Victor Bockris' Beat Punks (2000)

New York City: Da Capo Press (book, 1st thus), 2000.
9" x 5.75" x 0.75", 304 pages, softcover, IBSN 0-306-80939-7.

Beat Punks by Victor Bockris, as published by Da Capo Press (New York City) in 2000. This was earlier published by Omnibus Press as NYC Babylon – From Beat to Punk in 1998.

This book contains multiple interviews with and essays mentioning William S. Burroughs. This also has approximately eighteen images of Burroughs, many not seen frequently elsewhere.

Shoaf IV.234 [the NYC Babylon version].

Contents: 

• Introduction
• Rosebud Feliu-Pettit: "The Death of Allen Ginsberg"
• "National Arts Club Literary Award Dinner for Allen Ginsberg" [contains Burroughs' words]
• "Muhammad Ali on the Art of Personality"
• "Allen Ginsberg on Heroes" [includes mention of Burroughs]
• "An Interview with Debbie Harry" 
• "An Interview with Marianne Faithfull"
• "Susan Sontag: The Dark Lady of Pop Philosophy"
• "The Captain's Cocktail Party: Dinner with Mick Jagger, Andy Warhol and William Burroughs" [transcript of dinner conversation]
• "An Interview with Keith Richards" [mentions Burroughs and the Apomorphine treatment for quitting heroin]
• "An Interview with Our Greatest Satirist: Terry Southern" 
• "I Would Have Been a Soldier: An Interview with Nicholas Roeg" [includes some Burroughs interview contributions]
• "Blondie on the Bowery, by Debbie Harry, Chris Stein and Victor Bockris"
• "An Interview with Debbie Harry" 
• "Blondie Meets Burroughs" [an interview including Burroughs]
• "Burroughs on Punk Rock" [a short Burroughs interview]
• Richard Hell: "My Burroughs" [on Burroughs]
• "Susan Sontag Meets Richard Hell" [brief mention of Burroughs at the end]
• "Notes of a Punk Rock Groupie"
• "Joey Ramone: A Literary Relationship"
• "Andy Warhol the Writer" [includes mention of Burroughs' Naked Lunch]
• "An Interview with Martin Amis"
• "Berlin Rocks"
• "Christopher Isherwood Meets William Burroughs" [an interview with Burroughs]
• Robert Mapplethorpe Takes Off"