{"product_id":"sparrow-5-signed-by-charles-bukowski-while-the-music-played","title":"Sparrow 5 Signed by Charles Bukowski: While the Music Played","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePublished in February 1973 by Black Sparrow Press, this copy of Sparrow 5 was signed by Charles Bukowski on the cover. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIt is in Near Fine +condition with some very light aging to the covers.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJohn Martin started publishing Sparrow Magazine back in 1973.  It featured softcover issues dedicated to a single poet that Black Sparrow Press had under contract. It doesn’t appear to have had a regular publishing schedule, so I’m not sure what the occasion was for putting out an issue. It wasn’t based on new books being published, at least in Bukowski’s case, because all four Sparrows dedicated to his poems would not be published until 1979’s “Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSparrow 5 was titled “While the Music Played” and contains the following poems:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2347 Duane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5 Dollars\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Radio With Guts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCooperation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eI'm In Love\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Apple\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Egg\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Knifer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ladies Of Summer\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Night I Was Going To Die\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Violin Player\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEach of these poems would be later be collected in 1979’s “Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit”.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCase 6\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47639573135525,"sku":null,"price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20260319_0008-Copy.jpg?v=1774031805","url":"https:\/\/thebukshop.com\/products\/sparrow-5-signed-by-charles-bukowski-while-the-music-played","provider":"The Buk Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}