Where did you find that?
I think Ed Blair used that rejection note in his B. catalog, but I'm not entirely sure.
That's funny. I guess they weren't interested in books by unknown poets.
Thanks, MDR...
There are quite a few B items at the Beinecke (Yale) library, including the Martinelli-Bukowski and the Michael Hathaway/Chiron Review-Bukowski material.Fame or an MFA would probably be a requirement. I'm still not sure if Bukowski would be welcome at that library.
Interesting to note that the academic world was rejecting Buk as early as 1963. Here is a letter to the LouJon Press from the Yale library declining a copy of It Catches My Heart In Its Hands.
Why didn't I think of that?Webb sent out hundreds of IT CATCHES to libraries unsolicated with a bill...
Cover price was $5; however, there is an editor's note on page 96 of The Outsider 3 indicating that anyone who sends Loujon $2 by June 21, 1963 will get a signed copy of It Catches... Pages 21 and 65 were printed earlier and on page 21, the copy price is listed as $3, but early subscribers can get one for $2 since Buk waived author's royalties and if committed by April 30, 1963, the price is $2. On page 65, the signed price is listed as $5 and unsigned as $3, unless one orders early, and it's $2.Does anyone recall what Webb was selling IT CATCHES for. I'd guess 3 or 4 bucks.
Nothing has changed. The big publishers still don't know art.Webb felt that Lyle Stuart had no idea how to handle Crucifix.