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Hi Roni, the newspapers headlined Buk's death in germany - for that day at least - Buk was REALLY great in german bookstores in the 80s, even the tiniest bookstore in the city sold Buk books, these tiny white Buk poetry books were everywhere, and people bought them ... Buk's poetry then slowly...

happy birthday, Hank I'll never forget when I read about Hanks death in the newspaper, yes, there was no internet, then,

Kay Johnson was from New Orleans, the Webbs moved into her appartment when she departed for Paris, here is a photo from her http://www.emptymirrorbooks.com/beat/kaja.html

Jane Cooney Baker was born 1910 July 7 in Carlsbad New Mexico but grew up in St Louis where her father was a doctor, he died about 1919 according to Barry Miles bio

Carl Weissner started the Bukowski-hype when he published its first translation at tiny Maro-Verlag, then the big editors discerned that they could make money with Bukowski, and it all began. Germany was a country of readers in these times and book shops flourished. Bukowski once mentioned that...

==>How did Carl die? his death was surprising for all, he wasn't sick, working till his last day, he simply was found dead in his appartment, the best way do die, anyway right: in the 80's, Buk's was ubiquitous in Germany: his books everywhere, small white affordable poetry editions, all...

==> Greatest tragedy of our times: The 8 hour job ==> Not wise enough to lead, but wise enough not to follow Hank's always ready for displaying some gems, thanx for this interview

Hank wrote a poem about that, listen here http://mp3.rapidlibrary.com/mp3.php?file=1219945&song=do+you+use+a+notebook

some cliché: The first word Bukowski's daughter, Marina, learned to read was "liquor" since Hank spent so much of his leisure time in a drunken stupor. from: Drowning in a Sea of Booze: 100 Things You Didn't Know About Bukowski...

"100$/month for life", was a mere spoken gentleman's agreement, so J.M. was pretty safe from civil lawsuits from Buk. And I read here somewhere that Hank even proposed that 'deal', because he was on the verge of being fired in the post office anyway, - didn't mention that to J.M. though. But...

Carl does it again: Mannheim, Germany Monday March 28 http://www.jetztmusikfestival.de/content/jetztmusikfestival/programm/montag_283/carl_weissner_liest/index_ger.html here a bit more about Carl & Hank http://realitystudio.org/publications/death-in-paris/

looks like Burroughs wanted some cut-up action. we're flattered, having attracted his attention, didn't know yet - him strolling around forums posthumously, though

Thanx Digney, for your sweet trying, a new original Buk-world is popping up for us, heard a lot about these notes, now, first time we really can see them, now I'm gonna sound like a spoiled brat, but could we please get the poems too?

I think Carl just further worked out the Buk-persona that Hank started by himself, on these geman books there was the (outright fake) Jean Genet quote of describing Buk as the "greatest writer of America", too Carl hit some poems quite good, and Hank sure was satisfied with the economic results...

ah, I understand, so the veil of mystery about the secret of Hank's endurance is lifted, the young caged boy was in fact a lady .... the secret of my endurance ... (I've got a) young boy to write my stuff now, I keep him in a ten-foot cage with a typewriter, feed him whiskey and raw whores...

some facts for date collectors: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/t/o/Marina-Stone/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0405.html Henry Charles Bukowski (son of Leonard Bukowski and Emily Bukowski) was born 21 Oct 1895 in Pasadena, California and died 04 Dec 1958 in Los Angeles, California He married...

At no time did Charles Bukowski consider himself a "Beat." to solve this mystery, I've added this scientific article from JULIE LEWIS about whether Buk was a Beat or not. it's from page 30 of "Encyclopedia of Beat Literature", edited by Kurt Hemmer, Facts On File, Inc. 2007, 132 West 31st...

Right, Mr.JP :-) but I like GK's column anyway Buk:"This is very important "” to take leisure time. Pace is the essence. Without stopping entirely and doing nothing at all for great periods, you're gonna lose everything. Whether you're an actor, anything, a housewife ... there has to be great...

he simply uses standard european pronounciation for "Bukowski". I was astonished when I first heard his name spoken as "Bu-cow-ski" like in cow I read that Buk's father used the european pronounciation in the first LA years, too, but changed that then in an attempt to better adapt to US...

the first one is kind of a Bukowski tag cloud

Burt Kimmelman dedicated his anthology "20th Century American Poetry" !!! to Jane !!! really, so I tried to track the path and found Michael Basinski's article there: BUKOWSKI, CHARLES (1920-1994) Charles Bukowski came to prominence in the late 1960s. He published antiauthoritarian and...

I think, in his very youth he played touch football with the neighbouring boys - Buk's father stopped that then by starting the infamous lawn mowing torture drill

it was in a huge german public library, and I never saw other author signed books there, apart from Buk's books from the 70s. Guess the manager was a fan, too. And please: books don't "end" in such a library. There was no Internet in these times, and that library was the window to the...

found the first Bukowski books in the library in the late 70's - autographed ones. Buk learned me to enjoy poetry - and that loneliness can be glorious at times and yes, my son is born Aug 16

right so, anyway, it's never an issue whether you "believe" in astrology, like it's never a issue whether you "believe" in poetry. either love it or leave it