New poetry collection: "Storm for the Living and the Dead"

[cirerita]

I'm happy to say that the new Bukowski collection will most probably come out next Fall. It's all unpublished and uncollected poetry --there are 72 previously uncollected poems and 26 unpublished poems, totaling some 300 pages.

After editing OW, OC, OL and EB, this was the title I was really looking forward to. Sometimes you just have to be patient to get where you'd like to get. I had a great time putting together the previous collections, but Storm is kind of special to me for several reasons. And there are quite a few great poems in this this collection, believe me --it's virtually impossible to have another Mockingbird..., Dangling..., and Last Night... since I'm pretty much working with the "leftovers," but for some reason many strong poems were filed in the past and never used.

 

[roni]

Looking forward to it a great lot.
Will it have a foreword by you or any sort of introduction?

 

[cirerita]

I'm not big on intros, especially looong intros. All the intros I've written so far were pretty much done on request.

 

[roni]

so hereby, I'm requesting it. ;-))

It's always revealing and valuable to all Bukowski-fans to learn more about him, his work and Your inside-insights into the matter.

 

[Purple Stickpin]

...for some reason many strong poems were filed in the past and never used.

So these must be the poems that were part of an archive that Bukowski left to be published after his death. :rolleyes:

 

[mjp]

Glad to hear it.

I was just talking about you and Essential Bukowski and collections of "new" poems. What are the odds?

One can only hope that other good things may be on the horizon in the future, whatever they are, and whenever they may be.

 

[cirerita]

One can only hope that other good things may be on the horizon in the future, whatever they are, and whenever they may be.

Amen to that. Plenty of ideas and potential projects. We'll see what happens in the next few years...

 

[LickTheStar]

This is good news. I ordered the Essential collection for the library I work at and, even in this poetry-desolate part of California, it is circulating rather well.

 

[PhillyDave]

Although I like the intros we've gotten so far may I suggest a word or two from Ms. Linda? Is that a reasonable request?

 

[Joseph K]

Really pleased to hear the news. It will be exciting to see some poems I've never seen before. :)

 

[Pogue Mahone]

So these must be the poems that were part of an archive that Bukowski left to be published after his death. :rolleyes:

Is there another thread on this topic?

 

[Purple Stickpin]

Is there another thread on this topic?

Well, I was being quite sarcastic, but I'm not sure that there's a single thread that's specific to this very topic. This concept (or lack of concept as a possibility) has been mentioned as being rather absurd in a thread or two over the years (consider Martin's posthumous edits as evidence for said absurdity). Sorry, I don't know which threads, but they'd likely be in the All Things Bukowski and/or Books, magazines, publications archives.

 

[Pogue Mahone]

Well, I was being quite sarcastic, but I'm not sure that there's a single thread that's specific to this very topic. This concept (or lack of concept as a possibility) has been mentioned as being rather absurd in a thread or two over the years (consider Martin's posthumous edits as evidence for said absurdity). Sorry, I don't know which threads, but they'd likely be in the All Things Bukowski and/or Books, magazines, publications archives.

Thanks. I asked because I didn't want to send the thread sideways, but...

This has to be in the top 3 Bukowski mythes of all time -- perpetuated by Buk himself, Martin, Richmond, etc. I remember reading it in Buk's obit and took great comfort in it. But it seems like the vast majority of the post humus poems were published in one magazine or another between 1957 and 1994. The same stack of poems Martin saw at De Longpre seems to be the same stack poems that were waiting to be published after his death.

 

[mjp]

 

[zobraks]

Looks like "Smoke for the living...."

 

[Pogue Mahone]

I have a copy of this photo. I assumed it was taken on one of the European trips. Anyone know anything about it?

 

[Purple Stickpin]

I assumed it was taken on one of the European trips.

Same sport coat, hair and bidi as the photo on the cover of The Pleasures of the Damned. That photo was taken by Ulf Andersen, so taken in Europe is even money.

 

[PhillyDave]

love the cover. I liked the last one too but this one is kick-ass

 

[Purple Stickpin]

I really like the photo, but the squiggly green lines do nothing for me.

 

[Joseph K]

Best Ecco cover so far. Agree with PS that the design is a bit busy but great photo.

 

[LickTheStar]

I really like the photo, but the squiggly green lines do nothing for me.

Agreed. I've seen similar squiggles on too many books in the last ten years as a bookseller. But the photo is quite nice.

 

[cirerita]

Looks like it's for real:
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062656513/storm-for-the-living-and-the-dead

 

[mjp]

Amazon says it's a November 7th publication date. That gives the suspicious among you 267 days to speculate and formulate conspiracy theories around the cover imagery as well as the quality of the paper used for the hardcover version, and the potential binding aroma. Kindle readers are exempt from the discussion.

 

[Joseph K]

Amazon never has a category for "smell", which is how I choose my books.

 

[Erik]

I sort of like the squiggly green lines...;))

 

[PhillyDave]

like these lines?

 

[PhillyDave]

Yeah, when I figured out I could do the squiggly line thing on my new phone I realized that maybe the book cover could be a bit more creative. But I do like the photo of Buk a lot. Is there an un-doctored one available?

 

[zobraks]

I do like the photo of Buk a lot. Is there an un-doctored one available?

Sort of.

 

[PhillyDave]

Damn you Andersen. Damn you and your copyright.

 

[Black Swan]

PhillyDave- Like these lines?
:D