{"product_id":"sparrow-magazine-72-we-ll-take-them","title":"Sparrow Magazine 72: We’ll Take Them","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003ePublished in September 1978 by Black Sparrow Press, the entire issue of Sparrow 72 was dedicated to Charles Bukowski poems.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJohn Martin started publishing Sparrow Magazine back in 1973.\u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e  \u003c\/span\u003eIt featured softcover issues dedicated to a single poet that Black Sparrow Press had under contract.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe magazine 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based on new books being published, at least in Bukowski’s case, because all four Sparrows dedicated to his poems would not be published until 1979’s “Play the Piano Drunk Like a Percussion Instrument Until the Fingers Begin to Bleed a Bit.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp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\"\u003eTitled We’ll Take Them, Sparrow 72 included the poems:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\"\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003e59 Cents A Pound\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003e8 Rooms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eClose Encounters Of Another Kind\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eHorse And Fist\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eHug The Dark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eI Liked Him\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eJunk\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eMermaid\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eMetamorphosis\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003ePromenade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eThe Killer Smiles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;\"\u003eWe'll Take Them\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis copy is in Very Good + condition with stains, bumps and creases on the covers, Some creases impact the interior pages, b a solid copy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBox 45\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Buk Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47639674323109,"sku":null,"price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0638\/9288\/1573\/files\/IMG_20260319_0014-Copy_278934f4-10f7-44f0-9a92-809cb330a7e2.jpg?v=1774035604","url":"https:\/\/thebukshop.com\/products\/sparrow-magazine-72-we-ll-take-them","provider":"The Buk Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}