The Philosophy of William S. Burroughs

Ezra James
3 min readFeb 11, 2019
Artwork by Christiaan Tonnis

For over two weeks I’ve been doing my best to sit down and read any book at my disposal during the night. The exercise extends for hours, and it has produced many follow-up writing sessions, forming a perfect one-two combo.

The book I am currently reading is The Adding Machine by William Seward Burroughs. It is a collection of essays that spans for about 240 pages of very insightful observations…

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Ezra James

Absurd journalist and essayist from the outskirts of Shambhala.