Recent content by CaseyW

Started reading Mr. Majestyk by Elmore Leonard last night at around six pm. Plan was to read a chapter or two and then watch some television but I ended up finishing the whole novel in one sitting. Absolutely riveting book. Drops you right into the action and never lets up. I love how sparse...

Been a little over a month since my last update here. Haven't added a ton of items in the last month, probably 10-15 reading copies of various books, nothing too special in there. I did buy a cool poster advertising a 1975 poetry reading in San Francisco. Going on a long beach trip at the end of...

Thanks for posting. Buk seems more angry than usual in these three poems.

The title is the best part of this not-so-great poem but I'm still very glad you posted it. I'd always wondered if Hank knew about the existence of Chuck Dukowski and Black Flag. What'd be really cool would be to see Bukowksi reference fellow San Pedro-ites(?) the Minutemen.

Love the last line of that second poem. Thanks for sharing these!

There are zero Bukowski books or other items at the public library in the podunk West Texas town where I'm currently living. I would doubt if any of the librarians employed here have even heard of Charles Bukowski.

Answer is about halfway down this thread: https://bukowskiforum.com/threads/we-are-here-to-laugh-at-the-odds-and-live-our-lives-so-well-that-death-will-tremble-to-take-us.2573/#post-109743

Learn something new every day! I was born in 1974 so while I spent a decent amount of time on electric typewriters as a kid, I wasn't aware there wasn't a 1 key on most manual typewriters. Makes sense now that old timers would continue to type I instead of 1, kinda like you'll still see some...

Thanks! And yeah, I've seen that page. It was the first place I went when I was thinking about buying this manuscript. (It's already pictured there, of course, as this came originally from Scott at Abandoned Planet.) But the addresses in the manuscript section here are all whited out (I guess to...

Opening Day! In honor of my favorite day of the year, I'll show here my newest Bukowski acquisition--a signed copy of the manuscript for "One Out," a baseball-related poem from 1982 that was originally published in Beauti-ful/Wormwood Review #110/111 in 1988. I won't lie. It's not Hank's...

More good advice. I truly appreciate it. A copy of Life and Death... is definitely not at the top of my want list right now but I'll start keeping a look out now so I'll be ready when one does show up at a decent price. Thanks again for helping to teach this newb something.

Thanks for the good advice. Stuff like this is one of the reasons I joined this forum. Sounds like I need to be patient and look for a copy in the $75-100 range at most. On a separate note, while I certainly wouldn't mind UK hardback copies of Post Office and Factotum at some point, they just...

That cover is amazing! Just added a copy of that book to my want list. Even though I can't read German at all. Also decided this week that I really need a copy of "Life and Death in the Charity Ward" just because of its amazing cover photo even though I already have copies of "Erections...

Being new here, I don't know the various connections between message board and eBay names. But it makes sense that such a nice book would belong to a member here. Once again, thanks and couldn't be happier with my purchase!

Thanks for the welcome Dirtydoh. Received my newest addition in the mail on Wednesday. I think this may be my favorite item yet. Though I haven't given it a thorough read or going over yet, I love how much Bukowski content there is in it, and I'd never seen the pictures of him from inside the...