And we wonder why academia is falling into disrepute.
William S Burroughs. A junkie loser. A poor excuse for just about everything.
Eugenenative
11/23/2017
Agreed pretty much. A contrarian, rich boy wastrel. And a murderer on top of it.
But a great “performer”.
mindless husk
11/23/2017
Yes, shooting his wife in the head and lying his way out of it was a great piece of performance art.
Dog
11/23/2017
Its a poem, its art, you might hate it and then proceed to
instantaneous character assassination (which by the way is
what I think the poem is about) but its a statement and
its a thoughtful protest – something that is now vritually
non-existant
Thanks to UOmatters for this find.
Eugenenative
11/24/2017
RIP Joan Vollmer 1923-1951.
HonestNauman
11/23/2017
A prolific, nonconventional and courageous artist who influenced countless other great American writers, musicians and visual artists and didn’t shy away from his personal foibles nor indulge the “sh!ts” of this world. Burroughs was a “johnson.” You mindless husk are a…, well I think you already know.
Oldtimer
11/23/2017
I’d take Langston Hughes a thanksgiving time along with I’m an American, too any day over nihilistic cynicism.
And we wonder why academia is falling into disrepute.
William S Burroughs. A junkie loser. A poor excuse for just about everything.
Agreed pretty much. A contrarian, rich boy wastrel. And a murderer on top of it.
But a great “performer”.
Yes, shooting his wife in the head and lying his way out of it was a great piece of performance art.
Its a poem, its art, you might hate it and then proceed to
instantaneous character assassination (which by the way is
what I think the poem is about) but its a statement and
its a thoughtful protest – something that is now vritually
non-existant
Thanks to UOmatters for this find.
RIP Joan Vollmer 1923-1951.
A prolific, nonconventional and courageous artist who influenced countless other great American writers, musicians and visual artists and didn’t shy away from his personal foibles nor indulge the “sh!ts” of this world. Burroughs was a “johnson.” You mindless husk are a…, well I think you already know.
I’d take Langston Hughes a thanksgiving time along with I’m an American, too any day over nihilistic cynicism.