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skbruce

skbruce

I believe the poem is "I Was Born to Hustle Roses Down the Avenues of the Dead" from The Roominghouse Madrigals. And I agree with you HenryChinaski, that's a damn good poem!
 
hank solo

hank solo

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Well, I love to answer these questions but have to admit I hate trying to come up with something worthy to ask afterwards... erm...

erm...

Here's a stupid one. Name two models of car, and their colours, as described in published Bukowski prose/poems...

(_8(|) < Doh! I know I should do better....
 
hank solo

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Okay Bill, thats two.

I was thinking the blue VW Bug (a.k.a. a Beetle here in the UK) and a blue Mercury Comet, but the black BMW was mentioned too.

Your turn :D
 
bospress.net

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HI,

OK.

Barbara Frye accepted a bunch of poems by a poet for publication. Bukowski read and was turned off by them. He talked her out of publishing them in her mag, Harlequin. This caused threats of a lawsuit and finally, after Buk & Barbara split, she published them with an apology about her "co-editor" and the comments that he made.

What was the poet's name?

Bill
 
mjp

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Can you imagine threatening to sue a publisher who decided not to print poems they had previously said they would take?

The mind boggles.
 
cirerita

cirerita

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you're used to that in the U.S., aren't you? I mean, you can be sued by anything and everything, however unbelievable it may seem.
 
cirerita

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bospress.net said:
Barbara Frye accepted a bunch of poems by a poet for publication. Bukowski read and was turned off by them. He talked her out of publishing them in her mag, Harlequin. This caused threats of a lawsuit and finally, after Buk & Barbara split, she published them with an apology about her "co-editor" and the comments that he made.

What was the poet's name?
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Leslie Woolf Hedley
 
cirerita

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ok, apart from writing John Bryan off in the short story the birth, life and death of an underground newspaper, there was another major factor which contributed to their falling out. According to the B mythology, what did B to really annoy Bryan?
 
bospress.net

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cirerita said:
Leslie Woolf Hedley
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Hi,
For the record, you are right!


In the US you can be sued for anything. That does not mean that you will win. I have been threatened with suits over publishing certain poems. The person objected to the fact that they could be recognized, even though they werr not mentioned by name. They were in California, which has a damn tough law. If you sue for defamation and lose, you are liabel for all costs of the winning side, PLUS damages. T%his happened to someone that I know. He had a great case, brought it. HE should have won. HE lost. Had to pay all court costs and $50,000 in damages to the person that had defamed him.

My point is that even though you can sue anyone, you have to win and there can be dire consequences for bringing suits that have little or no merit.

For the record, I scrapped the book that I was being threatened over and replaced it with another book by the same poet. The risk was not worth it. I hate the idea of anyone telling me what to do, but the idea that I could lose my house over publishing a book that would make me less that $500 was not worth the risk.

Best,
Bill
 
d gray

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cirerita said:
ok, apart from writing John Bryan off in the short story the birth, life and death of an underground newspaper, there was another major factor which contributed to their falling out. According to the B mythology, what did B to really annoy Bryan?
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wasn't it something about letching after his young daughter?
 
d gray

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on 'bukowski reads his poetry', he, a few times, after belching or mis-reading something, says 'pardon' french-style. it's been a running joke with my friends ever since. i was just saying "forgive my error".
 
cirerita

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d gray,
I thought you were using golf lingo or something, that you were done with your par, that you just gave up :D Go figure!
 
mjp

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bospress.net said:
I scrapped the book that I was being threatened over and replaced it with another book by the same poet. ...the idea that I could lose my house over publishing a book that would make me less that $500 was not worth the risk.
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Smart move.
 
Bukfan

Bukfan

"The law is wrong; I am right"
Was it about Buk making sexual advances towards John Bryan's wife?
 
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Bukfan

Bukfan

"The law is wrong; I am right"
ok. - On the cd "Charles Bukowski live in Hamburg" he reads a poem called
"I've always had trouble with money". What was the original title of the poem when it was published in a BSP collection?
 
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skbruce

skbruce

In an attempt to redeem myself from my last incorrect answer, I will have to guess that the poem is "$$$$$$" from Love Is A Dog From Hell.
 
Bukfan

Bukfan

"The law is wrong; I am right"
skbruce: you hit it right on the nose! - you are hereby redeemed :)
- your turn...
 
skbruce

skbruce

Alright! Back on top! I'm sure it will only last a minute or less....Ok, so here we go: Who wrote the currently unpublished 300 page book Loving and Hating Charles Bukowski?
 
skbruce

skbruce

:D HA! You got it cirerita, you're up!
(I knew I wouldn't be on top for long....hey by the way, with all your research, you don't happen to have a copy of that book do you?)
 
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