Alex Wermer-Colan Translator & Editor

Oliver Harris is Emeritus Professor of American Literature at Keele University and founding President of the European Beat Studies Network, and has published some twenty books related to William Burroughs, including a dozen editions of his works. In 2024, he was the literary consultant for the adaptation of Burroughs' novel Queer. Davis Schneiderman, Professor of English at Lake Forest College, is a Burroughs scholar and co-editor of forthcoming editions of The Third Mind and The Book of Methods (William Burroughs and Brion Gysin). He co-edited the Retaking the Universe: William S. Burroughs in the Age of Globalization, and has written extensively on Burroughs in other publications. Alex Wermer-Colan is the Academic and Research Director at Temple University Libraries' Scholars Studio and a scholar and dramaturg of William Burroughs' work. Alex edited The Travel Agency is on Fire and Cutting Up the Century, and his writing on Burroughs has appeared in a range of literary journals, critical collections, and theatrical and musical performances.