William S. Burroughs

...understand why the men stand still and shoot from the hip. But Hollywood has portrayed them happening when honour is not at stake. William Burroughs' admonition to draw and fire as quickly as you can do so accurately, but no faster.) I...

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...4, 2010 Our friends at LIFE magazine posted a gallery of striking photos of "Famous Literary Drunks & Addicts," including William S. Burroughs, Louisa May Alcott, Jack London, Anne Sexton, and more than two dozen others. Above, Jean...

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...... More. Our friends at LIFE magazine posted a gallery of striking photos of "Famous Literary Drunks & Addicts," including William S. Burroughs, Louisa May Alcott, Jack London, Anne Sexton, and more than two dozen others. Above, Jean...

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...at the Shake Pit, a popular Manatee High hangout. "You have to understand, things were different back then," Bill Burroughs said. Burroughs, 66, who also lives in Tampa, was an All-South nose tackle at St. Petersburg High, who fielded...

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...alienation and is credited with jump-starting the so-called Beat Generation of writers including Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs. Best Seller Mark David Chapman was carrying a copy of the book when he shot and killed...

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...of the Jelly Belly jellybean; a film about troubled dirt-bike legend Larry Linkogle; and a portrait of Beat author William Burroughs. National Lampoon, one of this year's sponsors for Slamdance, is using Slamdance for the world...

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There are cameos and recurring walk-ons by Allen Ginsberg, Harry Smith, Gregory Corso, and a burgeoning friendship between Smith and William Burroughs. The couple's tenancy at the Chelsea Hotel produced tableaux such as this, when Smith...

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Suspect Timothy Honey 13 years ago (Left), AP image of William S. Burroughs in 1986 A man who's committed a string of armed robberies at cafes, shops and boutiques in the Village reminded a victim of someone-with a thin, pale face, sunken...

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...witnessed. These shoes likely have met many of my heroes of New York's 1970s and '80s culture. "Burroughs" by Peter Ross (Thanks, Xeni!) Burrough's famed "Naked Lunch" is the only book I've read that's made me physical sick, which was...

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...that often surround Burroughs. Posted on Fri, Jan. 15, 2010 03:09 PM Documentary on William S. Burroughs focuses on his years in Lawrence During Burroughs' Lawrence years, his home became a destination on the alt-pop-cultural trail.

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