Recent content by Gary Eisenberg

What Danny Mac just said! I took somewhat of a drubbing a few weeks back, and I have no hard feelings at all. This is a great forum, and I'm grateful to MJP for hosting it!

Thanks for sharing this! Brilliant. Bukowski at his best, IMHO.

I've done the same. My complete set of Outsider is gone. Also my copy of IT CATCHES MY HEART IN ITS HANDS. And dozens more. But life goes on. And we can always acquire reprints.

MJP, thank you for keep the trolls out!

LMAO!

My final word on the subject: When I checked the book out, there was little-to-no interest in Fante. We're talking John Fante here, not Bukowski. I paid the fee in a timely manner, and remained in good standing with the library. The book is now widely available. I was actively involved in...

I didn't boast about it, MJP. That was YOUR read on it Just sayin. I paid for the book. And DID have some qualms years later. I never claimed to be next Bukowski, LOL. OR the next John Fante. Enough said. I'm getting sleepy reading this thread... They now have MANY copies on hand. That is...

The book had not left the shelf since 1956, when I checked it out in 1973. So I didn't feel so bad about the purloined letter(s) [pardon the pun]. Bad photography on my part. I was in a hurry. The clamshell box was NOT part of the production. It was given to me by my dear friend Patrick...

I should have asked Michael to inscribe the book to me, but we were BOTH always blasted drunk whenever we got together, and I never got around to doing so!

I wound up finding Ask The Dust at UCLA library back in those days. It's not the cleanest copy in the world. I should have saved the library card pocket. I kept the book and gladly paid the $5.00 replacement fee. It was inscribed to Jim Tully, a friend of Fante. So I eventually found...

Here's a little tidbit of tantalization. I got this letter from Fante in '77 after I sent him a few of my HORRIBLE poems.

It's one SINGLE bloody poem. Nothing much to read at all. But my old friend Shalom "Red" Stodolsky was one of FIRST book dealers to regularly stock Buk's work, and they were fast friends. It was through Red that I met (and later collaborated with) the late Michael Montfort. So I ain't NEVER...

I'll allow y'all to drool over this. And no, it's NFS. Enjoy!

Gee, now where'd I put that checkbook?

Cleese ALWAYS gets it right! Uh.."one more little wafer, Mssr. Creosote?"