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Man of letters: American author William Burroughs, caught in a reflective moment earlier this week, didn't disappoint fans who turned out for his reading last night
Man of letters: American author William Burroughs, caught in a reflective moment earlier this week, didn't disappoint fans who turned out for his reading last night

Man of letters: American author William Burroughs, caught in a reflective moment earlier this week, didn't disappoint fans who turned out for his reading last night

Date4/26/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Man of letters: American author William Burroughs, caught in a reflective moment earlier this week, didn't disappoint fans who turned out for his reading last night.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0035361F
Author William Burroughs, in Toronto to give readings at The Edge, autographs one of his books
Author William Burroughs, in Toronto to give readings at The Edge, autographs one of his books
6/1/1981
Winners: David Cronenberg, who shared best director honors (for his Videodrome) with Bob (A Christmas Story) Clark, hugs best supporting actress Jackie Burroughs (of The Wars)
Winners: David Cronenberg, who shared best director honors (for his Videodrome) with Bob (A Christmas Story) Clark, hugs best supporting actress Jackie Burroughs (of The Wars)
3/21/1984
Peter O'Toole and Jackie Burroughs star in brand new production of Chekhov's classic Uncle Vanya that opened at the Royal Alexandra Theatre last night(...)
Peter O'Toole and Jackie Burroughs star in brand new production of Chekhov's classic Uncle Vanya that opened at the Royal Alexandra Theatre last night(...)
9/11/1978
Jackie Burroughs, named Best Actress for her role in A Winter Tan, sips champagne with date John Gundy at a party at the Four Seasons Hotel last night
Jackie Burroughs, named Best Actress for her role in A Winter Tan, sips champagne with date John Gundy at a party at the Four Seasons Hotel last night
3/22/1989
If they could see me now . . . Jackie Burroughs proudly displays the award she won last night as Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie the Grey Fox, which won seven Genies
If they could see me now . . . Jackie Burroughs proudly displays the award she won last night as Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie the Grey Fox, which won seven Genies
3/23/1983
Jackie Burroughs, who has won three acting awards, earned just $5,000 last year
Jackie Burroughs, who has won three acting awards, earned just $5,000 last year
3/6/1974
Memoirs of the notorious Stephen Burroughs: containing many incidents in the life of this wonderful man, never before published
Memoirs of the notorious Stephen Burroughs: containing many incidents in the life of this wonderful man, never before published
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William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
4/24/1989
Her calling: Actress Jackie Burroughs will paly Alfred Jarry in his many disguises in Supermale, opening on Halloween
Her calling: Actress Jackie Burroughs will paly Alfred Jarry in his many disguises in Supermale, opening on Halloween
10/18/1985
CNE headliner Bob Hope didn't disappoint his 12
CNE headliner Bob Hope didn't disappoint his 12
8/1/1976
Wash out your mouth! Toronto actress Jackie Burroughs' portrayal of a sexual huntress loose in Mexico in A Winter Tan has been attacked as sexiest, ra(...)
Wash out your mouth! Toronto actress Jackie Burroughs' portrayal of a sexual huntress loose in Mexico in A Winter Tan has been attacked as sexiest, ra(...)
4/18/1988
The logographic-emblematical French spelling-book, or, French pronunciation made easy : being a method by which any child, four or five years old, and of ever so slow an apprehension, although perfectly unacquainted with his letters, will, in a few months, be enabled to read French fluently, and will pronounce its as if he were a Parisian born : to which are added, besides instructions to enable any person to put this method in practice, a systematical appendix, justifying its principles, as likewise various reading-pieces, of the composition of the author, highly interesting, at least for their novelty
The logographic-emblematical French spelling-book, or, French pronunciation made easy : being a method by which any child, four or five years old, and of ever so slow an apprehension, although perfectly unacquainted with his letters, will, in a few months, be enabled to read French fluently, and will pronounce its as if he were a Parisian born : to which are added, besides instructions to enable any person to put this method in practice, a systematical appendix, justifying its principles, as likewise various reading-pieces, of the composition of the author, highly interesting, at least for their novelty
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