The Poet - unpublished novel??? (1 Viewer)

[amputeeporn]

I saw this on the timeline and was fascinated. I had a quick search through the forums and could only find a couple of threads where people vaguely referenced visiting Buk's archived materials. One mentions it being a very thick work. I'm thinking if it was substantial you folks would have been all over it already, but just wondering if we know anything about it...

 

[mjp]

The Poet may be at USC, I don't recall what was listed in the boxes I requested when I scheduled my visit.






Only problem was I didn't ever make it to the library.

Will go back one of these days.

 

[cirerita]

The Poet is at USC, and it's a thick MSS. I recently found out that the first chapter was later used as a short story.

 

[roni]

[...] the first chapter was later used as a short story.

which is ...?

 

[cirerita]

I had it wrong. It actually was an uncollected Notes of a Dirty Old Man column which B. used as the opening chapter.

 

[roni]

[...] an uncollected Notes of a Dirty Old Man column [...]

dammit!
so who's gonna collect the whole amount of the 'Notes' then? City Lights please?

(I am aware, that a lot of them aren't exactly great writing, but still I'd like to see them all collected. in chonological order, with the date and magazine they appeared in.)

 

[Bukfan]

I think "Notes" will be collected at some point. It seems like City Lights will keep publishing Buk stuff as long as it sells, so it's probably just a matter of time.
I'm sure lots of people would like to read some more "Notes"...

 

[Smearski]

The poet? I want to get my hands, and eyes, on that.

 

[cirerita]

I saw the MSS again a couple of weeks ago, and it's not that big. There are 120 pages only, and 60 of them are some sort of first draft. I think to recall there are 19 or 20 short chapters. It has a Women kind of air to it as B. tells about his relationships with women at the time (Linda K. basically) and he also talks about his poetry readings "adventures".

 

[LickTheStar]

Thanks for the info, c... It'd be interesting to read, definitely, especially from that time period.