Oliver Harris

You have found the home page of Oliver Harris, William Burroughs expert and researcher of fascinations…
I love my children and I like cats, baking, painting walls green, and walking around my local hills, The Roaches. I’m a football fan, an insomniac, an Aquarian, and I loathe what capitalism does to the world. I take pride in three things: being a father, being able to park a car in very tight spaces, and my writing.
Perhaps because most things are a mystery to me, I savour my fascinations as black holes where I can discover the blind spots in vision. And although we should be suspicious of labels, especially those people choose for themselves, I ‘m the World Authority on the work of William Burroughs. So, welcome to my world…
My Work
Browse the archive: books, articles, interviews and the occasional video appearance
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Most of my books have to do with William Burroughs…

Articles
My articles reflect my ongoing interest in Beat literature, alongside occasional forays into other areas of 20th-century writing and culture

Interviews
Conversations covering my work on the Beat Generation, as well as broader discussions on literature

Videos
Talks, interviews, panels and other video appearances over the years

Reviews
what other people say about my work
A mix of praise, critique and the occasional surprise — these reviews reflect how my work has been received over the years
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