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William Seward Burroughs II (February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American novelist, essayist, social critic and spoken word performer. Much of Burroughs' work is semi-autobiographical cut-up stories. He saw all his writing as a single, vast book. He is generally allied with the Beats, and while he was close friends with the true Beats like Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, his writing never fit with the Beatnik style. His first couple of novels, Junkie (or Junky) and Queer, were written in a style reminiscent of hard-boiled detective novels. As he became more comfortable with expressing himself through...

Chris Burroughs (Christopher Charles Burroughs, October 11, 1958 - November 19, 2018) was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter and producer. Chris Burroughs grew up in West Milford, New Jersey and attended Rutgers University before moving to Tucson, Arizona, to pursue his career in music. Besides a solo career, Chris Burroughs was in a number of bands including Hardpan, Chris Burroughs and the Nationals and Chris Burroughs and the Mercenaries. .