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Poetry Reading. A poster announcing readings on November 4 and November 7 (1974) at the First Unitarian Church, San Francisco and the Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley.
50.5x38.8cm. Design by Les Levine. Illustrated with a drawing of a cat and photo-portraits of Burroughs and Giorno. Printed offset litho in black and red on cream coloured paper stock.
Winston Leyland, editor of Gay Sunshine Press and Gay Sunshine Journal (which co-sponsored the readings with the Berkeley Barb), introduced Burroughs and Giorno at the First Unitarian Church, where Giorno read “Hamburger Meditation/The Big Mac” and “Suicide Sutra”, and Burroughs read “Sexual Conditioning”, “What Washington? What Orders?”, “From Here to Eternity” and “Virus B-23”.
Burroughs’ readings from “The Wild Boys” (“The Chief Smiles”) and “Exterminator!” (“From Here to Eternity”) at the Pauley Ballroom were included on the Giorno Poetry Series Burroughs/Giorno double album released in 1975 (GPS 006-007, see item #99d).
Leyland’s “Angels of the Lyre: A Gay Poetry Anthology” (SF: Panjandrum Press/Gay Sunshine Press) also appeared in 1975 and included work by John Giorno.
Evidence of tape removal to corners of verso; small holes from old staples to left side corners; two 3cm. edge tears and shorter lower right corner tear; o/w Very Good.