The renowned author murdered his wife before going on to become one of America’s most influential figures in literature.

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Commissioners will consider approving a recommendation by the city’s Historic Resources Commission to place the former home of renowned but controversial author William S. Burroughs on the ...

It lures you in with a salacious premise — the former 007, Daniel Craig, stars as gay author William S. Burroughs’s alter ego in a sex-and-drugs-filled extravaganza — then punishes you once ...

and “Queer,” an adaptation of legendary author William S. Burroughs’ postwar, Mexico City-set novella about a gay American expat and his drug-infused relationship with a younger lover.

William S. Burroughs wrote his novella Queer about his own challenging history as a gay man in the 1950s. The Luca Guadagnino adaptation — though overwhelmingly faithful — changes the sentiment.

While these performances of derangement are quite contained within Queer, from Naked Lunch (1959) onwards they came to form the body of Burroughs’ subsequent novels. Whereas the author was ...