy Bible, Oprah Book Club, James Frey Oprah, A Million Little Pieces, Jack Kerouac, James Frey, William S. Burroughs, Alcoholics Anonymous, Aa, Books News

When she discovered that much of his memoir were fabricated, an irate Oprah Winfrey nearly drove the much-maligned writer to drink. Today he's back on...

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Istanbul Publisher Faces Obscenity Trial For Releasing Book

AP | By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 07.16.2011

Read More: Ruhi Ozbilgic, Islam, Istanbul, Turkey, Irfan Sanci, Book Banning, Beat Generation, William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, Suha Sertabiboglu, The Exploits of a Young Don Juan, The Soft Machine, Books News

ISTANBUL -- Half a century after a U.S. obscenity trial, the work of Beat Generation writer William S. Burroughs is heading back to court, this time i...

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PHOTOS: Writers And Their Kitties

writersandkitties.tumblr.com | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Famous Writers, Writers and Pets, Peter Matthiessen, Neil Gaiman, Writers, William S. Burroughs, Gore Vidal, Mark Twain, V.S. Naipaul, Writers and Kitties, Books News

From Zoe Triska, Huffington Post: This blog catalogs famous writers with the pet kittens and cats. Too cute!...

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Literary Late Bloomers: Great Authors Who Took A Little Longer To Get Started (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Zoe Triska | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Authors, Henry Miller, Wallace Stevens, Writers, Charles Bukowski, Poets, William S. Burroughs, Late Bloomers, Slidepollajax, Raymond Chandler, Poetry, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Anthony Burgess, Books News

Not everyone can be a literary prodigy. There are plenty of authors who didn't reach publishing success until mid-life, or later. There's a fantastic...

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Literary Papers for Sale! Getcha Red Hot Papers!

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Brion Gysin, Ken Lopez Bookseller, William S. Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg, Books News
Jan Herman

The cache, dubbed william s. burroughs word horde 2.0, is priced at $260,000. Apparently some institution, or somebody with that kinda bus fare, alrea...

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Beat Writers Celebrated at London Film Festival with Mixed Results

Charles Thomson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Movie Reviews, Beat Generation, Movie Review, Howl, William S. Burroughs, London Film Festival, Howl Poem, Allen Ginsberg, Movies, Beat Writers, Entertainment News
Charles Thomson

If you're not already a Burroughs aficionado, this documentary will teach you little about his work and probably not inspire you to seek it out, either. If you are already a Burroughs fan, chances are that you'll have heard it all before.

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PEN/ Academy of American Poets / Burroughs in Sartasota

Regina Weinreich | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: William S. Burroughs, Nay Phone Latt, PEN World Voices Festival, Entertainment News
Regina Weinreich

The annual PEN World Voices Festival gears up in New York, with visiting literati arriving despite volcanic ash and house arrests from repressive gove...

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William Burroughs: What Was Inside His Bowery Apartment

Gothamist | Jen Carlson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Peter Ross, Photographs, Authors, William Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, Ymca, Books, New York City, The Bowery, Books News

Did you know that author William S. Burroughs lived in a partially converted YMCA at 222 Bowery? He called the apartment "The Bunker," and it's still ...

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What's on the End of the Fork? 'Naked Lunch @ 50' in Paris

Jan Herman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch, Olympia Press, Healthy Living News
Jan Herman

The hint is obvious: perhaps we will be able to use synthesized humans to find cryptic viruses in literature of the future

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Harold Norse, R.I.P.

Jan Herman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: William Carlos Williams, Gregory Corso, Anais Nin, Beat Generation, W.H. Auden, James Baldwin, Harold Norse, Brion Gysin, William S. Burroughs, Tennessee Williams, Allen Ginsberg, Poetry, Memoirs of a Bastard Angel, Hotel Nirvana, City Lights, Healthy Living News
Jan Herman

He said he was a poet, too. I no longer recall what we talked about, but it didn't take long for him to invite me back to his room at 9 rue Git-le-Coeur, the so-called Beat Hotel.

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Waiting for a Twitch

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Memoir, William Burroughs, Malcolm Mc Neill, Books, Manhattan, Excerpt, Art, Book Excerpt, William S. Burroughs, Art Shows, Gallery, Style News
Jan Herman

Malcolm Mc Neill's memoir about his longtime collaboration with William S. Burroughs, Observed While Falling, is just as spellbinding as his show at Salomon Arts in Manhattan.

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Hidden Burroughs-Kerouac Novel Surfaces; So Does 'the Lost Art of Ah Pook' by Malcolm Mc Neill

Jan Herman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Beats, Ah Pook, Jack Kerouac, Burroughs Kerouac Collaboration, Jed Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, Burroughs Kerouac, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, Mcneill, Media News
Jan Herman

This month provides a happy occasion for legions of Jack Kerouac fans, to say nothing of William S. Burroughs cultists, who always seem eager for new revelations about both writers' works.

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