These Words I Write
Keep Me From
Total Madness
Nonfiction
The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship.
R. Crumb, illus.
Santa Rosa CA: Black Sparrow, 1998.
R. Crumb, illus.
Santa Rosa CA: Black Sparrow, 1998.
Brief journal entries written between August 1991 and February 1993 while Bukowski was working on his last
novel Pulp. Illustrations by Robert Crumb.
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Notes of a Dirty Old Man.
N. Hollywood CA: Essex House, 1969.
N. Hollywood CA: Essex House, 1969.
A collection (later reissued by City Lights Books in
1973) of Bukowski's weekly column in Open City, a paramour of the Free Press during the 60s
Berkeley Free Speech Movement. Bukowski's columns range from acute, distanced observation to the sometimes
raving, offensive diatribe against hippies, the Vietnam war, and daily living.
Paperback
available for purchase from Amazon.com.
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"Preface." Ask the Dust.
John Fante.
Santa Barbara CA: Black Sparrow, 1979.
John Fante.
Santa Barbara CA: Black Sparrow, 1979.
Bukowski provides the preface to the Black Sparrow edition of Fante's novel, originally published in 1939.
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Barfly: The Continuing Saga of Henry Chinaski.
Bukowski, Charles.
Sutton West, Ontario: Paget Press, 1984.
Bukowski, Charles.
Sutton West, Ontario: Paget Press, 1984.
Published before the movie-production, this version contains several minor differences in plot order.
Eighteen drawings by Bukowski of his little men and women depict scenes from the screenplay.
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The Movie "Barfly": An Original Screenplay.
Santa Rosa CA: Black Sparrow, 1987.
Santa Rosa CA: Black Sparrow, 1987.
Contains minor scene variations from the film. Different from the Paget Press edition, the Black Sparrow editions contain movie-stills of Mickey Roarke and Faye Dunanway, and production photos of Barbet Schroeder, other cast members, and visiting movie stars.
Includes list of Cast and Credits and a Description of Characters.
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Shakespeare Never Did This.
Photographs by Michael Montfort.
Santa Rosa CA: Black Sparrow, 1995.
Photographs by Michael Montfort.
Santa Rosa CA: Black Sparrow, 1995.
Originally published in 1979, this journal records Bukowski's trip with Linda Lee to visit relatives and
Buk's birthplace in Germany. An epilogue contains 30 trip-related poems.