From An Essay by William Burroughs
It seems counterintuitive – almost iconiclastic – to imagine that William Burroughs would have written self-help essays, but he did. Burroughs (1914-1997) was an American novelist, poet, essayist and performer, as well as a drug addict. In 1943 in New York, he became close to Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, forming the countercultural movement of the Beat Generation. Read more…