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Independent Lens | William S. Burroughs - Always Keep It Loaded | PBS

Duration: 02:04
Program: Independent Lens #1214

Burroughs didn't feel at home unless he had a loaded gun by his side.

An iconoclast who himself became an icon, William Burroughs explored the outer boundaries of culture and identity in the 1950s. His work was vilified by conservatives and banned by the U.S. government, but emerged to influence artists for generations to come. Burroughs's friends and colleagues remember the public persona and the private man.

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Post Date: January 7, 2011