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William S. Burroughs: Burroughs presents a lecture at the Naropa Institute on the topic of writing. Burroughs was a fascinating individual and his contemporary Norman Mailer characterized him as the greatest living writer of the 20th century. His works are powerful,brutal, disturbing, dark and prophetic. In 1982, at Naropa University - founded by legendary Beat writer Alan Ginsberg - Beat emissary William S. Burroughs gave arguably one of his finest lectures on the art and craft of writing. Here Burroughs talks of his friendship with fellow writer Jack Kerouac and explores Kerouacs art and influence as a writer. Join Melbourne writer Marcus Niski at The Melbourne Athenaeum Library as he looks at William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouacs insights into the craft of writing and the extraordinary impact that the Beat generation have had on the history of twentieth century literature The lecture is available at the Internet Archives via the following link. https://archive.org/details/DeadBeatWilliamS.BurroughsAndTheJackKerouacLecture
Posted on: Wed, 25 Jun 2014 18:15:01 +0000

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