Northwest Review, Vol. 5, No. 4 -- Three First Appearance Poems by Charles Bukowski (1962)

Published in 1962, Northwest Review, Vol. 5, No. 4, featured three Bukowski poems.

The Dead Flowers Of Myself
The Pleasures Of The Damned
Woman On The Street

The Dead Flowers Of Myself would later appear in Betting on the Muse (1996)

The Pleasures Of The Damned would appear in the self-titled The Pleasures of the Damned (2007) and Betting on the Muse (1996

Woman On The Street would also appear in Betting on the Muse (1996) and The Pleasures of the Damned (2007)

There is also an ad for the next issue of El Corno Emplumado, a magazine Bukowski would appear in twice.

Contributions include a Short Novel by R. L. Sassoon, Sculpture by Ruenre, The Aesthetics of Enlightenment. Poems by Bukowski, Corrington, Dickey, Sta

Northwest Review was first published by the University of Oregon in 1957. The inaugural issue included Ken Kesey’s first publication, a short story called “The First Sunday in September.” In its 54-year history, the University of Oregon’s Northwest Review published multiple winners of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, the Booker Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Bukowski would appear in six issues of the journal between 1962-1978.

This copy is in Very Good ++ condition with some shelf wear, a chip in the lower-left back cover, and a small stain on the front cover.

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