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Carl Larsen – Contributions to Periodicals

SECTION C:
This index includes contributions to periodicals; entries within years are listed alphabetically

1956

1. NEW ATHENAEUM, No. 1, edited by Will Tullos
Lake Como: New Athenaeum Press, Summer 1956
Larsen contribution: “I Heard a Woman Weeping” [poem]

2. THE ARCHER, Vol. 6, No. 3, edited by Wilfred Brown and Elinor Henry Brown *
North Hollywood: The Archer, Autumn/Winter (Dec) 1956
Larsen contribution: “I Walked with the Rain” [poem]

3. COASTLINES, Vol. 2, No. 2, Issue 6, edited by Mel Weisburd
Los Angeles: Coastlines, Winter 1956
Larsen contribution: “Auto Da Fe” [poem]

4. EPOS, Vol. 8, No. 2, edited by Evelyn Thorne and Will Tullos
Lake Como: Epos, Winter 1956
Larsen contribution: “I Cannot Live” [poem]

1957

5. ARK, No. 3, edited by James Harmon
San Francisco: Ark, Winter 1957
Larsen contribution: “The Work of Hands: 8” [poem], “The Work of Hands: 11” [poem]

6. COASTLINES, Vol. 3, No. 1, Issue 9, edited by Mel Weisburd
Hollywood: Coastlines, Winter 1957-58
Larsen contribution: “Letter to Clarence Major” [prose]

7. DANSE MACABRE, Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by R.T. Baylor *
Manhattan Beach: Danse Macabre, 1957
Larsen contribution: “The Children Are Watching” [poem]

8. EMERGENT, Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by James M. Singer Jr.
Gardena: Henny Penny Press, Winter 1957
Larsen contribution: “An Account to the Best of My Memory of the Strange and Interesting Events Which Took Place on October 7” [prose]

9. THE FREE LANCE, Vol. 4, No. 2, edited by Adelaide Simon
Cleveland: The Free Lance, Last Half 1957
Larsen contribution: “The Right to Stand in Line” [poem], “Eating Subgum War Mein” [poem]

10. HEARSE, No. 1, edited by E. V. Griffith
Eureka: Hearse Press, 1957
Larsen contribution: “Prelude to the Big Blast” [poem]

11. THE NAKED EAR, No. 2, edited by Judson Crews
Ranches of Taos: The Naked Ear, (1957)
Larsen contribution: “Summer Song #2” [poem], “Song to Be Sung to the Tuna” [poem]

12. THE NAKED EAR, No. 5, edited by Judson Crews
Ranches of Taos: The Naked Ear, (1957)
Larsen contribution: “Patterns on a Sea Wall #32” [poem]

13. THE NAKED EAR, No. 8, edited by Judson Crews
Ranches of Taos: The Naked Ear, (1957)
Larsen contribution: “The Work of Hands: 7” [poem]

14. NEON, No. 3, edited by Gilbert Sorrentino
Brooklyn: Neon Magazine, 1957
Larsen contribution: “Three Rather Obvious Images from the Penultimate Morning” [poem], “Not Us We Love the Dirty ‘…’s”, ” [poem], “Pastels in Smoke and Liquid” [poem], “The Big Hoop-Hoop at 38th Street” [prose]

15. SIMBOLICA, No. 15, edited by Ignace Ingianni
San Francisco: Simbolica, (1957)
Larsen contribution: “Rondeau #3” [poem], “Rondeau #5” [poem], “Rondeau #7” [poem], “Rondeau #9” [poem]

1958

16. THE COERCION REVIEW, No. 1, edited by Clarence Major
Chicago: Coercion, Summer 1958
Larsen contribution: “I Lay My Dying Children” [poem]

17. EPOS, Vol. 9, No. 4, edited by Evelyn Thorne and Will Tullos
Lake Como: Epos, Winter 1958
Larsen contribution: “Mss. Found in a Baby” [poem]

18. HEARSE, No. 3, edited by E. V. Griffith
Eureka: Hearse Press, 1958
Larsen contribution: “Contemporary Silence” [poem]

19. THE MISCELLANEOUS MAN, No. 14, edited by William J. Margolis
San Francisco: The Miscellaneous Man, 1958
Larsen contribution: “Square Like The World” [prose], “Contemporary Impression No. 1” [poem], “Contemporary Impression No. 6” [poem], “Contemporary Impression No. 9” [poem]

20. WHETSTONE, Vol. 3, No. 1, edited by Jack Lindeman *
Philadelphia: Whetstone, 1958
Larsen contribution: “Salvation” [poem]

1959

21. THE COERCION REVIEW, No. 2, edited by Clarence Major
Chicago: Coercion, Spring 1959
Larsen contribution: “Ode to a Model 403 IBM Accounting Machine” [poem]

22. EPOS, Vol. 11, No. 1, edited by Evelyn Thorne and Will Tullos
Crescent City: Epos, Fall 1959
Larsen contribution: “The Transient Heart” [poem]

23. GALLOWS, No. 1, Jon T. Griffith
Eureka, October 1959
Larsen contribution: “Contemporary Impression #4” [poem]

24. WHITE DOVE REVIEW, Vol. 1, No. 3, edited by Ron Padgett
Tulsa: White Dove Press, 1959
Larsen contribution: “Crap and Cauliflower” [poem]

1960

25. COASTLINES, Vol. 4, Nos. 2-3, Issue 14-15, edited by Gene Frumkin
Los Angeles: Coastlines, Spring 1960
Larsen contribution: “Memo from an Untidy Little Universe: 1” [poem], “Memo from an Untidy Little Universe: 2” [poem]

26. ELEMENT, Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by Robert Vaughan
Glendora: Element, 1960
Larsen contribution: “Suspend This Instant” [poem]

27. IMPETUS, No. 4, edited by Guy Owen and William E. Taylor
Deland: Stetson University, Summer 1960
Larsen contribution: “Needle” [poem], “And Weeping with the Sea” [poem]

28. INLAND, Vol. 3, No. 3, edited by John Rackham
Salt Lake City: Inland, Winter 1960
Larsen contribution: “Death of a Single Thing” [poem]

29. NOMAD, No. 5-6, edited by Donald Factor and Anthony Linick
Culver City: Nomad, Winter-Spring 1960
Larsen contribution: “A Modest Proposal or Nabokov’s Folly” [prose], “The Death of Johnny Peyote, from a novel-in-progress” [prose]

30. NOMAD, No. 7, edited by Donald Factor and Anthony Linick
Culver City: Nomad, Summer 1960
Larsen contribution: “This End of the Sky: 5” [poem]

31. QUICKSILVER, Vol. 13, No. 1, edited by Grace Ross and Mabel M. Kuykendall
Fort Worth : Quicksilver, Spring 1960
Larsen contribution: “I Ask to Lay My Soul” [poem]

32. QUICKSILVER, Vol. 13, No. 3, edited by Grace Ross and Mabel M. Kuykendall
Fort Worth, Autumn 1960
Larsen contribution: “We Climb to Blank the Stars” [poem]

33. SAN FRANCISCO REVIEW, Vol. 1, No. 4, edited by R. H. Miller *
San Francisco: San Francisco Review, March 1960
Larsen contribution: “This End of the Sky: 3” [poem], “In Memory of Civilization” [poem]

34. SIMBOLICA, No. 18, edited by Ignace Ingianni
San Francisco: Simbolica, (1960)
Larsen contribution: “To the Negro Castrated for Looking at Scarlet O’Hara”

35. WHITE DOVE REVIEW, Vol. 2, No. 5 , edited by Ron Padgett
Tulsa: White Dove Press, Summer 1960
Larsen contribution: “An Age of Winter” [poem]

1961

36. BEATITUDE/EAST, No. 17, edited by C.V.J. Anderson
New York: Beatitude Press, 1961
Larsen contribution: “Patterns on a Sea Wall: 13” [poem], “Patterns on a Sea Wall: 14” [poem], “Patterns on a Sea Wall: 15” [poem], “Patterns on a Sea Wall: 16” [poem], “Patterns on a Sea Wall: 17” [poem], “Patterns on a Sea Wall: 18” [poem], “Patterns on a Sea Wall: 19” [poem], “Patterns on a Sea Wall: 21” [poem]

37. THE BELOIT POETRY JOURNAL, Vol. 11, No. 3, edited Chad Walsh *
Beloit: The Beloit Poetry Journal, Spring 1961
Larsen contribution: “Attack of the Giant Gnats” [poem]

38. THE FIDDLEHEAD, No. 47, edited by A.G. Bailey *
Fredericton: The Fiddlehead, Winter 1961
Larsen contribution: “The Work of Hands” [poem]

39. THE FREE LANCE, Vol. 6, No. 2, edited by Casper L. Jordan
Cleveland: The Free Lance, 1961
Larsen contribution: “God-love-country-mother-home” [poem]

40. THE GALLEY SAIL REVIEW, Vol. 3, No. 2, edited by Stanley McNail *
San Francisco: The Galley Sail Review, Fall 1961
Larsen contribution: “After the First Bombing” [poem]

41. LOST WORLD, No. 2, edited by Lorenzo Thomas
New York: Lost World, 1961
Larsen contribution: “The Sea at Times” [poem], “The Descent of Solomon” [poem]

42. MIDWEST, No. 2, edited by R.R. Cuscaden
Chicago: Midwest, Summer 1961
Larsen contribution: “Contemporary Impression: 11” [poem]

43. MUTINY, Vol. 3, No. 3, edited by Jane Esty and Paul Lett
Northport: Mutiny Press, Summer 1961
Larsen contribution: “From our Far-Flung Agents”

44. QUICKSILVER, Vol. 13, No. 3, edited by Grace Ross and Mabel M. Kuykendall
Fort Worth, Autumn 1961
Larsen contribution: “The Moral Observations of Edward Reed: 6” [poem]

45. SIMBOLICA, No. 20, edited by Ignace Ingianni
Tiburon: Simbolica, (1961)
Larsen contribution: “Notes for the Beginning of Things: 1” [poem]

46. SUN, No. 1, edited by Tracy Thompson
San Francisco: Sun, 1961
Larsen contribution: “The Sky Desterted” [poem]

47. TARGETS, No. 5, edited by W.L. Garner
Albuquerque, April 1961
Larsen contribution: “Bill, Feat Not Halitosis” [poem]

48. THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, Vol. 1, No. 4, Issue 4, edited by Marvin Malone
Storrs: The Wormwood Review, 1961
Larsen contribution: “There is a Little Balloon Coming out of My Head” [poem], “On a Hill Far Away Stood an Old Rugged Cha-Cha-Cha” [poem]

1962

49. BRAND X, No. 7, edited by Carl Larsen
New York: 7 Poets Press, July 1962
Larsen contribution: “In Unscheduled Ascent” [poem]

50. BRAND X, No. 10, edited by Carl Larsen
New York: 7 Poets Press, October 1962
Larsen contribution: “Poem Entitled October’s Bright Blue Weather” [poem], “The Good Folks Come to Burn Thee” [poem]

51. COASTLINES, Vol. 5, No. 3, Issue 19, edited by Curtis Zahn
Santa Monica: Coastlines, 1962
Larsen contribution: “O The Moon Shines Bright, It’s Radioactive” [poem]

52. LIBERATION, Vol. 6, No. 11, edited by Dave Dellinger
New York: Libertarian Press, January 1962
Larsen contribution: “The Work of Hands: 3” [poem]

53. OUTCRY, No. 1, edited by Lee Hollane and C.P. Galle
Washington D.C.: Poet’s Press, July 1962
Larsen contribution: “excerpts from The Book of Eric Hammerscoffer”

54. THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, Vol. 2, No. 3, Issue 7, edited by Marvin Malone
Storrs: The Wormwood Review, October 1962
Larsen contribution: “How I Got to Be 28 Years Old and All My Friends are a Success Except Me”, “Larsen’s Decameron”, “Clyde and Martha”

1963

55. BLACK CAT REVIEW, No. 2, , edited by Neeli Cherry
San Bernardino: The Cherry Press, March 1963
Larsen contribution: “Fugue for Tracy Thompson” [poem]

56. SCIAMACHY, No. 5, edited by Millea Levin
Winnetka: Sciamachy, 1963
Larsen contribution: “An Apology, a Face for Granted” [poem]

57. SCIMITAR AND SONG, Vol. 26, No. 4, edited by Lura Thomas McNair
Sanford: Scimitar and Song, October 1963
Larsen contribution: “Let Us Believe Together This” [poem]

58. THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, Vol. 3, No. 1, Issue 9, edited by Marvin Malone
Storrs: The Wormwood Review, 1963
Larsen contribution: “How I Discovered The Secrets of Nature and Met My Sad End Alas” [poem], “The Giant Gnats at the Hungry I” [poem]

59. THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, Vol. 3, No. 3, Issue 11, edited by Marvin Malone
Storrs: The Wormwood Review, 1963
Larsen contribution: special center-section titled Carl Larsen’s The Stainless Steel Incubus, in two parts: “Advertisement for an Android” [poem], “Leah” [poem]

60. THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, Vol. 3, No. 4, Issue 12, edited by Marvin Malone
Storrs: The Wormwood Review, 1963
Larsen contribution: “Anonymous Note, Among Camellias” [poem]

1964

61. COFFIN, No. 1, edited by E.V. Griffith
Eureka: Hearse Press, 1964
Larsen contribution: “Notes for The Beginning of Things: 4” [poem]

62. FERMENT, No. 4, edited by Joel Climenhaga *
Canton: Transient Press, July 1964
Larsen contribution: “Clyde and Martha (The Aging Beatniks)” [poem]

63. FERMENT, No. 5, edited by Joel Climenhaga *
Canton: Transient Press, October 1964
Larsen contribution: “Notes from Ground Zero” [poem]

64. JACARANDA, No. 4, edited by Joel Climenhaga *
Canton: Transient Press, December 1964
Larsen contribution: “The Toad King” [poem], “And no Concentric Crumbling Pyramid” [poem], “Upon Entering a Coffee House…” [poem], “Clyde and Martha (The Aging Beatniks)” [poem], “In Defense of the Senate Bill…” [poem]

65. GRIST, No. 4, edited by Robert Rusk and John Fowler
Lawrence: Abington Book Shop, December 1964
Larsen contribution: “Stand Back, Fellas; Let Me Beat That Poor Dead Horse Awhile” [poem]

66. KAURI, No. 5, edited by Will Inman
New York: Kauri, November- December 1964
Larsen contribution: “Life Cycle and Economy” [poem], “Theme Song Cheer Chant for July 4th 1964” [poem], “The Shelter” [poem]

67. THE MARRAHWANNA QUARTERLY, Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by d.a. levy
Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1964
Larsen contribution: “Clyde and Martha” [poem], “Slumscapes: 4” [poem]

68. OLE, No.1, edited by Douglas Blazek
Bensenville: The Mimeo Press, 1964
Larsen contribution: “Mss. Found Attached to a Harp-String Hanging from the Sky” [prose]

69. THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, Vol. 4, No. 1, Issue 13, edited by Marvin Malone
Storrs: The Wormwood Review, 1964
Larsen contribution: “Homage to Yevtushenko” [poem]

70. THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, Vol. 4, No. 3, Issue 15, edited by Marvin Malone
Storrs: The Wormwood Review, 1964
Larsen contribution: “The Way to a Woman’s Heart: An Exploratory Operation” [poem]

1965

71. BLACK CAT REVIEW, No. 3, edited by Neeli Cherry *
San Bernardino: The Cherry Press, June 1965
Larsen contribution: “Dock Dialogue” [poem]

72. INPUT, Vol. 2, No. 1, Issue 5, edited by Peter Salmansohn and Frank Roth
Valley Stream: Input, Spring 1965
Larsen contribution: “A River, Running to The Sea” [poem]

73. KAURI, No. 11, edited by Will Inman
New York: November-December, 1965
Larsen contribution: “Addenda to a Subway Sign” [poem]

74. SIMBOLICA, No. 24, edited by Ignace Ingianni
Tiburon: Simbolica, (1965)
Larsen contribution: “The Big Little White Bug Caper of Yesterday Afternoon” [prose], “The Red and the Black” [poem], “Open Letter to Provincetown, Mass.” [poem]

75. THE SPERO, Vol. 1, No. 1, edited by Douglas and Kathy Casement
Chicago: Fenian Head Centre Press, 1965
Larsen contribution: “Meet Miss Subways” [prose]

76. THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, Vol. 5, No. 2, Issue No. 18, edited by Marvin Malone
Storrs: The Wormwood Review, 1965
Larsen contribution: “The Memoirs of the Most Successful 30 Year Old Model Boat Builder in the Whole Universe” [prose]

77. THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, Vol. 5, No. 3, Issue No. 19, edited by Marvin Malone
Storrs: The Wormwood Review, 1965
Larsen contribution: “A Little Play on Words Which I Have Modestly Entitled: Hamlet Prince of Denmark” [prose], “Memo to Bukowski” [poem], “Poem Entitled Untitled Poem” [poem]

1966

78. THE EIGHT PAGER, Series One, Part Four, edited by D.r. Wagner
Niagara Falls: Press Today Niagara, 1966
Larsen contribution: “Telethong” [poem]

79. ENTRAILS, No. 1, edited by Gene Bloom
New York: Whisper Shit Press, July 1966
Larsen contribution: “Dick and Jane at the Seashore, or Confessions of an Eternal Compulsion Engine” [prose]

80. HIKA, Vol. 28, No. 3, edited by Michael K. Berryhill and Michael Kirchberger
Gambier: Kenyon College, Spring-Summer 1966
Larsen contribution: “Wild Animals Couldn’t Keep Me Away from Africa: The Life and Hard Times of a Poem-Writer” [prose], “Tide Rising” [poem]

81. KAURI, No. 12, edited by Will Inman
New York: January-February, 1966
Larsen contribution: “Unwinding Walls” [poem]

82. KAURI, No. 15, edited by Will Inman
New York: Kauri, July-August 1966
Larsen contribution: “Text of the President’s Christmas Message as Reprinted from The New York Times, Dec. 25, 1995” [prose]

83. KAURI, No. 16, edited by Will Inman
New York: Kauri, Sep – Oct 1966
Larsen contribution: “Memo: Commit Suicide & See Pg. 1 of Notes” [prose]

84. THE MARY JANE QUARTERLY, Vol. 2, No. 1, edited by d.a. levy
Cleveland: Renegade Press, 1966
Larsen contribution: “Fractions of Light and Water, Fractions of Flesh” [poem]

85. THE SPERO, Vol. 1, No. 2, edited by Douglas and Kathy Casement
Chicago: Fenian Head Centre Press, 1966
Larsen contribution: “The World is Made of Snow” [prose]

86. THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, Vol. 6, No. 4, Issue No. 24, edited by Marvin Malone
Storrs: The Wormwood Review, 1966
Larsen contribution: “Eddie Reed and His Radio Rangers” [poem]

1967

87. CONGRESS, No.2, edited by Sam Seiffer
New York: Congress, 1967
Larsen contribution: “From This Familiar Room” [poem]

1972

88. THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, Vol. 12, No. 3, Issue 47, edited by Marvin Malone
Stockton: The Wormwood Review, 1972
Larsen contribution: “Red Cross” [poem], “Third Rail” [poem]

1975

89. SAMISDAT, Vol. 6 No. 4, Issue 15, edited by Merritt Clifton
Berkeley: Samisdat, Autumn 1975
Larsen contribution: “Idols” [prose]

90. SMALL PRESS REVIEW, Vol. 7, Nos. 10-11, Issue 34-35, edited by Len Fulton *
Paradise: Dust Books, Nov-Dec 1975

91. THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, Vol. 15, No. 2, Issue 58, edited by Marvin Malone
Stockton: The Wormwood Review, 1975
Larsen contribution: “Love Among The Silverware” [poem], “Road to Mecca” [poem]

1977

92. THE WORMWOOD REVIEW, Vol. 17, Nos. 1-2, Issues 65-66, edited by Marvin Malone
Stockton: The Wormwood Review, 1977
Larsen contribution: “Sands of Sorrow” [play]

1979

93. CENTER, No. 12, edited by Carol Bergé
Albuquerque: Center, 1979
Larsen contribution: “from: In The Museum of Oddities” [prose]

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Charles Bukowski: Broadsides

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SECTION B:
This index includes broadsides featuring poems and stories from the 1940’s to the late 1960’s: from Bukowski’s first appearance to roughly the time that his work started being published in collected volumes by John Martin’s Black Sparrow Press; the period of time covered by Sanford Dorbin’s Bibliography.

1. Bukowski, Charles. 20 TANKS FROM KASSELDOWN
First edition:
Washington D.C.: Black Sun Press, Spring 1946
Broadside, 12″ x 16″, (c. 1000 copies). Published as part of PORTFOLIO AN INTERNATIONAL REVIEW, No. 3, edited by Caresse Crosby.
(Dorbin D2, Krumhansl 1)

2. Bukowski, Charles. HIS WIFE, THE PAINTER
First edition:
Eureka: Hearse Press, June 1960
Broadside, 5″ x 11″, (c. 201 copies), letterpress printed. Published as Hearse Broadside No. 1.
(Dorbin B1 and C248, Krumhansl 2 and 14a)

Note: according to Dorbin [see Dorbin B1], there were variant examples on paper without the blindstamp (Strathmore Artist) of this and three other Bukowski broadsides later assembled as part of Coffin, No.1. He believed that all could have been printed on scrap stock.

Note: according to Krumhansl, “201 copies were published 16 June 1960, 50 of which were distributed to various poets and friends of E.V. Griffith, publisher of Hearse Press. 150 copies were included in Coffin 1 and the remaining copy was used for the offset paste-up of Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail.”

3. Bukowski, Charles. THE PRIEST AND THE MATADOR *
First edition:
n.p.: privately printed, 1962
Broadside, 8.5″ x 11″, offset printed.
(Dorbin B4, Krumhansl 10)

Note: according to Krumhansl, “Published sometime in 1962. Bukowski believed that this item was produced by students at Northwestern or Purdue. Dorbin could not verify this information but ascertained that it was picked up by some mid-western area students after the publication of Run with the Hunted in 1962.”

4. Bukowski, Charles. SAME OLD THING, SHAKESPEARE THROUGH MAILER
First edition:
Storrs: Wormwood Review, 1963
Broadside, 8.5″ x 11″, offset printed.
(not in Dorbin, Krumhansl 11)

Note: an offprint of pages 2 and 3 from The Wormwood Review, Vol. 4, No. 3, Issue 11, edited by Marvin Malone (Storrs: The Wormwood Review, November 1963).

Note: according to Krumhansl, “500 copies, of which 29 were signed and numbered, were issued gratis sometime in 1963”.

5. Bukowski, Charles. THE PAPER ON THE FLOOR
First edition:
Eureka: Hearse Press, 1964
Folded broadside, 7″ x 11″ sheet folded once to make four pages, (151 copies), letterpress printed. Published as part of Coffin, No. 1, edited by E.V. Griffith.
(Dorbin C250, Krumhansl 14b)

Note: according to Krumhansl, “151 copies were published in 1964, 150 of which were laid into the portfolio [Coffin, No. 1] and one used in the offset paste-up of Flower, Fist and Bestial Wail“.

6. Bukowski, Charles. THE OLD MAN ON THE CORNER
First edition:
Eureka: Hearse Press, 1964
Broadside, 4″ x 11″, (150 copies), letterpress printed. Published as part of Coffin, No. 1, edited by E.V. Griffith.
(Dorbin C249, Krumhansl 14c)

7. Bukowski, Charles. WASTE BASKET
First edition:
Eureka: Hearse Press, 1964
Broadside, 5″ x 6″, (150 copies), letterpress printed. Published as part of Coffin, No. 1, edited by E.V. Griffith.
(Dorbin C251, Krumhansl 14d)

8. Bukowski, Charles. TRUE STORY *
First edition:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1966
Broadside, 10″ x 14.5″, 30 copies, letterpress printed by Philip Klein.
(Dorbin B6, Krumhansl 18)

Note: according to Krumhansl, “30 signed copies were published April 1966: 27 copies numbered 1-27 plus 3 copies lettered A-C. Designed and printed by Philip Klein.”

9. Bukowski, Charles. ON GOING OUT TO GET THE MAIL *
First edition:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1966
Broadside, 10″ x 14.5″, 30 copies, letterpress printed by Philip Klein.
(Dorbin B7, Krumhansl 19)

Note: according to Krumhansl: “30 signed copies were published May 1966: 27 copies numbered 1-27 plus 3 copies lettered A-C. Designed and printed by Philip Klein.”

10. Bukowski, Charles. TO KISS THE WORMS GOODNIGHT *
First edition:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1966
Broadside, 10″ x 14.5″, 30 copies, letterpress printed by Philip Klein.
(Dorbin B8, Krumhansl 20)

Note: according to Krumhansl: “30 signed copies were published June 1966: 27 copies numbered 1-27 plus 3 copies lettered A-C. Designed and printed by Philip Klein.”

11. Bukowski, Charles. THE GIRLS / FOR THE MERCY MONGERS *
First edition:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1966
Broadside, 10″ x 14.5″, 30 copies, letterpress printed by Philip Klein.
(Dorbin B9, Krumhansl 22)

Note: according to Krumhansl: “30 signed copies were published July 1966: 27 copies numbered 1-27 plus 3 copies lettered A-C. Designed and printed by Philip Klein.”

12. Bukowski, Charles. THE FLOWER LOVER / I MET A GENIUS *
First edition:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1966
Broadside, 10″ x 14.5″, 30 copies, letterpress printed by Philip Klein.
(Dorbin B6, Krumhansl 24)

Note: according to Krumhansl: “30 signed copies were published October 1966: 27 copies numbered 1-27 plus 3 copies lettered A-C. Designed and printed by Philip Klein.”

13. Bukowski, Charles. THE NATURE OF THE THREAT AND WHAT TO DO
First edition:
San Francisco: Nevada/Tattoo Press, 1969
Broadside, 8.5″ x 11″, offset printed. Published as part of Peace Amongst the Ants
(Krumhansl 33)

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Charles Bukowski: Books and Chapbooks

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SECTION A:
This index includes books, chapbooks, booklets and bound offprints featuring poems and stories during the 1960’s: from Bukowski’s first book to roughly the time that his work started being published in collected volumes by John Martin’s Black Sparrow Press; the period of time covered by Sanford Dorbin’s Bibliography.

1. Bukowski, Charles. FLOWER, FIST AND BESTIAL WAIL
First edition:
Eureka: Hearse Press, October 1960
Saddle-stapled in printed and illustrated wrappers, 5.5″ x 8.25″, 28 pages, (200 copies), offset printed, cover illustration by Ben Tibbs, edited by E.V. Griffith. Published as Hearse Chapbooks 5.
(Dorbin A1, Krumhansl 3)

Note: Charles Bukowski’s first book.

2. Bukowski, Charles. A SIGNATURE OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI
First edition:
Albuquerque: Targets, December 1960
Saddle-stapled in printed and illustrated wrappers, 7″ x 8.5″, (6 hors commerce copies), offset printed.
(Dorbin B2, Krumhansl 4)

Note: an offprint from Targets, No. 4, edited by W.L. Garner (Sandia Park, December 1960).

3. Bukowski, Charles. BUKOWSKI SIGNATURE 2
First edition:
Albuquerque: Targets, August-September 1961
Saddle-stapled in printed and illustrated wrappers, 7″ x 8.5″, offset printed.
(Dorbin B3, Krumhansl 5)

Note: an offprint from Targets, No. 7, edited by W.L. Garner (Albuquerque, September 1961)

4. Bukowski, Charles. A CHARLES BUKOWSKI ALBUM
First edition:
New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1961
Side-stapled in printed and illustrated wrappers, 6″ x 9″, (10 copies), offset printed.
(Krumhansl 6)

Note: offprint from The Outsider, No. 1, edited by Jon Edgar & Gypsy Lou Webb (New Orleans: Loujon Press, Fall 1961)

5. Bukowski, Charles. LONGSHOT POMES FOR BROKE PLAYERS
First edition:
New York: 7 Poets Press, (1962)
Saddle-stapled in printed and illustrated wrappers, 5.5″ x 9.25″, 44 pages, (200 copies), offset printed, illustrations by Bukowski, edited and published by Carl Larsen.
(Dorbin A3, Krumhansl 8)

Note: according to Krumhansl, “Bukowski’s title for this book Longshot Pomes for Broke Players, appears in its correct form on the front cover only. Illustrations by Bukowski on front cover, title pages, and throughout the text. Photograph of Bukowski and autobiographical material on recto of last leaf.”

6. Bukowski, Charles. RUN WITH THE HUNTED
First edition:
Chicago: Midwest Poetry Chapbooks, 1962
Saddle-stapled in printed wrappers, 5.5″ x 6.25″, 32 pages, (300 copies), offset printed, dedicated to William Corrington, edited by R.R. Cuscaden. Published as Midwest Poetry Chapbooks 1.
(Dorbin A4, Krumhansl 9)

7. Bukowski, Charles. POEMS AND DRAWINGS
First edition:
Crescent City: Epos, 1962
Side-stapled sheets bound into printed wrappers, 6.5″ x 9.25″, 28 pages, (500 copies), letterpress printed, illustrations by Bukowski, edited by Will Tullos and Evelyn Thorne. Published as Epos Extra Issue.
(Dorbin A2, Krumhansl 7)

Note: according to Krumhansl, “Of the 500 copies printed it is estimated that about 300 copies were sent gratis to subscribers of Epos magazine, the remaining 200 being for sale at the published price.”

8. Bukowski, Charles. IT CATCHES MY HEART IN ITS HANDS
First edition:
New Orleans: Loujon Press, 1963
Perfect-bound in printed and illustrated wrappers with dust jacket, 7.5″ x 10″, 98 pages, 777 copies, letterpress printed, introduction by William Corrington, illustrations by Frank Salantrie, dedicated to Gypsy Lou Webb, edited by Gypsy Lou and Jon Webb. Published as Gypsy Lou Series 1.
(Dorbin A5, Krumhansl 12)

9. Bukowski, Charles. GRIP THE WALLS
First edition:
Storrs: Wormwood Review, 1964
Saddle stapled in printed and illustrated wrappers, 5.5″ x 8.5″, 8 pages, 600 copies, offset printed.
(Dorbin B5, Krumhansl 13)

Note: published as a detachable booklet in The Wormwood Review, Vol. 4, No. 4, Issue 16, edited by Marvin Malone (Storrs: The Wormwood Review Press, December 1964).

10. Bukowski, Charles. CRUCIFIX IN A DEATHHAND
First edition:
New York: Lyle Stuart, 1965
Perfect-bound in illustrated french-fold wrappers, 8.25″ x 12.25″, 102 pages, 3100 copies, letterpress printed, dedicated to Marina Louise Bukowski, illustrations by Noel Rockmore, edited by Gypsy Lou and Jon Webb. Published as Gypsy Lou Series 2.
(Dorbin A6, Krumhansl 15)

11. Bukowski, Charles. COLD DOGS IN THE COURTYARD
First edition:
Chicago: Literary Times and Cyfoeth Publications, 1965
Saddle-stapled in printed and illustrated wrappers, 5.5″ x 8.25″, 24 pages, 500 copies, letterpress printed, “Foreward” by Bukowski, cover illustration by Betsy Millam, dedicated to Frances Bukowski, edited by Bukowski.
(Dorbin A7, Krumhansl 16)

12. Bukowski, Charles. CONFESSIONS OF A MAN INSANE ENOUGH TO LIVE WITH BEASTS
First edition:
Bensenville: Mimeo Press, August 1965
Saddle-stapled printed and illustrated wrappers, 5.5″ x 8.5″, 52 pages, 500 copies, text mimeograph printed, wrappers offset printed, introductory note by Steve Richmond, cover illustration by Anna Purcell, edited by Douglas Blazek.
(Dorbin A8, Krumhansl 17)

Note: according to Krumhansl, “There is an introduction consisting of twelve lines excerpted from a Steve Richmond letter to Douglas Blazek on the verso of title page. Of the circa 500 copies, 25 copies were issued with a special autographed drawing by Bukowski. The special copies were announced in Ole, No. 3. This ‘long short story’ is the first appearance of the fictional character Henry Chinaski.”

13. Bukowski, Charles. THE GENIUS OF THE CROWD
First edition:
Cleveland: 7 Flowers Press, 1966
Side-stapled sheets bound into printed and illustrated wrappers, 4.5″ x 6″, 22 pages, 103 copies, letterpress printed by d.a. levy, block prints by Paula Marie Savarino, edited by d.a. levy.
(Dorbin A9, Krumhansl 21)

According to Krumhansl, “Many sheets for this chapbook were printed on trimmed envelopes and are therefore double leaves, with envelope flap sections glued together.”

14. Bukowski, Charles. ALL THE ASSHOLES IN THE WORLD AND MINE
First edition:
Bensenville: Open Skull Press, 1966
Saddle-stapled in illustrated wrappers, 5.5″ x 8.5″, 28 pages, 400 copies, text mimeograph printed, wrappers offset printed, illustrated by Bukowski, dedicated to William Wantling, edited by Douglas Blazek.
(Dorbin A10, Krumhansl 23)

15. Bukowski, Charles. NIGHT’S WORK (INCLUDING BUFFALO BILL)
First edition:
Storrs: Wormwood Review, 1966
Saddle stapled in printed and illustrated wrappers, 5.5″ x 8.5″, 12 pages, 600 copies, offset printed. (Dorbin B11)

Note: Published as a detachable booklet in The Wormwood Review, Vol. 6, No. 4, Issue 24, edited by Marvin Malone (Storrs: The Wormwood Review, March 1967)

16. Bukowski, Charles. 2 BY BUKOWSKI
First edition:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1967
Hand-sewn in printed wrappers, 5.5″ x 8.5″, 8 pages, 111 copies, letterpress printed by Philip Klein.
(Dorbin B12, Krumhansl 25)

From the colophon: “Printed April, 1967 in Los Angeles by Philip Klein for the Black Sparrow Press. This edition is limited to ninety-nine copies; three copies lettered a, b and c, which are not for sale, and ninety-six numbered copies, for sale, all signed by the poet.”

Note: according to Krumhansl, “111 copies were published 7 April 1967, of which 99 were signed, the remaining 12 copies are unsigned, numbered 1-12, and marked ‘Review Copy’ in holograph red ink.”

17. Bukowski, Charles. THE CURTAINS ARE WAVING AND PEOPLE WALK THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HERE AND IN BERLIN AND IN NEW YORK CITY AND IN MEXICO
First edition:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1967
Hand-sewn in printed wrappers, 6.25″ x 6.25″, 12 pages, 125 copies, letterpress printed by Graham Mackintosh.
(Dorbin B14, Krumhansl 26)

From the colophon: “Designed and printed September, 1967 in San Francisco by Graham Mackintosh for the Black Sparrow Press. The edition is limited to one hundred and twenty five copies; three copies lettered a, b, c which are not for sale and one hundred and twenty two numbered copies, for sale, all signed by the poet.”

Note: according to Krumhansl, “According to John Martin, as Bukowski signed The Curtains he added a drawing to his signature in every tenth copy or so. Thus about fifteen copies contain an original drawing.”

18. Bukowski, Charles. AT TERROR STREET AND AGONY WAY
a. First edition, paperback issue, first state:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, May 1968
Perfect-bound in printed wrappers, 6″ x 8.5″, 89 pages, 18 copies, letterpress printed by Graham Mackintosh.
(Dorbin A11, Krumhansl 27a)

Note: front cover of this state included a misprint whereby “Street” was misprinted as “Sreet”. According to John Martin 18 copies exist thus, without the white label which was affixed to the second state.

b. First edition, paperback issue, second state:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, May 1968
Perfect-bound in printed wrappers, 6″ x 8.5″, 89 pages, 747 copies, letterpress printed by Graham Mackintosh.
(Dorbin A11, Krumhansl 27b)

Note: this state has a 3.5″ x 5.5″ printed white label tipped on to the front cover to correct the misprinting of the first state.

c. First edition, hardcover, numbered, signed and illustrated issue:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, May 1968
Hardcover in cloth-bound boards with printed paper spine label, 6″ x 9″, 89 pages, 75 numbered and signed copies, letterpress printed by Graham Mackintosh, with an original watercolor painting by Bukowski tipped in.
(Dorbin A11, Krumhansl 27c)

Note: introductory note by Bukowski, dedicated to John Thomas, John Martin, and John the Baptist, edited by John Martin, printed prospectus issued.

From the colophon: “Designed and printed April, 1968 in San Francisco by Graham Mackintosh for the Black Sparrow Press. The edition is limited to 800 copies in wrappers and 75 hardbound, signed copies each with an original illustration by the poet.”

19. Bukowski, Charles. POEMS WRITTEN BEFORE JUMPING OUT OF AN 8 STORY WINDOW
First edition:
Glendale: Poetry X/Change, 1968
Saddle-stapled sheets bound into illustrated wrappers, 6.5″ x 8.25″, 32 pages, (400 copies), offset printed, introductory note by Bukowski, cover illustration by P. David Horton, center-fold illustration by Bukowski, dedicated to Douglas Blazek.
(Dorbin A12, Krumhansl 28)

Note: according to Krumhansl, “Circa 400 copies were published in the summer of 1968. Note on verso of title page: ‘… a Litmus first edition…’ Published by Darrell Kerr and Charles Potts. Originally this volume was to have been published by Mel Buffington’s Blitz/Mad Virgin Press in August or September of 1965.”

20. Bukowski, Charles. NOTES OF A DIRTY OLD MAN
First edition:
North Hollywood: Essex House, January 1969
Perfect-bound in printed and illustrated wrappers, 4.5″ x 6.5″, 256 pages, (c. 28,000 copies), offset printed, introductory note by Bukowski, cover illustration by Larry Gaynor.
(Dorbin A13, Krumhansl 29)

Note: according to Krumhansl, “Collected from Bukowski’s weekly column in Open City, a Los Angeles underground newspaper. The newspaper published circa 92 issues between 1964-1969. Bukowski was listed as a Contributing Editor throughout the life of the paper and contributed to 87 issues.”

21. Bukowski, Charles. A BUKOWSKI SAMPLER
First edition:
Madison: Quixote Press, July 1969
Saddle-stapled in printed and illustrated wrappers, 7″ x 9.25″, 80 pages, 400 copies, offset printed, introduction by Douglas Blazek, illustrations by Bukowski, printed prospectus issued.
(Dorbin A14, Krumhansl 30)

22. Bukowski, Charles. IF WE TAKE
a. First edition, regular issue:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969
Hand-sewn with green thread in printed wrappers, 4.5″ x 5.5″, 16 pages, 350 copies, letterpress printed by Noel Young.
(Krumhansl 31a)

Note: 350 unsigned copies issued, not 300 as stated in the colophon.

b. First edition, signed issue:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969
Hand-sewn with red thread in printed wrappers, 4.5″ x 5.5″, 16 pages, 100 numbered and signed copies, plus one marked “File Copy”, letterpress printed by Noel Young.
(Krumhansl 31b)

From the colophon: “Design by Barbara Martin. Printed by Noel Young. Published as a New Year’s Greeting to the friends of the Black Sparrow Press in an edition of 400 copies, 100 of which are numbered and signed by the author.”

23. Bukowski, Charles. THE DAYS RUN AWAY LIKE WILD HORSES OVER THE HILLS
a. First edition, paperback issue:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969
Perfect-bound in printed wrappers, 6″ x 9.25″, 160 pages, 1243 copies, letterpress printed by Noel Young.
(Krumhansl 32a)

b. First edition, hardcover, numbered and signed issue:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969
Hardcover in printed paper-bound boards and cloth backstrip with paper label in acetate dust jacket, 6.5″ x 9.75″, 160 pages, 250 numbered and signed copies, letterpress printed by Noel Young.
(Krumhansl 32b)

c. First edition, hardcover, numbered, signed and illustrated issue:
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969
Hardcover in printed paper-bound boards and patterned cloth backstrip with paper label in acetate dust jacket, 6.5″ x 9.75″, 160 pages, 63 numbered and signed copies with original artwork tipped in, letterpress printed by Noel Young.
(Krumhansl 32c)

From the colophon: “Printed December 1969 in Santa Barbara by Noel Young for the Black Sparrow Press. Design by Barbara Martin. This edition is limited to 1250 copies in paper wrappers; 250 hardcover copies numbered & signed by the poet; & 50 numbered copies handbound in boards by Earle Gray, signed & with an original illustration by the poet.”

d. prospectus
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969
Broadside printed on both sides, 6″ x 9″, letterpress printed.

Note: from the verso: “The poetry of Charles Bukowski is by turns savage, tender, humorous. The individual poems are memorable, with a blood-freezing immediacy. The prey in Bukowski’s poems are life’s victims in precisely the same sense that we are all victims…”

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Charles Bukowski

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Section A: Books and Chapbooks
Section B: Broadsides
Section C: Contributions to Books and Anthologies
Section D: Contributions to Periodicals
Section E: Miscellaneous Prose

Henry Charles Bukowski (August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist, and short story writer.

His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambiance of his home city of Los Angeles. His work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, alcohol, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books. The FBI kept a file on him as a result of his column, Notes of a Dirty Old Man, in the LA underground newspaper Open City. Bukowski published extensively in small literary magazines and with small presses beginning in the early 1940s and continuing on through the early 1990s.

Regarding Bukowski’s enduring popular appeal, Adam Kirsch of The New Yorker wrote, “the secret of Bukowski’s appeal. . . [is that] he combines the confessional poet’s promise of intimacy with the larger-than-life aplomb of a pulp-fiction hero.”

When Bukowski was 24, his short story “Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip” was published in Story magazine. Two years later, another short story, “20 Tanks from Kasseldown”, was published by the Black Sun Press in Issue III of Portfolio: An Intercontinental Quarterly, a limited-run, loose-leaf broadside collection printed in 1946 and edited by Caresse Crosby. Failing to break into the literary world, Bukowski grew disillusioned with the publication process and quit writing for almost a decade, a time that he referred to as a “ten-year drunk”. These “lost years” formed the basis for his later semi-autobiographical chronicles, although they are fictionalized versions of Bukowski’s life through his highly stylized alter-ego, Henry Chinaski.

During part of this period he continued living in Los Angeles, working at a pickle factory for a short time but also spending some time roaming about the United States, working sporadically and staying in cheap rooming houses. In the early 1950s, Bukowski took a job as a fill-in letter carrier with the U.S. Postal Service in Los Angeles but resigned just before he reached three years’ service.

By 1960, Bukowski had returned to the post office in Los Angeles where he began work as a letter filing clerk, a position he held for more than a decade.

Jon and Louise Webb, now recognized as giants of the post-war ‘small-press movement’, published The Outsider literary magazine and featured some of Bukowski’s poetry. Under the Loujon Press imprint, they published Bukowski’s It Catches My Heart in Its Hands in 1963 and Crucifix in a Deathhand in 1965.

Beginning in 1967, Bukowski wrote the column “Notes of a Dirty Old Man” for Los Angeles’ Open City, an underground newspaper. When Open City was shut down in 1969, the column was picked up by the Los Angeles Free Press as well as the hippie underground paper NOLA Express in New Orleans. In 1969 Bukowski and Neeli Cherkovski launched their own short-lived mimeographed literary magazine, Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns. They produced 3 issues over the next 2 years.

In 1969 Bukowski accepted an offer from Black Sparrow Press publisher John Martin and quit his post office job to dedicate himself to full-time writing. He was then 49 years old. As he explained in a letter at the time, “I have one of two choices – stay in the post office and go crazy … or stay out here and play at writer and starve. I have decided to starve.” Less than one month after leaving the postal service he finished his first novel, Post Office. As a measure of respect for Martin’s financial support and faith in a relatively unknown writer, Bukowski published almost all of his subsequent major works with Black Sparrow Press. An avid supporter of small independent presses, he continued to submit poems and short stories to innumerable small publications throughout his career.

Bukowski died of leukemia on March 9, 1994, in San Pedro, aged 73, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp.

References consulted:

Debritto, Abel. “Cacoethes Scribendi: A Comprehensive Checklist of Charles Bukowski’s Earliest Publications, 1940-1969”, published in RESOURCES FOR AMERICAN LITERARY STUDY, Vol. 35, edited by Jackson R. Bryer and Richard Kopley
New York: AMS Press, September 2012

Dorbin, Sanford. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI
Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969

Fogel, Al. CHARLES BUKOWSKI: A COMPREHENSIVE PRICE GUIDE & CHECKLIST — 1944-1999
Surfside: The Sole Proprietor Press, 1999

Krumhansl, Aaron. A DESCRIPTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE PRIMARY PUBLICATIONS OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI
Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999

Online resources:
Collecting Bukowski
Bukowski.net
Wormwood Review

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