Most of Augusten Burroughs's works focus on the central theme of addiction. Alcohol, Sex, and Drugs are Augusten's fuel for his writing, which I also believe why exactly his writing style is so unique. Nicole McDaniel is on the same page as I am, believing that Nicotine and M&M's are also an addiction of Burroughs's, however minor ones as opposed to the major ones. McDaniel talks about how self empowerment is weak to the major addictions that Burroughs has.
Back again to Miriam Clark's article, "Reading Students Reading in the Postcanonical Age," she and her class were shocked to hear Augusten Burroughs speak so freely of his addictions. Most people try to hide their rocky pasts and struggles with addiction, but Burroughs presents them without a second thought. Burroughs talks of his need for sex on a regular basis in the novel
Magical Thinking and can come across as mind blowing to someone of a more conservative background. Burroughs talks about his experience with a pastor in the bathroom stall of a Cathedral, and how that could have possibly started his strange habits at such a young age. Regardless, as an avid reader of Burroughs's, I find that Sex, Drugs, and Alcohol are central themes in each of his novels.
Works Cited:
Clark, Miriam Marty. "Reading Students Reading in the Postcanonical Age." Pedagogy 5.2 (2005): 297-303. Academic Search Complete. EBSCO. Web. 10 Dec. 2010.
McDaniel, Nicole. "Inheritance and Compulsion in Augusten Burroughs Memoirs." Global Media Journal:Australian Edition 4.1 (2010): 1-16. Communication & Mass Media Complete. EBSCO. Web. 10 Dec. 2010.
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