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819041 No.819041 [Reply] [Original]

Alright, /lit/, I'm going to the library tomorrow and must know what I should get from William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg. Also, some recommendations for future references.

>> No.819051

Don't fail me, /lit/.

>> No.819057

>>819041
Sounds like you already have your mind made up. I would suggest Rabbit, Run by John Updike

>> No.819058

If you can find it, get Word Virus for Burroughs if you want an overview of his life and work. It's an anthology, I think Flamingo published it. OTHERWISE I reccomend Naked Lunch and The Wild Boys, they're experimental but not as much as say the cut up trilogy which is all, well, cut up. Ahem.

As for Ginsberg I think there's a few anthologies for him as well. Howl and At Apollinaire's Grave are probably his best poems, but I haven't read a huge lot.

>> No.819064

Anymore?

>> No.819072

The Western Lands by Burroughs is good. And Burroughs is ten times the writer Ginsberg is. We don't worry about Ginsberg. Or Kerouac.

>> No.819075

>>819064
Both posts were answers to your question man.

>> No.819080

Junky and Naked Lunch. I don't like Ginsberg.

>> No.819090

>>819080

I bought Naked Lunch and will read it after my trip to the library. I've got all summer.

>> No.819131

What about Kesey, Tom Wolfe, and H.S. Thompson?

>> No.819151

Bumping.

>> No.819174

Or Kurt Vonnegut.

>> No.819195

I refuse to go to sleep until someone gives me answers!

>> No.819227

Goddamn it.

>> No.819264

ginsberg: forget it, he's a poet

Burroughs: Cities of the Red Night

The Western Lands

Ghost of Chance

basically, anything the guy wrote

>> No.819265

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>> No.819276

Bourroughs Junky if you want something easy, Naked Lunch if you want the hardcore crazy stuff (although I'd actually recommend that you get the audiobook of Naked Lunch).