The New Censorship devoted several special issues to Charles Bukowski’s Poems and Drawings, but this may be the best one.
This is the May 1993 issue and contains 29 poems, 13 of which were never published again.
There are also 21 drawings.
Measuring 11” x 8.5”, this copy is in Very Fine condition. Since it was printed on white paper, it’s very hard to find a copy in this condition.
The chapbook contains the following poems:
1954: Coronado Street
A Big Night
And It Didn't Even Break
Big Deal
Bless My Greasy Forehead
Cicada
Crawling Toward Winter
Drinking Down The World
Explosion
Good News
Heart In The Cage
Lark In The Dark
Life, People, You And The Purple Dog Which Has Nothing To Do With Any Of This
Organ Play
Rare
Screenings
Slow Night In The Fast Life
The Desperate One
The Disease Of Existence
The Feeding
The Gamblers
The Lonely Hearts Of The Universe
Tonight
Waste
We Are Always One Step Removed
Why It's Done
William Carlos Williams Only Had Part Of It Right
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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