William Burroughs

The greatest bookseller of all time: “Shakespeare and Company owns me”

George Whitman, owner of the famous Parisian bookstore, died a year ago today. This is his last interview

Bill Hillman Topics: Paris, Shakespeare and Company, Lost Generation, beat generation, WWII, sylvia beach, allen ginsberg, William Burroughs

Along with Hammett and Chandler, James M. Cain did for film and literature what punk did for rock and roll

Steve Erickson, LA Review of Books Topics: LA Review of Books, William Burroughs, Philip K. Dick, Noir, James M. Cain, The Postman Always Rings Twice