A Bukowski Sampler: 46 Early Charles Bukowski Poems and Excerpt from First Unpublished Novel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, unread condition. While it looks like a touch of sunning to the spine, it's really just the ink on the paper having been stretched when the cover was folded to make a booklet. 

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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