Wormwood Review 104 #184/700 — Featuring One Tough Motherfucker

Published in 1986, only 700 copies of Wormwood 104 were printed, this one being copy #184.

It features two Bukowski poems:

• The History Of A Tough Motherfucker - pg. 156 - 1983
• Don't Play It Again, Sam - pg. 158 – 1983

The History Of A Tough Motherfucker is one of Bukowski’s most famous poems. It’s about one of his Cats.

Don't Play It Again, Sam has yet to be collected in any books.

This copy is in fine condition.

Charles Bukowski always felt Wormwood Review was the best small magazine out there and was grateful that they were one of the first to recognize his work. In return, Bukowski continued to contribute to the magazine right up until his death in 1994.

Wormwood Review was published by the legendary Marvin Malone (1930-1996). Malone was a pharmacologist, scientific researcher, educator, artist, poetry collector, and editor. Upon arrival to Storrs, Connecticut in 1960, Malone discovered the second issue of Wormwood Review and soon took over the publication as the sole editor, publisher, and designer (alias A. Sypher), producing quarterly issues until his death in 1996.

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