Charles Bukowski - American author

Have any of you noticed the unpublished foreward to William Wantling's "7 on Style" in "Portions from a Wine-stained Notebook"? In it Buk is both gracious and respectful concerning Wantling. It seems Buk sure could pour on the sugar if he wanted to... This stands in crass contrast to the way Wantling's wife described the same visit that Buk describes in this foreward, and also to Buk's notorious put-down of Wantling in his column (where is that link...).

To me this almost seems like an apology from Buk to an at the time dead-from-suicide Wantling. Notice the last line: "I'll say goodbye now, Bill".

I also like the things he says about style near the end.

Anyone have more info on this text? When was it written? Why wasn't it included as the foreward? Who stopped it - Wantlings wife? Where did City Lights get it from? Has anyone seen it printed before?


And will it rain tomorrow?;)