Fun Facts: William S. Burroughs

Happy Monday from the BOOKWORMportal! Things have been a bit slow on my reading front, I have had many new endeavors in the past 2 weeks and am hoping to have a more calm and quite time for the upcoming holiday. I thought I would get a few fun facts in until then about Mr. Burroughs...he was a very interesting/strange man!

1. He was born in St. Louis Missouri and was a gay American author associated with the beat generation. I have mentioned the beat generation in my previous post but if you are curious about what it is go here and this is a good summary of how it started and who were the main people in this circle back in the 60s.

2. RANDOM!! He brought his own severed finger to his psychiatrist because he claimed it was an initiation to the Crow Indian tribe. This later inspired him to write a book called The Finger.

3. Burroughs was married (common-law marriage) to a Joan Vollmer and eventually was arrested for allegedly shooting her in the head. He never did time for this because it was ruled an "accident".

There are many many more facts that I could put on here, the man had a very interesting life being friends with Jack Kerouac. He is regarded as one of the best authors of the 20th century. I am surprised that it has taken me this long to get around to picking up on of his novels. I hope to have something posted by next week about it, I hope you all have a wonderful week!

Next Up: Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs

Hello all, happy Wednesday here from The BOOKWORMportal! I trust you all have a wonderful week and are gearing up for a fun weekend. I am absolutely excited for the cool weather that has been brushing across the city. It is truly the best time of year for the desert. Anyhow, I have made my choice for the next book and that my cyber friends has been no easy task. I added 8 new books to the list and the next few will probably be novels that I have not read yet. What is your opinion on non-fiction titles on here? I may branch out a bit and try it out. However, for this week I will be reading Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs.

 

 

 

I know this has been adapted into a movie but I have neither seen the movie nor read the novel so I am excited to read something different. I have heard a few things through an old coworker about this book and I sincerely trust her choice in movies and reading materials. Plus, I have always been a fan of the beat generation. Not that I buy into the lifestyle, they were a tad to liberal with experimentation but the literature is just plain neat. Yes mom I said "neat." I do plan of revisiting Kerouac but I am craving something new so let's see how this goes!

 

Until next time...