William S. Burroughs bibliography
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The William S. Burroughs bibliography is a comprehensive listing of the novels, essays, collaborations, and other writings by the influential American Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs.
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| William S. Burroughs bibliography canonical | 2 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William S. Burroughs bibliography Context triple: [Queer, partOfAuthorOeuvre, William S. Burroughs bibliography]
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Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch is a groundbreaking and controversial novel by William S. Burroughs, known for its nonlinear, hallucinatory depiction of addiction and its central place in Beat Generation literature.
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Burrough
Burrough is a surname most notably associated with Ken Burrough, a former American football wide receiver who starred for the Houston Oilers in the 1970s.
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C.
Collected Letters of Neal Cassady
Collected Letters of Neal Cassady is a compilation of the Beat Generation icon’s personal correspondence, offering insight into his life, relationships, and influence on writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.
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D.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 independent film written and directed by John Krasinski, adapted from David Foster Wallace’s short story collection of the same name, exploring modern masculinity through a series of darkly comic interviews.
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Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics
The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics is a renowned experimental writing and poetics program founded by Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman, known for its focus on avant-garde, contemplative, and Beat-influenced literary practice.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: William S. Burroughs bibliography Target entity description: The William S. Burroughs bibliography is a comprehensive listing of the novels, essays, collaborations, and other writings by the influential American Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs.
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A.
Naked Lunch
Naked Lunch is a groundbreaking and controversial novel by William S. Burroughs, known for its nonlinear, hallucinatory depiction of addiction and its central place in Beat Generation literature.
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B.
Burrough
Burrough is a surname most notably associated with Ken Burrough, a former American football wide receiver who starred for the Houston Oilers in the 1970s.
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C.
Collected Letters of Neal Cassady
Collected Letters of Neal Cassady is a compilation of the Beat Generation icon’s personal correspondence, offering insight into his life, relationships, and influence on writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.
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D.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men is a 2009 independent film written and directed by John Krasinski, adapted from David Foster Wallace’s short story collection of the same name, exploring modern masculinity through a series of darkly comic interviews.
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E.
Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics
The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics is a renowned experimental writing and poetics program founded by Allen Ginsberg and Anne Waldman, known for its focus on avant-garde, contemplative, and Beat-influenced literary practice.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliography
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literary bibliography ⓘ |
| coversWorkType |
audio recordings
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collaborations ⓘ critical writings ⓘ essays ⓘ interviews ⓘ letters ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ novels ⓘ poetry ⓘ screenplays ⓘ short fiction ⓘ |
| focusesOnAuthor | William S. Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOnMovement | Beat Generation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOnNationality | American literature ⓘ |
| includesNotableCollaborationWith |
Allen Ginsberg
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Brion Gysin GENERATED ⓘ Jack Kerouac GENERATED ⓘ Kurt Cobain GENERATED ⓘ Laurie Anderson GENERATED ⓘ |
| includesNotableWork |
Cities of the Red Night
NERFINISHED
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Exterminator! NERFINISHED ⓘ Interzone NERFINISHED ⓘ Junky NERFINISHED ⓘ Last Words: The Final Journals of William S. Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ Letters of William S. Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ My Education: A Book of Dreams NERFINISHED ⓘ Naked Lunch NERFINISHED ⓘ Nova Express NERFINISHED ⓘ Queer NERFINISHED ⓘ The Cat Inside NERFINISHED ⓘ The Place of Dead Roads NERFINISHED ⓘ The Soft Machine NERFINISHED ⓘ The Ticket That Exploded NERFINISHED ⓘ The Western Lands NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wild Boys NERFINISHED ⓘ The Yage Letters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| organizesWorksBy |
format
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genre ⓘ publication date ⓘ |
| purpose | to provide a comprehensive listing of William S. Burroughs' writings ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
American postmodern literature
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Beat Generation bibliography NERFINISHED ⓘ William S. Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectOf | William S. Burroughs NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
biographers
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literary scholars ⓘ students of Beat literature ⓘ |
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