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William S. Burroughs with a copy of Naked Lunch at the Beat Hotel, 1959

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Thom Robinson takes a deep dive into the relationship of William S. Burroughs and his “favorite” writer in “Beyond the Grave: William Burroughs and Denton Welch.”

Jed explores a historical source that inspired Nova Express in William Burroughs, the Morro Castle Disaster and the Mystery of “Twilight’s Last Gleamings”: A Conspiracy Theory

Michael Stevens offers an update to his classic Road to Interzone based on Chris Stein’s photograph of William S Burroughs’ bookshelf.

Jed Birmingham takes an extended look at William S Burroughs and the Nota Roja in Mexico.

Dave Teeuwen interviews publisher George Mattingly, whose Blue Wind Press published William Burroughs’ Book of Breeething, Port of Saints, and Blade Runner: A Movie.

Jed Birmingham on the seven greatest Burroughs collectors.

Have you wondered what William S Burroughs would have made of the current pandemic? Edward S. Robinson takes a mighty swing at the answer in Predicting a Pandemic: William Burroughs and Covid-19.

Moloko Print has just put out three new must-have Burroughs books. The first is a new edition of Minutes to Go and the second is a new edition of The Exterminator — two foundational cut-up works which have been newly edited and contextualized by Oliver Harris. The third is a 1960 cut-up work titled BATTLE INSTRUCTIONS. Never before published, this “new” work has also been artfully assembled and edited by Oliver Harris.

The new edition of Dead Fingers Talk: The Restored Text, edited and introduced by Oliver Harris, is available for order from the publisher Alma Books.

A review of the brilliant BATTLE INSTRUCTIONS by William S. Burroughs, newly published by Moloko Print.

On the 61st anniversary of the book’s publication, RealityStudio is proud to share “Secrets of the Olympia Press Naked Lunch.” Pirates, print run, points of distinction — what you thought you knew about the publication history of Naked Lunch was wrong.

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