Bukster Of The Year

[number6horse]

jk - of course ;)

 

[bospress.net]

For the simple sake of argument, shouldn't we consider the source of inspiration for the material that Lou printed ? Yes, she was heroic in her dedication to underground poets like Buk, but if artists like Buk didn't have their "Janes" to begin with, Lou would be printing Chinese carry-out menus and Watchtower tracts.

Ooooohh...I WENT THERE !

That is always the case. If I was not lucky enough to know talented writers, I'd get stuck printing my bad, bad attempt at poetry.

Or Chinese take out menus....

The writer needs the publisher as much as the publisher needs the writer. Where folks like Lou are different is that they completely got the people that they were printing and went out of their way to do the writing justice by putting everything that they had into it.

Still, I see your point too.

Bill

 

[Father Luke]

For the simple sake of argument, shouldn't we consider the source of inspiration

In that case, I vote for President Hoover.

- -
Okay,
Father Luke

When he was in 5th grade
he wrote an essay about attending
President Hoover's visit to a park in Los Angeles,
which he never attended. It was judged by far to be the best essay, and he knew he had found his vocation.

 

[number6horse]

I can see both sides, also. The "collected letters" thing I've been reading has plenty of correspondence with LouJon Press and it was obvious they were something special and close to Buk's heart. Seemed like there really was a chemistry between everyone involved. A rare and beautiful thing in the publishing world at any level.

Jane or Lou. We all win.

When does the voting end, by the way ?

 

[Father Luke]

When does the voting end, by the way ?

What say you? Votes will be tabulated until January 22nd by none other than Father Luke. The first person to mention the ultimately winning candidates will receive, from me, one measly Bukowski postcard.

. . .

 

[hoochmonkey9]

i stand by my vote for jane.
the packaging is important, but it's the words that matter most.

 

[number6horse]

Can you please count my vote TWICE since I'm from Chicago ?

 

[Father Luke]

sure.

tell Mayor Daley father luke says "hey"

 

[MULLINAX]

Another member of the "vote early, vote often" school of democracy.

In that case, I vote for President Hoover.

Baron Von Richtofen inspired an entire notebook of stories.
Perhaps the attic on Longwood Avenue ...

 

[pig ear press]

Can I vote for all the cats he ever owned? :rolleyes:

 

[MULLINAX]

One vote for Butch the cat. Father Luke, are you paying attention?

 

[Father Luke]

On it Baldy.

 

[Rekrab]

Can you please count my vote TWICE since I'm from Chicago ?

Hey, me too. I vote once for Jane and once for Gypsy Lou Webb.

 

[Black Swan]

first Bukster of the Year

I vote for Jane Cooney who inspired Buk some of his most beautiful poems.

 

[Father Luke]

One more day to vote before I declare Gypsy Lou the winner.

 

[Bukfan]

I vote for Jane Cooney who inspired Buk some of his most beautiful poems.

Me too!