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His Wife the Painter Charles Bukowski Broadside

His Wife The Painter: Charles Bukowski’s First ...

Michael Sharon

This month marks the 65th anniversary of Charles Bukowski’s first seperate publication, His Wife the Painter. While most collectors associate the broadside with E.V. Griffith’s portfolio Coffin 1, the poem was...

His Wife The Painter: Charles Bukowski’s First ...

Michael Sharon

This month marks the 65th anniversary of Charles Bukowski’s first seperate publication, His Wife the Painter. While most collectors associate the broadside with E.V. Griffith’s portfolio Coffin 1, the poem was...

Rediscovered Charles Bukowski Reading: Maryland Institute College of Art (1975)

Rediscovered Charles Bukowski Reading: Maryland...

Michael Sharon

Over the years, I’ve occasionally heard references to a video of a Bukowski reading filmed by Francis Hogan Brown. The title is listed in the University of Southern California Special...

Rediscovered Charles Bukowski Reading: Maryland...

Michael Sharon

Over the years, I’ve occasionally heard references to a video of a Bukowski reading filmed by Francis Hogan Brown. The title is listed in the University of Southern California Special...

Fire Station: 55 Years Later the Quire Still Burns

Fire Station: 55 Years Later the Quire Still Burns

Michael Sharon

Published in March 1970 by Capra Press, Fire Station holds a unique place in the bibliography of Charles Bukowski. Produced in both hardcover and softcover editions “by special arrangement with...

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Fire Station: 55 Years Later the Quire Still Burns

Michael Sharon

Published in March 1970 by Capra Press, Fire Station holds a unique place in the bibliography of Charles Bukowski. Produced in both hardcover and softcover editions “by special arrangement with...

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SUNLIGHT COMING DOWN: THE EARLY CHAPBOOKS OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI

SUNLIGHT COMING DOWN: THE EARLY CHAPBOOKS OF CH...

Michael Sharon

Some editors were so taken by Bukowski’s poetry that they not only championed him in their little magazines, but they also published Bukowski-only chapbooks in an attempt to consolidate the...

SUNLIGHT COMING DOWN: THE EARLY CHAPBOOKS OF CH...

Michael Sharon

Some editors were so taken by Bukowski’s poetry that they not only championed him in their little magazines, but they also published Bukowski-only chapbooks in an attempt to consolidate the...

Finding Charles Bukowski’s Lost Horses

Finding Charles Bukowski’s Lost Horses

Michael Sharon

This month marks the 55th anniversary of Charles Bukowski’s breakthrough book, THE DAYS RUN AWAY LIKE WILD HORSES OVER THE HILLS as well as A Bibliography of Charles Bukowski. Released on...

Finding Charles Bukowski’s Lost Horses

Michael Sharon

This month marks the 55th anniversary of Charles Bukowski’s breakthrough book, THE DAYS RUN AWAY LIKE WILD HORSES OVER THE HILLS as well as A Bibliography of Charles Bukowski. Released on...

The Greek, the Prince and the Penguin

The Greek, the Prince and the Penguin

Michael Sharon

How Charles Bukowski’s correspondence with Harold Norse landed him in Penguin Modern Poets 13 2024 marks the 55th Anniversary of Charles Bukowski’s appearance in Penguin Modern Poets 13. In the...

The Greek, the Prince and the Penguin

Michael Sharon

How Charles Bukowski’s correspondence with Harold Norse landed him in Penguin Modern Poets 13 2024 marks the 55th Anniversary of Charles Bukowski’s appearance in Penguin Modern Poets 13. In the...