William S. Burroughs

American novelist, short story writer, essayist, painter, and spoken word performer (1914–1997)

2013 film directed by John Krokidas

1991 film directed by David Cronenberg

1993 film by Gus Van Sant

2024 film directed by Luca Guadagnino

1989 film by Gus Van Sant

American businessman (1857–1898)

British-Canadian painter, writer, sound poet, and performance artist (1916-1986)

literary technique based on rearranging text

thumb|An anonymous example of a makeshift Dreamachine The Dreamachine (a contraction of Dream Machine), invented in 1959 by Brion Gysin and Ian Sommerville, is a stroboscopic flickering light art device that produces eidetic visual stimuli.

common-law wife of William S. Burroughs

1997 single by U2

album by Tom Waits

American writer (1947–1981)

belief that most incidents and events are directly connected to the number 23

1966 film by Conrad Rooks

2000 film directed by Gary Walkow

1984 West German film directed by Muscha

Concert film by Laurie Anderson

1983 film by Howard Brookner

album by Laurie Anderson (1984)