Texts by William S. Burroughs
Time
| Author | William S. Burroughs |
| Date | 1965 |
| Subject | A complete scan of Burroughs’ seminal text on the subversion of control and media |
| Link | Time |
APO-33
| Author | William S. Burroughs |
| Date | 1968 |
| Subject | A complete scan of the important Burroughs cut-up |
| Link | APO-33 |
Dr. Benway Operates
| Author | William S. Burroughs |
| Date | 1959 |
| Subject | The classic Benway skit from Naked Lunch |
| Link | Dr. Benway Operates |
The Man Who Taught His Asshole How to Talk
| Author | William S. Burroughs |
| Date | 1959 |
| Subject | The famous “Talking Asshole Routine” from Naked Lunch |
| Link | The Man Who Taught His Asshole How to Talk |
The Boston Trial of Naked Lunch
| Author | NA |
| Date | 1965 |
| Subject | Partial transcript from the Naked Lunch obscenity trial. Includes testimony by Allen Ginsberg, Norman Mailer, and Edward De Grazia. |
| Link | The Boston Trial of Naked Lunch |
Introduction from Queer
| Author | William S. Burroughs |
| Date | 1985 |
| Subject | Burroughs’ retrospective introduction to the 1940s text Queer. “I am forced to the appalling conclusion that I would never have become a writer but for Joan’s death…” |
| Link | Introduction from Queer |
Crab Nebula
| Author | William S. Burroughs |
| Date | 1964 |
| Subject | Excerpt from the 1964 cut-up novel Nova Expressa |
| Link | Crab Nebula |
The Death Dwarf in the Street
| Author | William S. Burroughs |
| Date | 1964 |
| Subject | Excerpt from the 1964 cut-up novel Nova Expressa |
| Link | The Death Dwarf in the Street |
Electronic Revolution
| Author | William S. Burroughs |
| Date | 1971 |
| Subject | Excerpt from a collection of essays expanding on Burroughs’ notion that language is a virus. |
| Link | Electronic Revolution |
William S. Burroughs on Scientology
| Author | William S. Burroughs |
| Date | 1970 |
| Subject | Excerpt of a longer text detailing Burroughs’ position on L. Ron Hubbard’s Scientology movement. |
| Link | William S. Burroughs on Scientology |
Burroughs’ Statements at the 1962 International Writers’ Conference
| Author | William S. Burroughs |
| Date | 1962 |
| Subject | Burroughs’ statements from the 1962 conference that put him on the literary map, as published later that year by the Transatlantic Review |
| Link | Burroughs’ Statements at the 1962 International Writers’ Conference |
Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1986
| Author | William S. Burroughs |
| Date | 1986 |
| Subject | Text of a “poem” that originally appeared in the collection Tornado Alley |
| Link | Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, 1986 |
Mind Parasites by Colin Wilson
| Author | William S. Burroughs |
| Date | 1969 |
| Subject | Review by Burroughs of Colin Wilson’s book Mind Parasites, originally published in the underground newspaper Rat |
| Link | Mind Parasites by Colin Wilson |
“Abstract” (Lip 1969)
| Author | William S. Burroughs |
| Date | 1969 |
| Subject | Dave Teeuwen introduces a hitherto uncollected text by William S. Burroughs called “Abstract,” published in 1969 in Lip |
| Link | William S. Burroughs’ “Abstract” (Lip 1969) |
Burroughs Blurbs
| Author | William S. Burroughs |
| Date | NA |
| Subject | A collection of blurbs provided by Burroughs for the jackets of other authors’ books |
| Link | Burroughs Blurbs |