William S. Burroughs paused a moment before one of half-dozen raw plywood bigger-than-life silhouettes cut out for him to collage, paint, stamp, spraycan and/or shotgun, Prepared by then-assistant neighbor friend Steven Lowe whose house we visited, Lawrence, Kansas March 19, 1992.
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