Published Texts Focusing Primarily Upon Burroughs and His Work

Michael Barry Goodman

• William S. Burroughs:  An Annotated Bibliography of His Works and Criticism.  New York:  Garland, 1975. 
• Contemporary Literary Censorship: The Case History of Burroughs' Naked Lunch. Metuchen: Scarecrow, 1981.
• William S. Burroughs:  Reference and Research Guide.  New York:  Garland, 1990.

James Grauerholz

• Word Virus.  New York:  Grove, 2000.

Oliver Harris

• William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination.  Carbondale:  Southern Illinois UP, 2003.

Robin Lydenberg

• Word Cultures: Radical Theory and Practice in William S. Burroughs' Fiction.  Urbana: U of Illinois P, 1987.

Barry Miles

• William S. Burroughs: A Bibliography, 1953-73: Unlocking Inspector Lee's Word Hoard. Charlottesville:  Virginia U, 1978.

Eric Mottram

• William Burroughs:  The Algebra of Need.  London:  Marion Boyars, 1977.

Timothy S. Murphy

• Wising Up the Marks: The Novels of William S. Burroughs.  Berkeley:  U of California P, 1997.

Jamie Russell

• Queer Burroughs.  New York:  St. Martin, 2001.

Jennie Skerl 

• William S. Burroughs.  Boston:  Twayne, 1985.

Excerpts from Skerl's work:

• William S. Burroughs at the Front: Critical Reception, 1959-1989.  Jennie Skerl and Robin Lydenberg, eds.  Carbondale: Southern Illinois UP, 1991.

Robert A. Sobieszek

• Ports of Entry: William S. Burroughs and the Arts.  New York:  Small Press Distribution, 1996.