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Home » William S. Burroughs

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Posted inNews & Politics

Chicago 1968: The Whole World Is Watching chronicles the chaos of the infamous DNC convention

by Aimee Levitt September 12, 2018August 18, 2021

Here’s what happened when writer Terry Southern and photographer Michael Cooper flew in to cover it—with William S. Burroughs and Jean Genet along for the ride.

Posted inBlogs

Five low-budget (but still amazing) science-fiction films

by Patrick Friel April 3, 2018August 18, 2021

These five films prove that sci-fi can thrive without big budgets.

Posted inBlogs

Cosmic Body: a trance-inducing dance experience, sans the purple haze

by Matt de la Peña February 5, 2016August 18, 2021

Norwegian choreographer Ingri Fiksdal brings her trippy quartet Cosmic Body to the MCA this weekend.

Posted inBlogs

Good old Bill, good old Bob, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones November 14, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

William S. Burroughs
Posted inFilm

Burroughs lays bare the notorious author of Naked Lunch

by J.R. Jones November 12, 2014August 18, 2021

This 1983 documentary gets Burroughs right between the eyes.

Posted inBlogs

M Is for Mimicry, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones November 1, 2013August 19, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Weekly Top Five: The films of Gus Van Sant

by Drew Hunt September 1, 2013August 19, 2021

Weekly Top Five: The best of Gus Van Sant

Posted inBlogs

Comma ‘gain? A troubling inconsistency at U. of C.

by Michael Miner August 14, 2013August 19, 2021

Punctuation inconsistency besets University of Chicago.

Posted inBlogs

Video Drone: What Happened to Kerouac?

by J.R. Jones November 20, 2012August 19, 2021

A wealth of newly released interview footage gives a kaleidoscopic sense of the Beat Generation’s legacy

Posted inBlogs

Weird things customers say in bookstores, another blog-based book, and Seminary Co-op on the move

by Jerome Ludwig November 11, 2012August 19, 2021

Two new books on books, both based on blogs, and the Seminary Co-op gets a new home

Posted inBlogs

12 O’Clock Track: Steven “Jesse” Bernstein, “No No Man (Part Two)”

by Philip Montoro May 1, 2012August 19, 2021

A posthumous 1992 release by Seattle poet Steven “Jesse” Bernstein, the anti-Thax Douglas

A drawing of William S. Burroughs by Elliot Rudie as seen in The Beat Hotel
Posted inFilm

Beaten to death

by J.R. Jones April 4, 2012August 19, 2021

Alan Governar’s The Beat Hotel revisits the Paris adventures of Allen Ginsberg, Gregory Corso, and William S. Burroughs

Posted inBlogs

Best of 2011, number 7: The Elephant in the Living Room

by J.R. Jones December 12, 2011August 19, 2021

J.R. Jones on The Elephant in the Living Room, his number 7 movie of 2011.

Posted inBlogs

Morning Art: William S. Burroughs

by Sam Worley January 25, 2011August 19, 2021

Part of a show of work by William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, on display at ThinkArt.

Posted inBlogs

Dinner & a Show: Friday 1/21

by Sam Worley January 21, 2011August 19, 2021

Recommended events paired with nearby restaurants.

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