That rewriting of literary history is most obvious in the case of The Yage Letters, where I was able to show that… — Oliver Harris Able Copy Share Image
I have really been fortunate, incredibly privileged, to have done so much editorial work, and I would love to do more. But… — Oliver Harris Balance Copy Share Image
Of course, for me Naked Lunch was the big one, but I still believe I was right to pass on that. James… — Oliver Harris And off Copy Share Image
A good deal of editing a manuscript looks like mechanical work, as if anyone with time on their hands and a magnifying… — Oliver Harris Certain Copy Share Image
It started out as a typically insane idea to map every part of the published text in terms of its manuscript provenance… — Oliver Harris Book Copy Share Image
I like to focus on the varieties of paper, the different sizes and watermarks, evidence perhaps of what was typed when and… — Oliver Harris Different Copy Share Image
I am always looking for some clue, some easily missed sign that might just be the missing piece in the puzzle. — Oliver Harris Clue Copy Share Image
I tell this anecdote with tongue in cheek at the start of my book William Burroughs and the Secret of Fascination, but… — Oliver Harris Academic Copy Share Image
“I liked the idea of a person shedding their life, and someone else putting it on. -Oliver Harris on writing The Hollow… — Oliver Harris Corruption Copy Share Image
I was suckered in by the myth of the man [ William Burroughs] as much as by his work. — Oliver Harris Burroughs Copy Share Image
