Here are some interesting photos, including one of the mail sorters.porters. it says 1940s, but it doesn't look like much changed when Bukowski got there
U.S. STATES POST OFFICE TERMINAL ANNEX BLDG.
Sorry if this was previously posted
I thought the first half of the book was good. It has some details that I don't think I've seen elsewhere. But then it got kind of sappy and sentimental for me.
I was also fortunate to get a copy. Kazuki has his own press, so the printing was also done by him. These images probably won't do it justice, but here you go.
As someone who was in their 20s for most of the 1990s, I have a certain fondness for zines, but the production value of this one is legend.
I'm placing this in First Appearances because of the letter, but the poem was most likely submitted prior to Last Night of the Earth Poems (I didn't do a...
I think I sold this copy to Hankfan.
I remember wanting to post these, but it is a thick issue with a glued binding. So I didn't want to damage it (take one for the team).
Hankfan either made a sacrifice to the forum -- or he has a book scanner, which I need.
Either way, thanks for posting.
AI says it was attributed to The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship. Which was plausible, but I looked and it's not in there.
This isn't a Find What You Love moment, but I think it's a good thread to keep an eye on these things -- with the caviat that there are...
This is the best source of the Bukowski special issue. (I reluctantly post this since I have two copies for sale -- it's rare)
To ruin the ending, it actually was a real thing: Bukowski signed Al Fogel's copy.
https://archive.org/stream/ASignatureOfCharlesBukowskiPoetry/Signatures_djvu.txt
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