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His controversial and daring works in reference to drug use and queer experience were among the first of their kind. Burroughs wrote with the conviction of someone who understood the secret shapers of the universe, or someone who had lost his mind. Season 12 1m 28s an iconoclast who himself became an icon, william burroughs explored the outer boundaries of culture and identity. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing william s. Feb 01, 2014 the original cover of junkie by william lee second, although the bulk of junky was in place before the killing, burroughs continued to revise the text at least as late as july 1952, including.