Wormwood 16 featured the special Charles Bukowski section “Grip The Walls” with seven poems. Only 600 copies were printed, this one being #465.
This copy is signed twice by Charles Bukowski, once on the title page and once on the special Bukowski section. This is NOT one of the signed, limited-edition copies. It was likely signed much later by Bukowski at Red Stodolsky’s Baroque Book Store.
This copy is in Near Fine- minus condition. There are bumps on all four corners of the oversized covers, the most pronounced being on the top of the spine. The interior pages are clean and bright and the binding is solid.
Poems include:
- The Dogs - pg. 15
- Poetess - For S.S.V. - pg. 16
- The Literary Life - pg. 17
- When You Wait For The Dawn To Crawl Through The Screen Like A Burglar To Take Your Life Away - pg. 19
- Sleeping Woman - pg. 20
- The New Place - pg. 21
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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