Burroughs's short essay on the cut-up technique developed with Brion Gysin in 1959: take written text, cut it apart, rearrange the pieces.
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William S. Burroughs
American writer. Developed the cut-up technique with Brion Gysin.
Burroughs extends the cut-up method from the page to tape recorders and mass media, using recorded sound to scramble systems of control.