{"product_id":"ole-3-one-uncollected-charles-bukowski-poem-and-several-bukowski-ads","title":"OLE 3: One Uncollected Charles Bukowski Poem and Several Bukowski Ads","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePublished in 1965, OLE 3 is a great issue for Bukowski collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt features the first and only appearance of Charles Bukowski’s poem:\u003cbr\u003eDrunk Again And Wondering, Wondering\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis issue also features:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAn announcement for Bukowski’s Poems Written Before Jumping Out Of An 8 Story Window (It would actually take another two years to come out by a different press).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAn announcement for the ill-fated Border Press book of Bukowski drawings and poems (the editor ran away with Bukowski’s drawings)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAn announcement for a Bukowski biobibliography by Jim Roma, a Bukowski correspondent and early collectoe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAn advertisement for CONFESSIONS OF A MAN INSANE ENOUGH TO LIVE WITH BEASTS\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA plug for Steve Richmond’s Earth Books \u0026amp; Gallery in Santa Monica, California.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOle was published by Doug Blazek, a fellow poet and early proponent of Bukowski’s work. They were friends and had a lengthy correspondence between 1964 to 1968. As with several other writers, the relationship ended abruptly after their first meeting in person.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBlazek published Bukowski in all eight issues of Ole between 1964 and 1967, and was responsible for Bukowski’s return to prose, publishing the chapbooks CONFESSIONS OF A MAN INSANE ENOUGH TO LIVE WITH BEASTS and ALL THE ASSHOLES IN THE WORLD AND MINE.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis is a sold copy with a previous owner’s initials on the front cover as well as some sunning to the spine and edges. Inside is clean and staples are solid with no oxidation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOther contributors include Wm. Wantling, Jerry Parrott, Joel Climenhaga, Charles Newland, Kent Taylor, Harold Norse, Sid Shapiro, Clarence Major, Steve Richmond, Alex Morra, Al Purdy, Tom McNamara, Lee Pennington, Duane Locke, Walt Lowenfels, Kay Johnson, Richard Jaworski, Marcus J. Grapes, Emilie Glen, Kirby Congdon, Nancy Cave, Sherry Barba, Jim Boyle, Jau Billera, Will Inman, David Pearson Etter, Wally Depew, Bob Nystedt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBox 46\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48012927271077,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20260713_0010-Copy.jpg?v=1784140025","url":"https:\/\/thebukshop.com\/products\/ole-3-one-uncollected-charles-bukowski-poem-and-several-bukowski-ads","provider":"The Buk Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}