Oliver C. G. Harris is a British academic and Professor of American Literature at

Keele University Keele University, officially known as the University of Keele, is a public research university in Keele, approximately from Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England. Founded in 1949 as the University College of North Staffordshire, Keele ...

. He is the author and editor of fourteen books, including a dozen editions of works by

William S. Burroughs William Seward Burroughs II (; February 5, 1914 – August 2, 1997) was an American writer and visual artist, widely considered a primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodern author who influenced popular cultur ...

: ''Letters, 1945–1959'' (1993), ''Junky: the definitive text of Junk'' (2003), ''The Yage Letters Redux'' (2006), ''Queer'' (2010), The Cut-Up Trilogy, ''The Soft Machine'', ''Nova Express'', and ''The Ticket That Exploded'' (2014), ''Minutes to Go Redux'' (2020), ''The Exterminator Redux'' (2020), ''BATTLE INSTRUCTIONS'' (2020) and ''

Dead Fingers Talk ''Dead Fingers Talk'', first published in 1963, was the fifth novel published by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs. The book was originally published by John Calder in association with Olympia Press. The book combines sections from Bur ...

'' (2020). He is President of the

European Beat Studies Network The European Beat Studies Network (EBSN) and association (EBSN,e.V.,) is a charitable organisation and network founded in 2010 by scholars Polina Mackay and Professor Oliver Harris. It comprises an international community of scholars and students, ...

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