{"product_id":"cold-dogs-in-the-courtyard-literary-times-cyfoeth-publications-1966","title":"Cold Dogs in the Courtyard: Literary Times\/Cyfoeth Publications (1965)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePublished in 1965 by Literary Times\/Cyfoeth Publications, Chicago, Cold Dogs in the Courtyard is considered to be Bukowski’s 10\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e book. It was published by Ron Offen and Jay Robert Nash.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRon Offen co-edited Odyssey magazine, which featured Bukowski in Vol. 11, No. 1, in 1959. He was also a co-editor of Midwest magazine, which featured Bukowski in four issues between 1961 and 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJay Robert Nash published the Literary Times in Chicago, which started publishing Bukowski’s work in 1963.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis is the only book in which Bukowski chose his own poems. Although they were all published in magazines prior to the book, in his intro Bukowski claims the poems were all rejected prior to being published – hence the name, “Cold Dogs in the Courtyard.” He actually goes on to list the editors who rejected them – all publishers of his previous books. But as Bukowski scholar Abel Debritto points out in his book “King of the Underground”, Bukowski’s claim wasn’t based in reality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBukowski dedicated the book to “Frances Bukowski”, referring to Frances Dean Smith (aka FrancEyE). But the two never married. She was pregnant with Bukowski’s only child (Marina) at the time and he did propose, but she ended up declining\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis copy is in Near Fine + condition with a penciled notation on the title page. The staples show no rust.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis chapbook brings together 13 poems that first appeared in separate issues of 11 small press magazines. They include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eWhat Seems To Be The Trouble, Gentlemen? - pg. 5 - circa 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eImbecile Night - pg. 6 - circa 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eTo A Lady Who Believes Me Dead - pg. 8 - circa 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eThank God For Alleys - pg. 9\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eExperience - pg. 10 - circa 1963\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eThe Death Of A Roach - pg. 12 - circa 1959\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eIt's Nothing To Laugh About - pg. 14 - circa 1960\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eSuicide - pg. 16 - circa 1961\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eFace While Shaving - pg. 17 - circa 1961\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eExistence - pg. 18 - circa 1963\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eI Have Lived In England - pg. 20 - circa 1961\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003e2 Outside, As Bones Break In My Kitchen - pg. 21 - circa 1962\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eLayover - pg. 22 - circa 1956\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCase 6\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47919338979493,"sku":null,"price":750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20260615_0004.jpg?v=1781541147","url":"https:\/\/thebukshop.com\/products\/cold-dogs-in-the-courtyard-literary-times-cyfoeth-publications-1966","provider":"The Buk Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}