Digney in Burnaby
donkeys live a long time
While looking for a good poem about Bukowski's hatred of receiving unsolicited manuscripts (and I know there were many) I came across this story on Capilano College's poetry journal The Liar having a Bukowski poem.
Story here.
Specific paragraph here:
Volume four was edited by Robert Pacey and Kimberley French. Pacey, now the owner of a Vancouver based graphic design company, had poetry published in the third volume. He took over editing when the previous editors moved on to SFU. The early volumes of the Lair included some well-known writers. For volume four, the editors managed to interview Margaret Atwood and included an excerpt from her novel, "Cat's Eye". The spring 1989 edition contained an original poem by Charles Bukowski. Pacey recalls that, at the time, the Liar was receiving many submissions in Bukowski's style so they thought they "might as well go get him". Pacey sent a letter to the poet, along with $5, writing, "have a beer on me and send me a poem". To his surprise, Bukowski sent him a poem the following week.
The magazine isn't listed in the archive (at least not that I can find). Maybe Cirerita knows something about it. If not, I have a Cap College (now a university) contact.
Story here.
Specific paragraph here:
Volume four was edited by Robert Pacey and Kimberley French. Pacey, now the owner of a Vancouver based graphic design company, had poetry published in the third volume. He took over editing when the previous editors moved on to SFU. The early volumes of the Lair included some well-known writers. For volume four, the editors managed to interview Margaret Atwood and included an excerpt from her novel, "Cat's Eye". The spring 1989 edition contained an original poem by Charles Bukowski. Pacey recalls that, at the time, the Liar was receiving many submissions in Bukowski's style so they thought they "might as well go get him". Pacey sent a letter to the poet, along with $5, writing, "have a beer on me and send me a poem". To his surprise, Bukowski sent him a poem the following week.
The magazine isn't listed in the archive (at least not that I can find). Maybe Cirerita knows something about it. If not, I have a Cap College (now a university) contact.
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