Reading by William S. Burroughs and John Giorno
MP3 64 kbps 1h44m
Date: 1976-07-21
Label / Recorded by: Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics

A reading by John Giorno and William S. Burroughs at the Naropa Institute in July of 1976. Introduced by Michael brownstein. Buddhist practitioner and poet, Giorno, reads two of his poems, "Drinking the blood of every woman's period," and "Shit, piss, blood, puss and brains."
Burroughs reads a longer piece, "Tio Mate smiles" from The Wild Boys, as well as a few shorter pieces, including "The do-rights" from the Nova Express, "When did I stop wanting to be president?" and "From here to eternity."