Various (Friedland, Helen (Editor); Bates, Kyle Anne; Bukowski, Charles; Koerrtge, Ron; Locklin, Gerald et al.)

Poetry/LA No. 13 (Fall/Winter 1986-1987)

Los Angeles, CA: Peggor Press, 1986. First Edition, First Printing. "one of the most fortunate things | to have happened to me | was to have a cruel and sadistic | father | after him | the worst thing that the Fates | have thrown upon me | have hardly seemed terrible..." (excerpt from Bukowski poem "Dear Old Dad" pg. 34) Started in 1980 by New Yorker and co-author of millennial favorite children's book "See You Later Alligator" Helen Friedland (1916-2012), this timeless number of the legendary poetry journal chiefly edited by Friedland features the first publication of poems "Rags, Bottles, Sacks," "Moving Toward 1986," "Dear Old Dad" and "Now I Am" (pgs. 28-35), by Beat-&-Beyond cult favorite Charles Bukowski (1920-1994). Debritto B1136, pg. 336. This issue also has the stand-out poems "Just Between You and Me" and "Ingredients" (pgs. 80-82) by American poet Kyle Anne Bates (b. 1959); "The Daughter and the Firebird," "The Ecologically Balanced Home," "On the Roman Road" and "The Silliness of Tyranny" (pgs. 1-5) by American poet and Bukowski mentee Gerald Locklin (1941-2021); & "The Pasadena Freeway" (pg. 84) by American poet Ron Koerrtge (b. 1940). Friedland discusses the mental stability of her poem submittors in her introduction "Random Walk" & much more. With acknowledgments, contemporary ads, and writer descriptions. With a sticky note affixed to page 28, denoting the beginning of the Bukowski entries. A very significant issue in this always most collectible series, of particular interest ot the Bukowski devotee/completist. Trade-Format Softcover Journal; first edition, first printing though not explicated as such at copyright page. In relatively fine-to-very-fine condition with minor rubbing and age-toning to front, back covers & spine; mild wear & some tiny bumps at edges & corners of same; minor age-toning to edges of text block. Interior relatively fine-to-very-fine with light age-toning mostly to blank margins of page leaves, some minor staining to a few leaves. Fine-Very Fine. [Item #7694]

Price: $25.00