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New William S. Burroughs Book Sheds Light On The Literary Legend's Influence On Music Relying on a wealth of research and documents, Casey Rae deftly maps out how one of America's most ...
William S. Burroughs, Author, James Grauerholz, Editor, James Grauerholz, With Viking Books $17.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-670-81347-6 Burroughs seems to grow ever more trite with the passage of time ...
William S. Burroughs was not a musician and spent his life largely indifferent to contemporary music. But he was a rock star. The author — one of the founding fathers of the Beat movement that ...
In Casey Rae’s new book, William S. Burroughs & The Cult of Rock ‘n’ Roll (out June 11 via University of Texas Press), the author, professor and director of music licensing at SiriusXM Radio ...
Inspired by William S. Burroughs's novella, the film follows Daniel Craig as William Lee, an American in Mexico City who falls in love with a discharged Navy sailor, Eugene Allerton (Drew Starkey).
I had a really strange experience while reading William S Burroughs vs.The Qur'an, the latest book by Michael Muhammad Knight, published by the Counterpoint Press imprint Soft Skull Press.I was ...
It’s an ending that deviates from and expands upon author William S. Burroughs’ source material, but one that sticks close to the Beat author’s actual biography.
Queer, the book and the film, concerns the run-up to and aftermath of the moment that haunted Burroughs for the rest of his life: In September 1951, in a drunken moment that can’t be explained ...
The role William S. Burroughs played in shaping literature is well known. But his influence on rock and roll hasn't been as well-documented. Casey Rae's William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock ...
American writer William S. Burroughs poses during a portrait session at Bourges Railway Station on April 24, 1984 in Bourges, France.