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PeteM

I've been a Bukowski fan since the late 70s. Circa 1980 I wrote a letter to him asking if I could visit. His reply back was classic: "Dear Sir: No visitors. [Signed] Buk."
 
Bukfan

Bukfan

"The law is wrong; I am right"
Welcome, PeteM! - Well, at least Buk replied. Have you still got the letter?
 
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PeteM

Here she is.

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By PeteM
 
mjp

mjp

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Oh, man, I wish I had a 300dpi scan of that. ha!

Next time someone asks for a Bukowski quote for a tattoo I'm going to give them this...

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Bukfan

Bukfan

"The law is wrong; I am right"
That's a great Buk letter to have! :D
 
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kenbastard

kenbastard

There it is, the Typer in the flesh! New guy here, been a fan since the early 80's. Believe it or not my Small Town Snot Nosed library actually had a copy of Ham on Rye. And this was a library that wouldn't have NatGeo cuz it was pornographic.
 
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PeteM

In 28 years, I showed that letter to less than ten people. Now the community of Buk lovers are suggesting it has t-shirt or even tattoo potential! I must have been hanging around the wrong crowd, lack imagination, or both. But I always knew the letter was pretty cool, and am glad to share it now with those who appreciate it.
 
Bukfan

Bukfan

"The law is wrong; I am right"
Black Swan said:
This would look great on a T-Shirt
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Yes it would! Great idea! It's a much better motif than most of the Buk T-shirts have. We could make it into a Bukowski.net T-shirt...:cool:

Father Luke: Great door plaque design!
 
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Purple Stickpin

Purple Stickpin

Father Luke said:
I'm making it into a door plaque.
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Brilliant! The wife and I bought a new front door matt last weekend. It just says "Leave" on it.

Bukfan said:
We could make it into a Bukowski.net T-shirt...:cool:
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Hell yeah! (assuming PeteM is willing to share his image, of course). We could use some of the proceeds to help out this site, either by providing supporting membership and/or to help mjp grow this resource.

PeteM: That is an absolutely wonderful piece of Bukowabilia. Thanks so much for posting it. One thing a bit funny about it: Buk typed an "I" instead of a "1" for the date. Perhaps that was characteristic of his letter-writing style, however.
 
hank solo

hank solo

Just practicin' steps and keepin' outta the fights
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Some typewriters don't have a 1. Most people will use a lower case L, depending on the typeface. Bukowski obviously preferred to use the I on this typer (Olympia Standard, 1975 - 1983).
He did the same here with this poem from 1978.
 
roni

roni

the t-shirt idea is pretty nice, but on a door plaque it would look even better, for obvious reasons.
 
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PeteM

T-shirt designers, plaque makers, and tattoo artists, have at it. I'd love to see what you come up with. If you make thousands of dollars, be sure to donate a big chunk of it to something that honors Buk.

Sorry, no plans to sell the letter anytime soon.


By PeteM
 
roni

roni

PeteM said:
T-shirt designers, plaque makers, and tattoo artists, have at it. [...] If you make thousands of dollars, be sure to donate a big chunk of it to something that honors Buk.
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Best thing i've heared the last 3 minutes.
*hehe*
No! - fun aside, it's nice you don't have the $-signs blinking in your eyes so fast.
Good attitude.
 
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