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Wormwood Review 71 #686/700 -- Charles Bukowski Chapbook with 41 Poems, Nine Uncollected (1978)

Wormwood Review 71 #686/700 -- Charles Bukowski Chapbook with 41 Poems, Nine Uncollected (1978)

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If you’re a Bukowski collector and you have not purchased the Wormwood Review special issues, time is not on your side. These get harder to find and more expensive all the time.

Published in 1978, Legs, Hips and Behind is by far the rarest Wormwood Review issue fully dedicated to Charles Bukowski.

There are Nine poems in this chapbook that have yet to be collected in books. There are several more that were published after his death and altered significantly – including the titles.

Unfortunately, the paper used for this issue was defective and resulted in sunning to the spine on almost all copies you’ll find.

This copy only has the slightest sunning to the spine -- copies in this condition are very uncommon.  Otherwise, it is in Fine condition.

Only 700 copies of the chapbook were printed, this one being hand-numbered #686.

The chapbook is 39 pages long and contains the following 41 poems:

  • Inflation And All - pg. 81 - 1977
  • They Arrived - pg. 81
  • An Old Jockey - pg. 82 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • A Little Sun - pg. 83
  • The Dandy - pg. 84 - circa 1978
  • Silk Pink Gown, Silk Blue Gown, Silk Purple Gown - pg. 85
  • Black - pg. 86
  • Where's It At? - pg. 88  1978
  • The Machine - pg. 88 - 1975
  • My God - pg. 90
  • The Beautiful Young Girl Walking Past The Graveyard - pg. 91 - 1976
  • Beers - pg. 92
  • A Good Show - pg. 92  1977
  • Panasonic - pg. 93 - manuscript (differs from Black Sparrow book version) - 1977
  • Men In Urinals - pg. 94
  • Job #36 - pg. 95  1977
  • My Kind Of Place - pg. 96
  • The Image - pg. 97 - 1977
  • And My Mother Had A Nice Umbrella And Looked Beautiful In The Rain - pg. 98  1977
  • Smashed - pg. 99  1977
  • A Love Poem For All The Women I Have Known - pg. 100  1974
  • Exegesis - pg. 100 - 1977
  • The Finish Of Moby Dick - pg. 102  1977
  • Sad Letters From Up North - pg. 102  1978
  • With A Class Lady In A Big Flower Hat - pg. 103
  • I Liked Him - pg. 104
  • Water Bugs - pg. 105 - circa 1978
  • The Yards - pg. 105  1978
  • 2 Buddies - pg. 106 - 1977
  • Lost Dog - pg. 108 - 1977
  • The Beast - pg. 109 - 1977
  • He Uses Unwaxed Dental Floss - pg. 110  1977
  • Ow - pg. 111  1977
  • Train Station - pg. 112
  • Last Try - pg. 113  1978
  • The Big Weight-Lifting Feat - pg. 114  1978
  • Legs, Hips And Behind - pg. 115
  • Chilled - pg. 116  1978
  • The Interview - pg. 117 - 1977
  • Rise, Old Purple Snake! - pg. 119 - 1977
  • Firing Squad - pg. 120 - 1977

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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