Back in the day (late 60s, early 70s) it was inconceivable that anyone would make, or buy, a refrigerator magnet with Bukowski's face on it. I remember telling another poet that I thought someday Buk would be "big time," meaning commercial publication by the big New York houses, as opposed to small press, and he said no way. We both idolized Buk but my friend couldn't imagine the mainstream would ever embrace Bukowski. I saw the potential, but never imagined films based on his work, let alone mousepads and bobbleheads. And that the Huntington Library would feature his work was also inconceiveable. What next, action figures? The funny thing is, when he finally went big time, I imagined not hardcovers and trade paperbacks but those old Bantam mass market paperbacks, the kind that cost 95 cents. I envisoned "Post Office" as one of those.