Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. ONE. The Fugs Are Coming 19
6. TWO. Lou Reed: "In the Beginning Was the Word" 40
7. THREE. Proto-Punk and Poetry on St. Mark's Place 70
8. FOUR. Richard Hell, Genesis: Grasp, and the Making of the Blank Generation 90
9. FIVE. "I Just Got Different Theories": Patti Smith and the New York School of Poetry 121
10. SIX. Giorno Poetry Systems 145
11. SEVEN. Eileen Myles and the International Fuck Frank O'Hara Movement 172
12. EIGHT. "Sit on My Face!": Dennis Cooper, the First Punk Poet 198
13. Afterword: People Who Died 216
14. Notes 227
15. Index 267