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William S. Burroughs: References & Edit History

Additional Reading

Ted Morgan, Literary Outlaw: The Life and Times of William S. Burroughs (1988), is extensive. Michael B. Goodman and Lemuel B. Coley, William S. Burroughs (1990), is a bibliography of works by and about him.

Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Fixed display issue and noted release of the film Queer (2024). Dec 19, 2024
Anniversary information added. Jul 29, 2024
Add new Web site: BBC - William S Burroughs: ‘The godfather of punk’ remembered. May 19, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Feb 19, 2024
Anniversary information added. Feb 01, 2024
Add new Web site: The Guardian - William Burroughs - the original Junkie. Jan 25, 2024
Add new Web site: 64 Parishes - William S. Burroughs. Apr 07, 2023
Add new Web site: History-Computer - William S. Burroughs – complete biography, history, and inventions. Jul 25, 2022
Media added. Jul 19, 2022
Add new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction - William S Burroughs. Aug 31, 2021
Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Biography of William S. Burroughs. Feb 27, 2020
Add new Web site: AllMusic - Biography of William S. Burroughs. Aug 07, 2013
Add new Web site: European Graduate School - Biography of William Burroughs. Aug 07, 2013
Add new Web site: Amercian Society of Authors and Writers - William S. Burroughs. Aug 07, 2013
Added photograph. Aug 22, 2012
Add new Web site: The Franklin Institute Online - Biography of William S. Burroughs. Jun 28, 2011
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - People - Biography of William Seward Burroughs. Jun 27, 2011
Added new work, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, and included information surrounding the actual events upon which the book was based. Jan 15, 2009
Added new work, And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, and included information surrounding the actual events upon which the book was based. Jan 15, 2009
Article revised. Dec 21, 2001
Article revised. Oct 08, 1998
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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