John Giorno
You Got To Burn To Shine: New and Selected Writings
High Risk/Serpent's Tail: London
1994 

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Giorno first book in almost a decade, You Got To Burn To Shine collects intensely rhythmic, sexual and philosophical poetry spanning two decades. There are deeply personal memoirs, including the story of his friendship with Andy Warhol; 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.

Introduction by William S. Burroughs

Book and cover design by Rex Ray