Bukowski at Bellevue VHS – Still Sealed

In the spring of 1970 Charles Bukowski took his first plane trip for a poetry reading at Bellevue Community College in Washington state. That he was videotaped by two students apparently was later forgotten, but the tapes were later rediscovered and were released by Black Sparrow press 1998.

This is the more uncommon white version of the VHS case.

The gold seal has not been broken and is in Fine condition.

This is Bukowski, then about 50, reading professionally to the students. No shouts from the audience, no back-and-forth banter, no profanity. Bukowski is just an ordinary-looking guy, maybe hungover, sitting before a small group of students reading his work with gusto, humor and sensitivity. 

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