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Wormwood Review 71 -- Deluxe Edition Signed by Charles Bukowski (53/60)

Wormwood Review 71 -- Deluxe Edition Signed by Charles Bukowski (53/60)

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Published in 1978, this is the Deluxe edition of Wormwood 71, named Legs, Hips And Behind. It is signed by Charles Bukowski on cover. On the colophon, it is numbered in letters: “fifty-three”.

The ink and or paper used for this issue was defective and resulted in color discoloration along the spine on almost all copies you’ll find.

This copy is in Very Fine condition with zero color discoloration.

Legs, Hips and Behind is by far the rarest Wormwood Review issue fully dedicated to Charles Bukowski. The deluxe edition, of course, is even more rare, especially in this condition.

Legs, Hips and Behind spans 38 pages with 41 Poems, nine of which remain uncollected in any Charles Bukowski books.

The poems include:

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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