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.

Australian Berko by Simon Drake Terror. Sydney. A Crime Wave. Someone to Blame. Set in the darker side of post-Olympics Sydney, Australian Berko is the humorous, fast paced, action exploits of Wayne Berko the joker, accidental murderer, media manifested serial killer, cop and drug-lord executor, and righteously innocent modern day outlaw. He battles with the underworld of Sydney in the name of saving his drug-screaming sister Marisa and plans a devilish master stroke for the Crime Conference on Monday, but is yet to encounter the nature of the chaos that has led him there—Those that live by the sword, may die by the sword.