William S. Burroughs
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William Seward Burroughs II was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a postmodern author who influenced underground and popular cul
Burroughs in 1983
Burroughs's childhood home on Pershing Place in St. Louis
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Beat Generation
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The Beat Generation was a literary subculture movement started by a group of authors whose work explored and influenced American culture and politics in the post–World War II and Cold War eras. The bu
William S. Burroughs
…Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He is widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a postmodern author who influenced underground and popular culture and literature. Much of Burroughs's work is experimental and features unreliable…
A section devoted to the beat generation at a bookstore in Stockholm
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