Rejection is good for the soul but...
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Father Luke
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How many of those Corrington letters are not included in
Living on Luck? Lots?
Living on Luck? Lots?
Father Luke
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okie doke.
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
Yes, Thank you. I guess Bukowski could have truly been considered a Diamond in the rough back then.
That lady he refers to, F-ed up.
That lady he refers to, F-ed up.
mjp
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The evidence suggest that he didn't keep carbons until Martin started publishing him, so I suspect it was Martin's suggestion.
He did not keep carbons of the stuff he sent to the Webbs for the books, because in one letter he says he doesn't remember Something for the Touts... and asks Webb to send him a printed copy of the poem.
cirerita
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He didn't keep carbons at the time, but he kept track of the mags he submitted to... until he lost that list :D
In many, many letters he says to his publishers: "Yeah, go ahead and publish 'The Japanese Wife', though I don't remember having written it," or something along those lines.
In many, many letters he says to his publishers: "Yeah, go ahead and publish 'The Japanese Wife', though I don't remember having written it," or something along those lines.
have just had a quick look through his 60s letters.
so, HERE it is off-top.
on keeping CARBONS:
letter to Jon Webb / Dec 19, 1962:
"... And the other stuff, the older stuff has disappeared and I don't keep records and/or carbons so it's pretty much lost."
letter to J.W.Corrington / Dec 24, 1962: (only ONE week later!)
"... On the poems about Jane, I kept copies ..."
letter to John Martin / May 29, 1968:
"... yes would like to do another book with you - the new poems - will keep carbons of all the shit I write from now on. plus, there is plenty of back work."
on keeping NOTEBOOKS:
letter to Jim Roman / Jan 11, 1965:
"If I'd saved all my notebooks I wouldn't be able to move around this kitchen - or read them either."
so, HERE it is off-top.
on keeping CARBONS:
letter to Jon Webb / Dec 19, 1962:
"... And the other stuff, the older stuff has disappeared and I don't keep records and/or carbons so it's pretty much lost."
letter to J.W.Corrington / Dec 24, 1962: (only ONE week later!)
"... On the poems about Jane, I kept copies ..."
letter to John Martin / May 29, 1968:
"... yes would like to do another book with you - the new poems - will keep carbons of all the shit I write from now on. plus, there is plenty of back work."
on keeping NOTEBOOKS:
letter to Jim Roman / Jan 11, 1965:
"If I'd saved all my notebooks I wouldn't be able to move around this kitchen - or read them either."
cirerita
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Funnily enough, he did keep a lot of "pencil copies", as he calls them. Is a pencil copy what it literally means?
Ha, Corrington was so upset with B. refusing to make carbon copies that after reading that B. had lost 200 poems in the mail, he called him "fucking anarchist" :D
Ha, Corrington was so upset with B. refusing to make carbon copies that after reading that B. had lost 200 poems in the mail, he called him "fucking anarchist" :D
i guess that enforced Buk even more in refusing to make carbons.
he musta felt so proud.