To: Darkwolf377
Frankly, I never "got" Burroughs. Read Naked Lunch trying to figure out why he was regarded as a genius; tried to read Nova Express (I think), gave up. Maybe his fans were on drugs too.
To: Slings and Arrows
I think Burroughs was a truly great writer, though a horrifyiong person — but then, so was Rimbaud and so were many other great writers.
I went to school with his son, who died very youung and very tragically.
40 posted on
03/28/2010 9:05:05 AM PDT by
kabumpo
(Kabumpo)
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