William S. Burroughs | The Sun Magazine

William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs was a seminal author of the Beat Generation. He is best known for his semi-autobiographical novels Junkie and Naked Lunch.

— From September 2013
The Dog-Eared Page

excerpted from
The Cat Inside

I question the underlying assumption that one does a cat a favor by killing him . . . oh, sorry . . . I mean “putting him to sleep.” Turn to backward countries that don’t have Humane Societies for a simple alternative. In Tangier stray cats fend for themselves.

September 2013
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