Berkeley, CA: Joyce Jenkins, 1994. First Printing. Loose Folded Sheets. "I'm still not sure what's harder to believe, (Charles Bukowski's) death last month at seventy-three or the fact that he lasted that long. Hospitalized with a bleeding ulcer at thirty-five and informed by his doctors that alcohol was killing him, Bukowski upon release immediately resumed drinking and began writing poetry in earnest. This combination of antisocial activities kept him going..... More