{"product_id":"open-city-no-32-dec-8-14-1967-bukowski-on-leroi-jones-radio-free-oz-at-the-magic-mushroom","title":"OPEN CITY No. 32, Dec. 8–14, 1967 — Bukowski on LeRoi Jones, Radio Free Oz at the Magic Mushroom","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn issue of the Los Angeles underground weekly in the full broadsheet format, featuring Charles Bukowski's \"Notes of a Dirty Old Man.\" The column opens with Bukowski reading the December issue of \u003cem\u003eEvergreen\u003c\/em\u003e, which contains poetry by LeRoi Jones, and his three-year-old daughter asking him to write a poem called \"Who's Afraid of LeRoi Jones?\" A white liberal woman on the street corners him and lectures him at length about Black America, invoking Jones by name, her voice high-pitched and hectoring. Bukowski reflects on Jones — remembering when they were both scratching to get poems into little magazines — and deflects the woman's racial theorizing with weary amusement. He kisses the little girl goodbye and drives on to work. Later, a Black man on the porch calls him \"poor white trash,\" and he laughs, picks up his suitcase of poems, and moves on down the street. The column closes at a communist party meeting of all-white members, with a remark about Governor Reagan, leaving Bukowski to mutter: \"a pretty fucked-up scene — eh, LeRoi? brother?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe front cover leads with coverage of a Vietnam draft resistance ceremony in which 22 young men submerged their draft cards in a goblet of blood. Interior features include a pointed critique of The Doors by Frank Kofsky, and coverage of draft dodgers making their way to Canada and Japan. Advertisements include Radio Free Oz live at the Magic Mushroom on KRLA 1110AM, and the Ash Grove featuring Brownie McGhee, Sonny Terry, Jack Elliott and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. The back cover features Liza Williams' \"In the City\" column alongside the weekly listings. Large tabloid format, 17\" x 11\", black and white throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eProvenance: Mailing label on front cover addressed to John Bryan Sr., father of Open City editor John Bryan, and a newspaper man himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis copy is in great shape with an even fold. There is a small tear on the right side of the horizontal fold. Some light browning on the edges.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47895273570469,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/20250809_093241.jpg?v=1780948789","url":"https:\/\/thebukshop.com\/products\/open-city-no-32-dec-8-14-1967-bukowski-on-leroi-jones-radio-free-oz-at-the-magic-mushroom","provider":"The Buk Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}