Alright. I've been wondering about the Buk poetry collections between '79-'81 for a while, and, hell, I want some informed/insightful whathaveyou on this topic.
(Full Disclosure: I have been researching a documentary on Bukowski '55-'65. This thread and the answers it might generate have nothing to do this or any other project, living or dead.)
Ok: '79 is PTPDLAPIUTFBTBAB. Pretty hard argue with the quality of the work, though some of it is either recycled or seems to be piggybacking/exhausting what is left of the LIADFH material. Why the title, though? Am I alone in hating the fact that hidden behind this ridiculous title is an above *average* collection of Buk's poetry? (I mean, along with classics such as Fire Station, the contemporary stuff from this collection is precise and excellent as far as tone is concerned. [Yes, I said tone. It seems the best abstract term to describe what Buk had going on in this period, whether in Women, LIADFH, or PTPDLAPIUTFBTBAB.])
Then: '81. DITT. Title is good, and much better than PTPDLAPIUTFBTBAB. DITT seems to be transitional work that is moody, visual, and reflective. Hints at the coming of Ham on Rye. So: why am I the only one who thinks this might be a (or the) totally overlooked collection? Why hasn't it gotten any significant recognition/attention? Am I totally in the wrong as my readings are concerned?
(Full Disclosure: I have been researching a documentary on Bukowski '55-'65. This thread and the answers it might generate have nothing to do this or any other project, living or dead.)
Ok: '79 is PTPDLAPIUTFBTBAB. Pretty hard argue with the quality of the work, though some of it is either recycled or seems to be piggybacking/exhausting what is left of the LIADFH material. Why the title, though? Am I alone in hating the fact that hidden behind this ridiculous title is an above *average* collection of Buk's poetry? (I mean, along with classics such as Fire Station, the contemporary stuff from this collection is precise and excellent as far as tone is concerned. [Yes, I said tone. It seems the best abstract term to describe what Buk had going on in this period, whether in Women, LIADFH, or PTPDLAPIUTFBTBAB.])
Then: '81. DITT. Title is good, and much better than PTPDLAPIUTFBTBAB. DITT seems to be transitional work that is moody, visual, and reflective. Hints at the coming of Ham on Rye. So: why am I the only one who thinks this might be a (or the) totally overlooked collection? Why hasn't it gotten any significant recognition/attention? Am I totally in the wrong as my readings are concerned?