{"product_id":"ole-4-book-advertisement-book-review-product-review-and-one-first-appearance-poem-1966","title":"OLE 4: Book Advertisement, Book Review, Product Review and One First Appearance Poem (1966)","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePublished in 1966, OLE 4 is a great issue for Bukowski collectors, including the first appearance Bukowski poem:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-left: .5in;\"\u003eO, We Are The Outcasts, O We Burn In Wondrous Flame\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe poem would later appear in The Roominghouse Madrigals (1988)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis issue also includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA short review of Bukowski’s new book (at the time), Cold Dogs in the Courtyard.\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\"\u003eBukowski’s small review\/plug of Steve Richmond’s Earth Books \u0026amp; Gallery in Santa Monica, California.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBook advertisements for Bukowski associates William Wantling and Carl Larsen.\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 copy is in Very Good + condition. A staple is missing from the cover, but the cover is still strongly attached. There is also some sunning to the spine, some general wear to the covers and a faint crease on the rear cover. A few interior pages have ink marks and underlines -- see photos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOther contributors include Lee Harwood, Tom McNamara, Steve Richmond, Phil Kienholz, John Cornillon, Al Purdy, Susan Johnson, Neeli Cherry, Harold Chumbly, Stephanie Wells, Wm. Wantling, Robert Grady, L.M. Herrickson, John Buckner, George Gieser, Bukowski, Walter Ego, Trevor Goodger-Hill, Phil Weidman, Peter Larouche, Harold Briggs, Alex Morra, Clarence Major, Harold Norse, Jack Anderson, James Gove, Ben L. Hiatt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBox 46\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48013160448165,"sku":null,"price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20260713_0001-Copy.jpg?v=1784144884","url":"https:\/\/thebukshop.com\/products\/ole-4-book-advertisement-book-review-product-review-and-one-first-appearance-poem-1966","provider":"The Buk Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}