Beat Scene 36: Small Article on Bukowski Italian Graphic Arts Books and a Profile of John Fante

Kevin Ring’s Beat Scene magazine is a treasure for Bukowski and Beat fans alike. I’m in the “never the twain shall meet” camp, but in this case the exception is deserved. Plus, Kevin’s a good guy who put a lot of work and high production value into each issue of the magazine.

This one doesn’t have a lot of Bukowski in it. It features a small article on an Italian publisher of stories based on Charles Bukowski. It also features a one-page profile on John Fante,

This copy is in Very Good ++ condition with bumps to the corners and some rubbing on the covers. Issues of Beat Scene are getting harder and harder to find these days.

FULL CONTENTS

4...Beats & Co...all the news that's fit to print

5...Who Was Albert Halper? by Jim Burns

8...Jack Kerouac in Florida

9...Jack Kerouac's THE TOWN AND THE CITY...a reconsideration by Bill Gargan

13...Jack Kerouac letters up for sale

14...A Beat Love Affair..Jack Kerouac and Joyce Johnson

16...WHATNOT...a Talk with Philip Whalen by David Meltzer & co

30...Charles Bukowski's Italian Job

34...Harry Crews Gets Naked

38...John Fante...A Full Life

39...William Burroughs...Last Notes...Jim McCrary gives us the inside story

41...John Clellon Holmes...Really Lost Books

42...Kenneth Patchen...a new biography

44...Miriam Patchen...wife of the late poet before she dies

46...The Beat Scene Review Section...John Fante, Frank Sinatra, Slim Gaillard, William Everson, Ed Sanders, Jack Micheline, William Burroughs, James Baldwin, Allen Ginsberg, Miles Davis, Charles Bukowski, Jack Black, Gary Snyder & more

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