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What do you guys think the purpose of publishing a small book of short stories is? Am I high, or is it a waste of time? I mean, I know it probably is. I have no fantasies of getting rich off such a thing, but what are the reasons we would do this? Is it all ego? Whether we do it ourselves or...

Maybe this has been done before. I wondered if there's been a thread of quotes--maybe on a specific subject (writing?)--that can all be "authenticated." None of these nefarious ones that spread around on the web? So I guess the quote, then maybe the citation after it. Or has this already been...

Can someone tell me if this is a real quote? And if so, where did it come from? "Drink from the well of yourself and begin again."

Do we have the writings of 20 to 30 year-old Bukowski? Or is this kind of a dumb question that's been discussed to death?

Hope you're having one of them grand 'ole days, as the kids say. I noticed it wasn't just Halloween on my calendar, so I thought I would bring it to everyone else's attention too and embarrass you. You're welcome.

Hi All. I haven't been here in a while. I've been busy. Excuse the absence, but I'm still alive unfortunately. Anyway. The Crunch has always been my favorite poem. Not that it's not anymore, but today I was reading Something For The Touts, The Nuns, The Grocery Clerks And You and I don't...

Okay, shameless self-promotion. That's what this is, but I don't have any other choice. Ya gotta do what ya gotta do. I have been working my ass off on this, but that doesn't mean the video that goes along with it - that's just something I'd be endlessly apologizing for, and I don't have the...

I have a rough paperback of Barfly, which looks to be a first edition. I bought it new in 1987, carried it around and memorized it. Then, a few months after Hank died, my mom was working at a post production place as a receptionist and she called me one day to tell me that Faye Dunaway was in...

Just wanted to post a couple of other color photographers that I happen to really love. This was inspired by mjp's post about the Russian color photographer from the 1900s. These photographers are current however. The first one I came across while I was on a search for images of Lapland and the...

Today's Quandary. (Careless Press): A chapbook about the process of creating Artists' books. 28 pages, letterpressed covers by Bill Roberts, saddle stitch, and an original colored pencil drawing in the front of every book. 8.5 x 5.5 inches. Edition: 50, signed and numbered. See details here...

I'm lifting this topic from another forum I visit, an art forum, but don't we have enough artists here? And I think this can also apply to writers. I was thinking about re-answering the questions as it applies to me as a "writer," even though I still don't officially feel like one yet. Almost...

I haven't created an artists' book since 2008. Can that be right? Omg, it is. The last edition I made was Horsebucket. After that, I suppose I left it up to Chance Press and Bottle of Smoke to take up the slack, but way back when, I originally planned on making my own editions every two to...

I was having a conversation with some people on one of my artist's forums about titles of paintings and it evolved into some of us that are writing novels. Someone there who had done much research about titling said that longer titles of books tend to be what more people go for than shorter...

Happy Anniversary! :)

I recently got chased out of another forum that I frequented for about a year and a half. It was an arts forum, and the main one I sought for refuge. I was just wondering if this is your only forum or if you are part of others, or one other, or several. Or maybe it's just all about Bukowski...

I'm sort of bringing this question from another forum of nut bags to what I think is a "sane" forum: you people! It might be a dumb question, but what do you think of the term, fine art? Do you agree with the dictionary definition of the term, which is basically: Painting, sculpture, music...

I have a signed #193 of Dangling that I bought for MJP's birthday, until I found a much better copy of War All the Time that was pristine and better as a gift. This is not at all pristine. I paid $220 for it. I'm selling it for $175. I took pics of all the flaws so you know what you're getting...

My very first showing in NY is in February in a group show and I am going to be there! The opening is: Thursday, Feb. 2, 6-8 PM in Chelsea. Denise Bibro Fine Art 529 West 20th Street 4W New York, NY 10011 Tel: 212-647-7030 The show is called Detonate. If you're near, I hope you can come by.

I have to do a book presentation tomorrow afternoon which will also involve me reading some of my poems from the book I did with Bill, Monsters on Jasmine St. I have never read my poems out loud to anyone before, much less a crowd of strangers (many of them will be on the conservative side...

Just wondering what ya'll are working on? Sharing is caring, after all. I've been working on a book for the last couple of years of creative non-fiction, I suppose it is my memoirs, even though I do not like that particular description. I don't like autobiography either, but that's what it tiz...

My friend Jennifer, who I used to be in a band with and who has also assisted me with my art is trying to make a documentary about all the bands she manages every year at South by South West in Austin Texas. She works her ass off, for pretty much nothing, really for the love of it all. I am...

I am really on the fence about whether or not I should keep this copy of Hollywood I purchased. For sure it did not arrive as advertised, but again, I only paid $219. This is a 1st Edition, but it's been signed on the title page. Looks like a late signature. The book is in rough shape though...

I know he probably won't like that I started this thread, but I'm doing it anyway. It's February 4th and it's MJP's birthday. I love him, so this is what he gets, dammit! HAPPY BIRTHDAY you crazy beast! I love you! For this special day, I got him a signed 1st edition of Last Night of the Earth...

Is anyone into Elvis Costello? I've been listening to him again lately.