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May 27, 2024 · William S. Burroughs credits Jack Kerouac with starting the Beat Movement, claiming he started a "cultural revolution of unprecedented worldwide extent".
Jun 10, 2024 · William S. Burroughs in Chicago, March 25, 1981. (Credit: Paul Natkin/WireImage) So, you might think to yourself, why would anyone recommend taking advice from a heroin addict who once shot his ...
4 days ago · 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...
May 29, 2024 · It all came back to William S. Burroughs for Steely Dan. The man obdurately tied to the Beat Generation despite his protestations, his surreal, narcotic-laced tales set a precedent for a range of art, including Becker and Fagen, who took their name from a steam-powered, strap-on dildo that features in his controversial 1959 romp ...
May 22, 2024 · The Wild Boys: a book of the dead by William S. Burroughs A futuristic tale of global warfare in which a guerrilla gang of boys dedicated to freedom battles the organized armies of repressive police states.
May 24, 2024 · William S. Burroughs > Quotes > Quotable Quote. (?) “The junk merchant doesn't sell his product to the consumer, he sells the consumer to his product. He does not improve and simplify his merchandise. He degrades and simplifies the client.”. ― William S. Burroughs, Naked Lunch. Read more quotes from William S. Burroughs.
May 24, 2024 · William S. Burroughs — ‘Well as, one judge said to the other, 'Be just and if you can't be just be arbitrary.'. Regret cannot observe customary obscenities.’.
May 24, 2024 · The Beats paved the way for broader acceptance of other unorthodox and previously ignored writers, such as the Black Mountain poets and the novelist William S. Burroughs. The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
May 22, 2024 · To concern yourself with surface political conflicts is to make the mistake of the bull in the ring, you are charging the cloth. That is what politics is for, to teach you the cloth. Just as the bullfighter teaches the bull, teaches him to follow, obey the cloth.”. ― William S. Burroughs. tags: politics.
May 20, 2024 · This activity explores and examines the background and impact of William S. Burroughs, inventor of the adding machine. Students will analyze Burrough’s life and point of view and answer corresponding scaffolding questions.
