Wormwood Review 14 #334/600 – Two Charles Bukowski Poems (1964)

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.

Published in 1964, Wormwood 14 features two Bukowski poems:

Beerbottle - pg. 34
What To Do With Contributor's Copies? - pg. 35

Beerbottle would go on to be one of Bukowski’s most famous and most published poems, while What To Do With Contributor's Copies wouldn’t be published in book form until 1988 in The Roominghouse Madrigals where it was heavily edited.

 Only 600 copies were published, this copy being #334. It is in Very Good ++ condition with some bumps to the oversized covers and a pencil mark on the front cover.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.

Wormwood Review ran for 144 issues (1959-1997). Christa Malone, Marvin's daughter, co-edited issue 144 after Marvin's death, and released issue 145/146 as a special tribute issue to Marvin in 1999.

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