Subduing Demons in America

Associated With Key 1960S Avant Garde Figures Such As Ginsberg Burroughs Rauschenberg And Johns John Giorno Was An Early Pioneer Of Multimedia Poetry Through Giorno Poetry Systems Which Also Distributed A WhoS Who Of The American Underground From Patti Smith To Sonic Youth. GiornoS Use Of Transgressive Material And In-Your-Face Amplified Delivery Was Also A Key Influence On Punk/New Wave Pioneers Such As Suicide Throbbing Gristle And Black Flag. Not Just A Poet But A Sexual Spiritual And Political Radical Giorno Helped Pioneer The Open Celebration Of Queer Sexuality In Poetry In The 1960S. Subduing Demons In America Offers The Best Of GiornoS Revolutionary Poetry From His Striking Pop ArtInfluenced Poems Of The 1960S To The Psychedelic Echo-Laden Multitracked Cut-Ups Of The 1970S With Their Explosive Configurations Of Queer Sex Spiritual Practice And The Bohemian Good Life. Also Here Are The Pared-Down Punk/Hip-Hop Performance Poems That Giorno Performed In The 1980S.