A Bukowski Sampler: 46 Early Charles Bukowski Poems and Excerpt from First Unpublished Novel
This is the second edition of “A Bukowski Sampler”, edited by Doug Blazek and published by Druid Books out of Madison, Wisconsin, in 1971.
It is 77 pages long and contains 46 Charles Bukowski Poems and several drawings.
But what makes this chapbook really fascinating is a five-page excerpt from Charles Bukowski’s first attempt at a novel, "The Way the Dead Love”, which was never published.
This copy is in Near Fine-minus condition, with sunning at the spine, accentuated by the folding of the vibrant blue cover. Everything else about this copy is fine, including the heavy-duty staples used to bind the chapbook.
Contents
A Rambling Essay On Poetics And The Bleeding Life Written While Drinking A Six-Pack (Tall) - pg. 9 - circa 1965
The Way the Dead Love – pg.20
The Tragedy Of The Leaves - pg. 25 - circa 1960
I Cannot Stand Tears - pg. 25 - circa 1958
To The Whore Who Took My Poems - pg. 26 - circa 1960
The State Of World Affairs From A 3rd Floor Window - pg. 27 - circa 1960
The Life Of Borodin - pg. 27 - circa 1958
No Charge - pg. 28 - circa 1960
A Literary Romance - pg. 29 - circa 1961
The Day It Rained At The Los Angeles County Museum - pg. 30 - circa 1960
The Race - pg. 31
The House - pg. 32 - circa 1963
Sundays Kill More Men Than Bombs - pg. 34 - circa 1961
The Priest And The Matador - pg. 34 - circa 1961
Old Man, Dead In A Room - pg. 36 - circa 1961
3:30 A.M. Conversation - pg. 37 - circa 1961
I Am Visited By An Editor And A Poet - pg. 38 - circa 1961
Hello, Willie Shoemaker - pg. 39 - circa 1960
The Best Way To Get Famous Is To Run Away - pg. 41 - circa 1961
Conversation In A Cheap Room - pg. 42 - circa 1960
The Day I Kicked A Bankroll Out The Window - pg. 43 - circa 1959
When Hugo Wolf Went Mad - pg. 45 - circa 1959
The Loser - pg. 45 - circa 1960
What Seems To Be The Trouble, Gentlemen? - pg. 46 - circa 1962
Thank God For Alleys - pg. 47
Experience - pg. 48 - circa 1963
I Have Lived In England - pg. 49 - circa 1963
Layover - pg. 50 - circa 1956
The Hairy Hairy Fist, And Love Will Die - pg. 50 - circa 1966
Beerbottle - pg. 54
Red And Gold Paint - pg. 55
Poverty - pg. 56
I Met A Genius - pg. 56 - circa 1967
The Genius Of The Crowd - pg. 57
I Think Of Mice Cooling It - pg. 60 - circa 1965
View From The Screen - pg. 61 - circa 1965
Sing To Gods Or Kangaroos - pg. 62 - circa 1965
When The Berry Bush Dies I'll Swim Down The Green River With My Hair On Fire - pg. 63 - circa 1965
Fuzz - pg. 64 - circa 1965
Seahorse - pg. 65 - circa 1965
Mama - pg. 66 - circa 1965
Machineguns, Towers And Timeclocks - pg. 67 - circa 1965
Good Morning, Brother, How Are You? - pg. 69 - circa 1965
Something For The Touts, The Nuns, The Grocery Clerks And You - pg. 70 - circa 1965
Don't Come Around But If You Do - pg. 74 - circa 1965
Farewell, Foolish Objects - pg. 75 - circa 1965
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