William S. Burroughs in New York American Beat author William S. Burroughs is seated in an apartment in New York City in July 1965, smoking and gesturing with his left hand Full Size Image Gallery: Counterculture Keywords 1960s1965AmericanapartmentauthorB+Wbarbituratesbeat poetsblack and whitecounterculturecut-up techniquedrugsheroinJulyjunkyNew YorkNew York CityNYCpoetsportraitssubcultureSwinging SixtiesundergroundWilliam Burroughs