William S. Burroughs Birthday Bash

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.

Cast

Alison Cuddy Presenter

Davis Schneiderman Writer/Organizer

Sally Timms Musician Anne Waldman Poet Eileen Myles Poet

Daniel M. Knox Composer

Sasha Frere-Jones Musician/Writer

Thomas Cornerford Filmmaker

Tony Trigilio Teacher/Poet

Richard Pettengill Performer

Don Meyer Performer

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