Oliver Harris is Professor of American Literature at Keele University, and the editor of The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959 (1993), Junky: The Definitive Text of “Junk” (2003), The Yage Letters Redux (2006), Everything Lost: The Latin American Notebook of William S. Burroughs (2008), and Queer: Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition (2010), and The Soft Machine: The Restored Text (2014), Nova Express: The Restored Text (2014), and The Ticket That Exploded: The Restored Text (2014). See here for a review of the Cut-Up Trilogy. In 2019, he introduced a new edition of Blade Runner, followed by new editions of four cut-up works: Minutes to Go Redux, The Exterminator Redux, BATTLE INSTRUCTIONS and Dead Fingers Talk: The Restored Text (all 2020).
In addition to the book William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination (2003) and the collection Naked Lunch @ 50 (2009), co-edited with Ian MacFadyen, he has published numerous articles on Burroughs, as well as essays on film noir, Hemingway, the epistolary, the exquisite corpse game, and the Beat Generation more broadly. He has been a regular contributor to the Burroughs website Reality Studio and his most recent journal articles include “Minute Particulars of the Counter-Culture: Time, Life, and the Photo-poetics of Allen Ginsberg” in Comparative American Studies (2012) and “Burroughs’ Cut-Ups Lost and Found in Translation” in L’Esprit Créateur (2018) [link to https://muse.jhu.edu/article/712928]
Oliver has co-organized as well as contributed to numerous conferences, including the 2009 NL@50 events in Paris and New York, and CUT-UPS@2023 in Paris. He has contributed to several documentary films, including The Beat Hotel (2012) and Paul Bowles: the Cage Door is Always Open (2013), the audio documentary series Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda, and he was a consultant for Luca Guadagnino’s 2023 film adaptation, Queer. His most recent books are A Burroughs Triptych (2022), Making Naked Lunch: Two Appetisers (2023) and the collaborative scholarly memoir, Two Assassins: William Burroughs/Hassan Sabbah (2023).
Oliver Harris est Professeur de littérature américaine à la Keele University, et l’éditeur de The Letters of William S. Burroughs, 1945–1959 (1993), Junky: The Definitive Text of “Junk” (2003), The Yage Letters Redux (2006), Everything Lost: The Latin American Notebook of William S. Burroughs (2008), et Queer: Twenty-fifth Anniversary Edition (2010), et The Soft Machine: The Restored Text (2014), Nova Express: The Restored Text (2014), et The Ticket That Exploded: The Restored Text (2014). Pour lire une critique de la Cut-Up Trilogy, cliquez ici.
En plus du livre William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination (2003) et de l’ouvrage collectif Naked Lunch @ 50 (2009) (co-édité avec Ian MacFayden), il a publié de nombreux articles sur Burroughs, ainsi que des essais sur le film noir, Hemingway, le jeu du cadavre exquis, et plus largement sur la Beat Generation. Il collabore régulièrement au site internet Reality Studio, consacré à Burroughs et son article le plus récent “Minute Particulars of the Counter-Culture: Time, Life, and the Photo-poetics of Allen Ginsberg” a été publié dans Comparative American Studies (2012) et “Burroughs’ Cut-Ups Lost and Found in Translation” dans L’Esprit Créateur (2018) [link to https://muse.jhu.edu/article/712928]
Oliver a co-organisé et contribué à de nombreuses conférences, dont les “2009 NL@50 events” à Paris et à New York (à l’occasion des 50 ans de Naked Lunch), et a également contribué à plusieurs films documentaires, notamment The Beat Hotel (2012) et Paul Bowles: the Cage Door is Always Open (2013), la série documentaire audio Trickster: The Many Lives of Carlos Castaneda, et il a été consultant sur le film de Luca Guadagnino Queer (2023), une adaptation du roman éponyme. Ses derniers livres sont A Burroughs Triptych (2022), Making Naked Lunch: Two Appetisers (2023) et Two Assassins: William Burroughs/Hassan Sabbah (2023).
European Beat Studies Network 