Thress Bukowski Poems in Stand Up Poetry: The Poetry of Los Angeles and Beyond

Published in 1990 by Charles Webb and Red Wine Books, Stand Up Poetry features three previously published Bukowski poems:

Beans with Garlic
The Tragedy of the Leaves
Trouble with Spain

While the first two poems are well-known, Trouble with Spain is a poem about Bukowski’s encounter with underground comix legend Spain Rodriguez.

This copy is in Near Fine, unread condition.

From the Publisher:
Witty, sexy, gritty, outrageous, emotional, hilarious, honest, courageous. What do these words describe? A growing movement in American literary Stand Up Poetry. Charles Harper Webb discovered a vibrant and invigorating poetry scene in southern California. Featuring some of America's best contemporary poets, this scene, according to Webb, “showed insight, imagination, craft, philosophical depth, but most of all, it was funny, and it was fun.” Stand Up The Poetry of Los Angeles and Beyond (1990) is the result of Webb's enthusiasm for this poetic genre.

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