It is David Barker.
Published in SURE, the CHARLES BUKOWSKI newsletter 8/9
An excerpt:
Until now, Bukowski has been available only in the hard to find
editions of small independent west coast publishers (mainly John
Martin's own Black Sparrow Press, and City Lights) and in the small
press. If your local bookstore or library doesn't special order him, then
you can't read him.
All that has changed, run with the hunted, presumable, will be in
book shops and libraries from coast to coast. I hope this is only the first
of a whole flood of millions of copies of Bukowski books being
distributed through the "normal" (as opposed to small press) commer-
cial channels. I hope failed poets, eccentrics, loners, literary wanna-bes
and maiden aunts all over are picking up on him for the first time and
exclaiming "WHO THE HELL IS THIS GUY? HOW CAN HE
WRITE SUCH GREAT SHIT AND GET IT PRINTED? WHERE
HAS HE BEEN HIDING ALL MY LIFE?"
note: HarperCollins was the publisher.