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mjp
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can totally see your point. I have not one BSP-reading-copy in hardcover.
(but that was the 90s, when there wasn't even an amazon and importing English books to Germany was an expensive task anyway. Of course, meanwhile it's my "job" to have the books as they come out. So I can't wait for a softcover to enter the market.)
That makes two of us. 8-))
mjp
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You aren't missing anything. I have regular old late-printing copies of all of the BSP hardcovers, but I never pull them down to read them (when I was tracking all of them down years ago Abel said, "Why do you want those?" and I said, "I don't know."). I always reach for the paperbacks. The hardcovers just sit there on the shelf looking important.
The books are nice to look at, but the words are the thing, yeah?
Bukfan
"The law is wrong; I am right"
That makes three of us. I do have two BSP hardcovers (later printings), but I always read the paperbacks. Now, I´m wondering why I bought those two hardcovers in the first place, but I think it was because I wanted to see what they looked like after many people here had written highly of them. That said, I would´nt mind having one of the signed and numbered copies with the drawing of the little man with the bottle, but they're unfortunately too pricey for me.
cirerita
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Looks like it's 208 pages now, but you never know.
cirerita
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Kirkus Reviews take on On Writing:
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/charles-bukowski/on-writing-bukowski/
https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/charles-bukowski/on-writing-bukowski/
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
What a good review. Me like-y. :D
cirerita
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Publisher's Weekly review:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-239600-6
http://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-06-239600-6
Digney in Burnaby
donkeys live a long time
An important extract: "it's when you begin to lie to yourself in a poem in order simply to make a poem, that you fail. That is why I do not rework poems."
Judge for yourselves.
A guy who calls himself GraveDave wrote a comment and figured out the true acceptation of Charles Bukowski:
"Other than Post Office (probably the most disciplined thing he ever wrote), most of his output was made up of small volume poems and short stories, usually about getting drunk, fighting, and s c r e w i n g w h o r e s.
He was vastly overrated..."
mjp
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I don't know how you even found the comments under those 300 ads and paid links...
But that's some deep insight on display there, calling the article an "interview" and saying it's too bad he died at the age of 25. I guess people feel compelled to comment whether they know anything about the subject or not.
But that's some deep insight on display there, calling the article an "interview" and saying it's too bad he died at the age of 25. I guess people feel compelled to comment whether they know anything about the subject or not.
cirerita
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Library Journal
Review
June 15, 2015
“Debritto (Charles Bukowski, King of the Underground) sorts through thousands of pages of unpublished correspondence in university archives to bring together Bukowski’s (1920–94) ideas on writing and writers. Arranged chronologically, the excerpts begin with a 1945 reply to a rejection slip from Story magazine and end with a 1993 thank-you note to Joseph Parisi for poems accepted by Poetry. Among Bukowski’s most frequent correspondents are the few magazine editors, small press publishers, and writers he grew close to, including Jon Webb, William Corrington, John Martin, and Harold Norse. Bukowski had high praise for Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Robinson Jeffers, Knut Hamsun, Sherwood Anderson, and John Fante; he had little use for the Beats, particularly Allen Ginsberg, whom he believed abandoned the Muse in pursuit of fame. Always a loner, Bukowski eschewed literary schools or movements. He disliked poetry readings, preferring to work in solitude while smoking, drinking beer, and listening to classical music. By turns, the poet’s letters are humorous, boastful, self-deprecating, and angry at the world, but they are always entertaining. VERDICT Bukowski fans will welcome this new collection tied to the celebration of what would have been his 95th birthday. ”
Review
June 15, 2015
“Debritto (Charles Bukowski, King of the Underground) sorts through thousands of pages of unpublished correspondence in university archives to bring together Bukowski’s (1920–94) ideas on writing and writers. Arranged chronologically, the excerpts begin with a 1945 reply to a rejection slip from Story magazine and end with a 1993 thank-you note to Joseph Parisi for poems accepted by Poetry. Among Bukowski’s most frequent correspondents are the few magazine editors, small press publishers, and writers he grew close to, including Jon Webb, William Corrington, John Martin, and Harold Norse. Bukowski had high praise for Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Robinson Jeffers, Knut Hamsun, Sherwood Anderson, and John Fante; he had little use for the Beats, particularly Allen Ginsberg, whom he believed abandoned the Muse in pursuit of fame. Always a loner, Bukowski eschewed literary schools or movements. He disliked poetry readings, preferring to work in solitude while smoking, drinking beer, and listening to classical music. By turns, the poet’s letters are humorous, boastful, self-deprecating, and angry at the world, but they are always entertaining. VERDICT Bukowski fans will welcome this new collection tied to the celebration of what would have been his 95th birthday. ”
Out of perhaps idiotic curiosity, will this be available via the tried and true walk into a bookstore and buy it approach? I was able to score The Bell Tolls For No One from the City Lights website, and I like to buy CL books that way. But amazon, not so much.
Bukowski is in good company at last. Love the thematic idea, personally. Congrats man.
I am going to bang on the door of a bookstore or two here in Chicago and see what they tell me. Have you asked around at all where you are?
PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
I could go for a taco right now. :-))
mjp
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For the record (and in case anyone from ECCO is listening), I don't have a copy of any of the new ECCO books.
cirerita
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Can anybody share their thoughts on what to expect from the upcoming book On Writing?
Just wondering if I should sink the money into purchasing this book.
Thanks
Just wondering if I should sink the money into purchasing this book.
Thanks
I don't have the book, but this excerpt sums it up nicely.
i don't get it. this whole thread is about the book with links to reviews and descriptions.
mjp
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@curious abt cb started a separate thread and it was merged with this one.
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