Where should I go next?

[christopher]

as long as you really stick to the poetry published prior to his death. ;)

Let me ammend that and say if you're so inclined you can look at the original manuscriots of the poetry published post death and continue to feel the "clean hard line" that Buk is so good at.

I'd definitely like to dive into the originals one day. I think I have a lot of ground to cover before I get there though.

 

[PhillyDave]

@christopher Yeah, i have a ways to go too but it's fun to "surf" the originals. I ate the post-death poetry up before I learned about the "editors fondling". There's still good stuff in there but Buk isn't good, he's great.

 

[ygdrasill]

With Buk's books running $12-$18 a crack, I'd just work on collecting them all. The venture is finite, after all. I notice that you've got only prose on your list. Luck you: the poetry awaits.

poetry...start with wind

 

[christopher]

Sticking with the pre-death theme, I started The Roominghouse Madrigals today. I enjoy the foreword by Bukowski. Made me feel less guilty about not owning those early collections.

 

[roni]

[...] The Roominghouse Madrigals [...]

that's a great book. I like it.
even though it recently occured to me, that even in this pre-posthumous book, there seem to be some changes. [see attachment]

still not sure, what to make off this.
I guess we'd need to systematically gather and list all the changes we find during his life-time. There seem to be much more than we expected first. Only after that, we're able to judge the different sorts of changes (post vs pre) properly.
but that's another thread (threat).

btw mjp:
the poem 'the new place' in wr #61 is a different one!

 

[mjp]

btw mjp:
the poem 'the new place' in wr #61 is a different one!

That makes sense considering the number of years between the two (and that Wormwood didn't repeat very often).

As for the changes, they are interesting. I don't know that they're as damaging as the posthumous changes, but you can see that the potential for damage is already there.

 

[mjp]

Fixed.

And since it turns out the duplicate title was uncollected, I included it here for you enjoyment.