Call Me Burroughs features the author reading from Naked Lunch and Nova Express, two of his best-known works that utilize the cut-up method developed by Burroughs and artist Brion Gysin. Originally released in 1965 by The English Bookshop in Paris and later by ESP-Disk in New York, Call Me Burroughs marks not only the recorded debut of William Burroughs, but also for many the first encounter with his inimitable voice. While Burroughs has had pervasive influence on counterculture in the past 50 years-from the Beats to punk rock and even hip hop-no other figure today is so widely considered the epitome of cool.