William S. Burroughs
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William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American novelist, essayist, social critic and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs' work is semi-autobiographical cut-up stories. He saw all his writing as a single, vast book. He is generally allied with the Beats, and while he was close friends with the true Beats like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, his writing never fit with the Beatnik style. His first couple of novels
Top songs
- Dr. Benway's House
- A Thanksgiving Prayer
- Spare Ass Annie
- The "Priest" They Called Him
- The Last Words Of Dutch Schultz (This Is Insane)
- Words Of Advice For Young People
- Love Your Enemies
- A One God Universe
- The Lord's Prayer
- Kill The Badger!
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- The Junky's Christmas
- A New Standard By Which To Measure Infamy
- The Sermon On The Mount 2
- Apocalypse
- The Sermon On The Mount 3
- Burroughs Called The Law
- Last Words With Ras I. Zulu
- Twilight's Last Gleamings
- No More Stalins, No More Hitlers
- Bradley The Buyer
- Meeting Of International Conference Of Technological Psychiatry
- Is Everybody In?
- Dead Souls
- Last Words With Michael Franti
- William's Welcome
- Junky Relations
- Ich Bin Von Kopf Bis Fuss Auf Liebe Eingestellt (Falling In Love Again)
- Dr. Benway Operates
- Interlude 4 (Fletch Is Here)
- Present Time Exercises
- The Fish Poison Con
- Curse Go Back
- The Exterminator
- Scandal At The Jungle Hiltons
- William's Welcome (What Are You Here For?)
- Is Everybody In
- Mildred Pierce Reporting (Old Sarge)
- Ah Pook The Destroyer / Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story
- Ich Bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe Eingestellt
- Origin And Theory Of The Tape Cut-Ups
- Inflexible Authority
- The Sermon on the Mount 1
- What Keeps Mankind Alive? from The Threepenny Opera
- Recalling All Active Agents
- Warning To Young Couples (Huntsmen's Hounds)
- Dr Benway Operates
- 103rd Street Boys
- Where You Belong (Rewrite)
- Working With The Popular Forces
- Joujouka
- Silver Smoke Of Dreams
- Uranian Willy (Rewrite)
- Interview With Mr. Martin
- Pook The Destroyer
- Did I Ever Tell You About The Man Who Taught His Asshole To Talk?
- Naked Lunch Excerpts / Dinner Conversation
- Thing Police Keep All Board Room Reports
- Did I Ever Tell You About the Man That Taught His Asshole To Talk?
- K-9 Was In Combat With The Alien Mind-Screens
- What Keeps Mankind Alive?
- Mildred Pierce Reporting 2 (Old Sarge)
- No More Stalins No More Hitlers
- Mr. Bradley Mr. Martin Hear Us Through the Hole in Thin Air
- The President (The Western Lands)
- I Was Fooling Around With These Tapes In Hotels
- After-Dinner Conversation / Where He Was Going
- The Sermon On The Mount 1 (Wsb Reads The Good Book)
- Virus B-23 (Cities Of The Red Night)
- Naked Lunch Excerpts (You Got Any Eggs for Fats?) / Dinner Conversation (The Snakes)
- Benway
- Warning to Young Couples (Huntsman's Hounds)
- Star Me Kitten
- Ah Pook The Destroyer / Brian Gysin's All Purpose Bedtime Story
- Junky I
- Sexual Conditioning
- Sound Piece
- The Wild Fruits
- The Unworthy Vessel
- When Did I Stop Wanting To Be President
- After-Dinner Conversation (An Atrocious Conceit) / Where He Was Going
- Scandal at the Jungle Hilton
- Words Of Advice
- Junky II
- Uranian Willy, Pt. 2
- Cities of the Red Night
- Thing Police Keep All Boardroom Reports
- Dinosaurs
- Junky III
- It's An Experiment
- Uranian Willy
- Manhattan Serenade
- Junky IV
- Naked Lunch (excerpt)
- Junky V
- Progressive Education
- Junky VI
- Excerpts (The Cat Inside)
- This You Gotta Hear
- What The Nova Convention Is All About
- Junky VII
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