Burn Ash Rise is Taylor's seventh collection in his auto biographical series of memoir, prose and poetry. Sometimes the burden of capitalism, comparison, consumption, overall Americanism, in general, can get so exhausting, sooner or later, we need a break. Some longer than others. Burn Ash Rise is an American escapism book in the most literal of terms. The book opens as Taylor is heading to the airport terminal. Burn Ash Rise is a collection of thought waves over sixty-five days of soul searching through Southeast Asia.