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* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=22206 Time]'', 1965, [28] pp.
 
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=17240 The Dead Star]'', 1969.
 
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=17240 The Dead Star]'', 1969.
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* ''The Electronic Revolution'', Expanded Media Editions, 1970; [http://www.ubu.com/historical/burroughs/electronic_revolution.pdf repr.], Ubu Classics, 2005.
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* ''Port of Saints'', 1973; [https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/55b4288f334fe06cd7fdc18b new.ed.], 1980. Novel.
 
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=9957 The Book of Breeething]'', 1974.
 
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=9957 The Book of Breeething]'', 1974.
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* ''[[Media:Burroughs_William S_Painting_and_Guns 1992.pdf|Painting & Guns]]'', Madras & New York: Hanuman Books, 1992, 103 pp.
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* ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/55b42993334fe06cd5fdcd2f My Education: A Book of Dreams]'', 1997. Novel.
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* [http://www.ubu.com/sound/burroughs.html on UbuWeb Sound]
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* [http://www.ubu.com/film/burroughs.html on UbuWeb Film]
  
 
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* Patricia Allmer, John Sears (eds.), ''Taking Shots: The Photography of William S. Burroughs'', London: Prestel, and The Photographers' Gallery, 2014, 160 pp. Catalogue for exh. held Jan-Mar 2014. [https://vimeo.com/84325437 Curators' introduction]. Review: [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jan/16/william-s-burroughs-photographs Jonze] (Guardian). {{en}}
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* Jennie Skerl, Robin Lydenberg (eds.), ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5f1fcf089ff37c73bb2e81bf William S. Burroughs at the Front: Critical Reception, 1959-1989]'', Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1991, 274 pp.
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* Timothy S. Murphy, ''[http://aaaaarg.fail/thing/532b69bb334fe009cdf66913 Wising Up the Marks: The Amodern William Burroughs]'', 1997.
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* Nancy M. Grace, Jennie Skerl (eds.), ''[https://aaaaarg.fail/thing/5f1fca909ff37c73bb2e81be The Transnational Beat Generation]'', New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, xii+282 pp.
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* Patricia Allmer, John Sears (eds.), ''Taking Shots: The Photography of William S. Burroughs'', London: Prestel, and The Photographers' Gallery, 2014, 160 pp. Catalogue for exh. held Jan-Mar 2014. [https://vimeo.com/84325437 Curators' introduction]. Review: [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/jan/16/william-s-burroughs-photographs Jonze] (Guardian).

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William Seward Burroughs II (5 February 1914 – 2 August 1997) was an American writer and artist. Burroughs was a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature. Burroughs wrote eighteen novels and novellas, six collections of short stories and four collections of essays. Five books have been published of his interviews and correspondences. He also collaborated on projects and recordings with numerous performers and musicians, and made many appearances in films. Burroughs created and exhibited numerous paintings and other visual art works, including his celebrated Gunshot Paintings.

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