Those are people who died, died: Independence Day with American Originals

What better way to celebrate Independence Day than with some of the most original authors America has to offer? Let’s pay tribute to the rabble-rousers, the junkies, the rebels and the dissidents:

First up? William S. Burroughs with “What Keeps Mankind Alive?”

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Then Kurt Vonnegut on his childhood influences

Philip K. Dick on drugs, paranoia and the counter-culture

A twofer: Allen Ginsburg and Neal Cassady!

Charles Bukowski, well, being himself.

Henry Miller on the art in his bathroom: