William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash

William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash — Plot

To celebrate the 100th birthday of America's most audacious writer, William S. Burroughs, Chicago Humanities Festival brings together a motley crew of poets, writers, and musicians. William Seward Burroughs (1914 - 1997) was an American writer and visual artist. He was a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author whose influence is considered to have affected a range of popular culture as well as literature. Burroughs's needs took him across the United States, down into Mexico, to Europe and beyond. On his travels, he meets up with various members of the underground drug and "outcast" cultures.

• Release date
• November 1, 2014
• Runtime
• 85 min
• Genres
• Documentary

William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash — Cast

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Alison Cuddy Presenter

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Davis Schneiderman Writer/Organizer Sally Timms Musician Anne Waldman Poet Eileen Myles Poet

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Daniel M. Knox Composer

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Sasha Frere-Jones Musician/Writer

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Thomas Cornerford Filmmaker