Various (Friedland, Helen (Editor); Bukowski, Charles; Locklin, Gerald et al.)

Poetry/LA No. 15 (Fall / Winter 1987-1988)

Los Angeles, CA: Poetry/LA, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Softcover. "...of course, I am pleased that I do not have to | often see my own eyes, lips, hair, ears, so | forth -- | I avoid the mirror with a studied | regularity" (excerpt "The Science of Physiognomy," pg. 55). 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 four poems "The Science of Physiognomy," "In the Morning and at Night and In Between," "On the Bounce," and "Hello Hamsun" (pgs. 55-62), by Beat-&-Beyond cult favorite Charles Bukowski (1920-1994; Debritto B1389, pg. 346). This issue also has the stand-out poems "The Calligrapher" & ""Red Rooster, Yellow Sky" (pgs. 6-7) by Japanese-American poet Amy Uyematsu (b. 1947), "Lady in Moscow," "Ohmygod, I Just Noticed the Snippers on the Trellises," and "Doubloon" (pgs. 8-10) by American poet and friend of Bukowski Gerald Locklin (1941-2021); "Green," "Nurses at the Beach," and "Yes! I Wish to Order ____ Copy(s) of THE AMAZING KOERTGE FAMILY ALBUM at $29.95" (pgs. 24-26) by American poet Ron Koertge (b. 1940) & many more. Friedland discusses the steady erosion in the relative number of poems received from women writers in her introduction "Random Walk." With acknowledgments, contemporary ads, and writer descriptions. See also Item No.s 7693, 7694, 7696 et al. for more issues. Trade-Format Softcover Journal: First edition & presumably only printing. A very significant issue in this always most collectible series, of particular interest to the Bukowski devotee/completist. In relatively fine-to-very-fine condition with minor rubbing and age-toning to front, back covers & spine; mild wear/creasing & some tiny bumps at edges & corners of same; moderate shelf-wear mostly to spine & front and back covers near spine; minor age-toning and rubbing to edges of text block. Interior fine-to-very-fine with light age-toning mostly to blank margins and fine edges of page leaves. Fine-Very Fine. [Item #8365]

Price: $25.00