Various (Burgin, Richard (Editor); Adams, Alice; Bukowski, Charles; Hamilton, Ralph; Lynch, David; Ovid; Slavitt, David R.; Stevenson, Diane; Updike, John et al.)

Boulevard Vol. 8 No. 1 (No. 22, Spring 1993)

Philadelphia, PA: Drexel University, 1993. First Printing. Softcover. This Spring 1993 number of the academic literary, cultural & art journal chiefly edited by the acclaimed, prize-winning author Richard Burgin (1947-2020) features the poem "A Conversation Not to Remember:" by Charles Bukowski (1920-1994), the cult favorite poet-denizen of the dive bar & racetrack- an exemplary, evocative mini-memoir of a fragment of his drunken conversation with a miserable fellow barfly. (pgs. 115-116; Debritto, B1683, pg. 394) Also in this issue are contributions of fiction by Alice Adams; a portfolio of several paintings by Ralph Hamilton; a critical study of avant garde film director David Lynch (a favorite of this writer) by Diane Stevenson entitled "Family Romance, Family Violence: David Lynch's Twin Peaks"; translation from Latin into English of a passage from Ovid's Ancient Roman classic poem The Metamorphoses by David R. Slavitt; three poems by the canonical & astoundingly prolific American author John Updike; & much more. Trade-format softcover, presumed first-&-only printing. A rich & rewarding issue in this most-collectible series, of especial interest to the Bukowski devotee-completist. In relatively fine-to-very-fine condition with slight rubbing, mostly faint scratching to front, back covers & spine; light wear & some tiny bumps, creases at edges & corners of same; slight rubbing & occasional spotting to edges of text block. Interior very fine with only a touch of browning to blank inner covers; tiny bumps at corners of some page leaves. Fine-Very Fine. [Item #7205]

Price: $35.00