Signed by Charles Bukowski: The New Censorship May 1993, 13 Uncollected Poems (29 total) and 21 Drawings by Charles Bukowski, Entire Issue Devoted Charles Bukowski Poems and Drawings
Signed by Charles Bukowski: The New Censorship May 1993, 13 Uncollected Poems (29 total) and 21 Drawings by Charles Bukowski, Entire Issue Devoted Charles Bukowski Poems and Drawings
The New Censorship devoted several special issues to Charles Bukowski’s Poems and Drawings, but this may be the best one.
This copy of the May 1993 issue is signed by Charles Bukowski and contains 29 strong poems, 13 of which were never published again.
There are also 21 drawings.
Measuring 11” x 8.5”, this copy is in near fine condition with a couple of light, tiny stains on the front cover. Since it was printed on white paper, it’s very hard to find a copy in this condition.
The chapbook contains the following poems:
The following poems have yet to be published again:
Write A Bad Poem, Big Deal, Bless My Greasy Forehead, Crawling Toward Winter, Drinking Down The World, Organ Play, Screenings, Slow Night In The Fast Life, The Desperate One, Tonight, Why It's Done, William Carlos Williams Only Had Part Of It Right, Write A Bad Poem, and Life, People, You And The Purple Dog Which Has Nothing To Do With Any Of This.
1954: Coronado Street and The Disease Of Existence would later appear in Come On In! (2006).
A Big Night, Heart In The Cage, Lark In The Dark, The Lonely Hearts Of The Universe and Waste would later appear in The Flash of Lightning Behind the Mountain (2004).
And It Didn't Even Break would later appear in On Drinking (2019).
With His Awful Teeth, Rae, Cicada and Good News would later appear in Slouching Toward Nirvana (2005).
Explosion would later appear in both Heat Wave (1995 and Slouching Toward Nirvana (2005).
The Feeding and The Gamblers would later appear in What Matters Most Is How Well You Walk Through The Fire (1999)
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