num_pages: 192
description: The originator of Spoken Word and performance poetry John Giorno is one of the most influential figures in the world of contemporary performance. You Got to Burn to Shine his first book in many years collects intensely rhythmic sexual and philosophical poetry spanning two decades. Here too are deeply personal memoirs including the story of his friendship with Andy Warhol (Giorno had an occasionally sexual relationship with Warhol met his mother and starred in Warhol?s first film Sleep); an anonymous sexual encounter with Keith Haring an aspiring painter who recognized Giorno in a subway station toilet; and notes toward a Buddhist understanding of death in the age of AIDS. This title features an introduction by William S. Burroughs.
language: English
title: You Got to Burn to Shine
publisher: Serpent's Tail