Various (Arrieta, Marcia; Dullaghan, John; Smith, Joan Jobe (Editor); Bukowski, Charles; Locklin, Gerald; Voss, Fred et al.)

Bukowski Review No. 4 (Spring/Summer 2006)

Long Beach, CA, USA: Pearl Editions, 2006. First Edition. “For those who believe in God, most of the big questions are answered. But for those of us who can't readily accept the God formula, the big answers don't remain stone-written. We adjust to new conditions and discoveries. We are pliable. Love need not be a command nor faith a dictum. I am my own god. We are here to unlearn the teachings of the church, state, and our educational system. We are here to drink beer. We are here to kill war. We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us.” Charles Bukowski. The Bukowski Review, the yearly publication dedicated to all things Charles Bukowski (1920-1994)—American literary giant, poet-madman, and generally one of the finest writers of the past century—found itself picking up steam on the publication of its fourth issue. A collection of both literary analysis & criticism as well as biographical anecdotes and correspondents, “Bukowski Review 4” is an aesthetically enticing and literarily compelling volume. Loving dedications and homage by chief editor Joan Jobe Smith, poems by Marcia Arrieta (underground poet-extraordinaire) and “working class poet” Fred Voss (b. 1952), and humorous and intimate anecdotes by actor John Dullaghan (1930-2009) fill this volume with warm remembrance and lovingly tended homage to the great poet. Chapbook in stapled wrappers: First Printing. In Very Fine condition with little to no notable flaws except very minor rubbing to the front cover; pages are crisp and clean. Very Fine. [Item #6591]

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