The Burroughs-Warhol Connection (2024)

Scotland: Beatdom Books (book, interviews, essay), 2024.
11" x 8.5" x 0.625", 204 pages, softcover, ISBN 978-1-0686980-0-2.

The Burroughs-Warhol Connection by Victor Bockris, a compilation of interviews with William S. Burroughs, Andy Warhol, and others, including additional materials, published by Beatdom Books (Scotland) in 2024. This is a well-illustrated book, incorporating multiple images of Burroughs and Andy Warhol by Marcia Resnick, Victor Bockris, Bobby Grossman, Jenny Moradfar, Andrew Wylie, Gailyn Saroyan, and (Barry) Miles. 

This is the first appearance of these interviews and materials together in English in a dedicated volume.

Multiple quotes from Burroughs throughout.

Contents: 

• Victor Bockris, William S. Burroughs, Andre Leon Talley, and Andy Warhol: "Oh Andy" (essay/interview – 4 February 1980)
• Table of Contents
• Allen Ginsberg: preface (March 1977)
• Chapter One: The Burroughs-Warhol Diaries: 
• Sunday, September 14, 1975
• Friday, October 7, 1977
• Mondy, November 21, 1977
• Wednesday, February 1, 1978
• Sunday, March 5, 1978
• Monday, August 7, 1978
• Saturday, December 2, 1978
• Tuesday, January 2, 1979
• Thursday,February 1, 1979
• Tuesday, August 21, 1979Tuesday, January 1, 1980
• Chapter Two: Burroughs at the Warhol Factory:
• Friday, January 18, 1980 – Cocktails at the Factory, New York (essay/interview with Victor Bockris, William S. Burroughs, Andy Warhol)
• Thursday, January 24, 1980 (essay)
• Chapter Three: Dinner with Burroughs and Warhol: 
• Monday, January 28, 1980 – 65 Irving Restaurant, New York (essay/interview with Victor Bockris, William S. Burroughs, Andy Warhol)
• Chapter Four: Burroughs, Warhol, and Jagger:
• New Year's Eve, Monday, December 31, 1979 (diary)
• Monday, January 14, 1980 (diary)
• Chapter Five: Jagger at the Burroughs Bunker:
• Saturday, March 1, 1980 – Dinner with Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, Andy Warhol, Liz Derringer, and Marcia Resnick at The Bunker, 222 Bowery, New York (essay/interview with Mick Jagger, Victor Bockris, William S. Burroughs, Liz Derringer, Marcia Resnick, Jerry Hall, and Andy Warhol 
• Chapter Six: Burroughs-Warhol Diaries: March to October 1980:
• Thursday, March 6, 1980 (diary)
• Sunday, March 9, 1980 (diary and discussion with David Bowie and William S. Burroughs)
• Friday, July 4, 1980 – Dinner with Andy, Jed Johnson, Debbie Harry, and Chris Stein at La Terrasse, the best restaurant in Harlem (diary)
• Saturday, September 6, 1980 (diary)
• Chapter Seven: Burroughs and Warhol at the Chelsea Hotel:
• Madness on Christopher Street (essay and discussion with Miles, William S. Burroughs, Andy Warhol, James Grauerholz)
• Chapter Eight: The Burroughs-Warhol Film File (essay by Jed Birmingham)
• Chapter Nine: Burroughs-Warhol: The Aftermath:
• Friday, October 31, 1980 (essay)
• From Memory Chips: The Bunker Diaries by Stewart Meyer, Sunday, November 23, 1980 (essay)
• Sunday, Late August 1981 (essay)
• Monday, December 8, 1986 (essay)
• Andy Warhol Died on February 22, 1987 (quote from Burroughs)
• Chapter Ten: William Burroughs and Andy Warhol: The Biography of Comparison (essay)
• The Tables Turned: An (Extended) Interview with Victor Bockris (interview by Leon Horton)
• The Photographs (essay on the "Warhol Photo Tapestries")
• On the Photographers
• Photo Credits
• Acknowledgments