On this day
02
August

James Baldwin, William S. Burroughs

Born: James Baldwin (1924)
Died: William S. Burroughs (1997)

Born on this day

02AugBorn 1924102nd birthday

James Baldwin

A writer whose accounts of race, sexuality and belonging confronted the stories America told about itself.

Died on this day

02AugDied 199729th anniversary of death

William S. Burroughs

The author of “Naked Lunch” was a founding figure of the Beat Generation – and wrote openly about desire between men decades before it was accepted.