Collection: Charles Bukowski and Wormwood Review

Most little magazines came and went in a handful of issues. The Wormwood Review ran for nearly 40 years.

Bukowski first appeared in issue #7 in 1962 and kept submitting until twenty days before his death in 1994. In that time the magazine published 410 of his poems across 97 issues — many of them never collected in any book. Some of the poems that were collected in Black Sparrow Press editions were edited from the Wormwood originals. Not for the better.

For serious collectors, Wormwood is essential. Our collection includes rare early issues, special Bukowski editions, and a remarkable run of his appearances across nearly four decades.

Want to know more? Read our article: The Professor and the Poet: Charles Bukowski and Wormwood Review.

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