William Burroughs's Exhibition

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If for no other reason than the following thought, we must recognize WSB as 
a master of language.

"Language is a virus."

Laurie Anderson used this in one of her productions. WSB in the flesh was a 
part of it.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robin Landseadel" <robinlandseadel at comcast.net>
To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, January 05, 2009 9:34 PM
Subject: William Burroughs's Exhibition


> Jonathan Jones doesn't like Weird Uncle Bill, loves Pynchon:
>
> . . . Burroughs is the modern writer adored by people who don't
> read enough modern writing. Everything he did was done better
> by others. Above all, I don't see how anyone's adolescent
> admiration for the Burroughs prose machine can survive an
> encounter with the novels of Thomas Pynchon - the true,
> dazzling titan of the avant garde novel in our time. Pynchon's
> marvellous sentences and immense, arcing fictions have all the
> wit, richness and humanity (even in their utter strangeness) that
> Burroughs lacks.
>
> http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2009/jan/05/william-burroughs-royal-academy-art
>


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