Victor Bockris' "William S. Burroughs / Andy Warhol – Conversations" (2012)

Paris, France: 10/18 and Éditions Inculte (book, interviews), 2012.
7" x 4.25" x 0.5", 186 pages, softcover, French-language, ISBN 978-2-264-06110-2.

William S. Burroughs / Andy Warhol – Conversations, a book of conversations and interviews by Victor Bockris [although not stated on the front cover] of meetings between William S. Burroughs and Andy Warhol, as published by 10/18 and Éditions Inculte (Paris, France) in a softcover edition in 2012. Translated into French by Jérôme Schmidt and Nicholas Richard.

The English title of this content is The Warhol-Burroughs Tapes, and prior to the publishing of The Burroughs-Warhol Connection (Beatdom Books, 2024), much of this content was not available together in English. Portions could be found in other works by Bockris, in books and periodicals, but not as a coherent, focused volume.

This book is filled with photographs by Victor Bockris, Bobby Grossman, Jenny Moradfar, Marcia Resnick, and David Schmidlapp of Burroughs, Warhol, Mick Jagger, Muhammad Ali, and others.

Contents: 

• Victor Bockris, Andy Warhol, William S. Burroughs, and André Leon Talley: "Introduction" (essay/interview)
• Allen Ginsberg: Preface
• "Chapitre 1: Le journal Burroughs-Warhol":
• Victor Bockris: introduction
• Victor Bockris: "Vendredi 7 Octobre 1977" (journal entry)
• Victor Bockris: "Samedi 2 Décembre 1978" (journal entry)
• Victor Bockris: "12 Mai 1979" (journal entry)
• "Chapitre 2: Burroughs à la Factory de Warhol":
• Victor Bockris: introduction
• Victor Bockris, William S. Burroughs, and Andy Warhol: "Éloge de la barbe" (interview)
• Victor Bockris, Andy Warhol, and William S. Burroughs: "Leur dernière rencontre" (interview)
• Victor Bockris, William S. Burroughs, and Andy Warhol: "Le mort" (interview)
• Victor Bockris, Andy Warhol, and William S. Burroughs: "Doper les ventes" (interview)
• Andy Warhol, William S. Burroughs, and Victor Bockris: "Combats de Cannes" (interview)
• Victor Bockris and Andy Warhol: "Jerry Brown" (interview)
• Victor Bockris, Andy Warhol, and William S. Burroughs: "Héroïne" (interview)
• Victor Bockris, Andy Warhol, and William S. Burroughs: "Le portrait de Kafka" (interview)
• Victor Bockris: "Mardi 24 Janvier 1980" (journal entry)
• "Chapitre 3: Dîner avec Burroughs et Warhol":
• Victor Bockris, Andy Warhol, William S. Burroughs, and André Leon Talley: introduction (with interview)
• "Chapitre 4: Burroughs, Warhol et Jagger":
• Victor Bockris: introduction
• Victor Bockris: "23 Décembre 1979" (journal entry)
• Victor Bockris: "Révillon du nouvel an, 1973" (journal entry)
• Victor Bockris: "Lundi 7 Janvier 1980" (journal entry)
• "Chapitre 5: Warhol au Bunker de Burroughs":
• Victor Bockris, Mick Jagger, William S. Burroughs, Andy Warhol, and Marcia Resnick: introduction (with interview)
• Victor Bockris, Mick Jagger, William S. Burroughs, Andy Warhol, Jerry Hall, Marcia Resnick and Liz Derringer: "De Charybde en Scylla" (interview)
• "Chapitre 6: De mars à octobre 1980":
• Victor Bockris: "Jeudi 6 Mars 1980" (journal entry)
• Victor Bockris: "Dimanche 9 Mars 1980" (journal entry)
• Victor Bockris: "4 Juillet 1980" (journal entry)
• Victor Bockris: "Fantasmes partagés"
• Victor Bockris: "Pourquoi les fantasmes sont-ils si similaires?"
• Victor Bockris: "Samedi 6 Septembre 1980" (journal entry)
• "Chapitre 7: Burroughs et Warhol au Chelsea Hotel":
• Victor Bockris: "Folie à Christopher Street" 
• Victor Bockris, William S. Burroughs, Andy Warhol, James Grauerholz, and Barry Miles: "Jeudi 23 Octobre 1980" (journal entry, interview)
• Victor Bockris, Andy Warhol, and William S. Burroughs: "À la recherche d'un taxi" (interview)
• "Chapitre 8: Burroughs-Warhol: L'après-coup":
• Victor Bockris: introduction
• "Extrait de: Puces Mémoire, le journal du Bunker, de Stewart Meyer":
• Stewart Meyer: "Dimanche 23 Novembre 1980" (journal entry)
• Stewart Meyer: "Dimanche, fin août, 1981" (journal entry)
• Allen Ginsberg: "The End My Friends – La folle fin sauvage" (statement)