OLE 4: Book Advertisement, Book Review, Product Review and One First Appearance Poem (1966)
Published in 1966, OLE 4 is a great issue for Bukowski collectors, including the first appearance Bukowski poem: O, We Are The Outcasts, O We Burn In Wondrous Flame The poem would later appear in The Roominghouse Madrigals (1988) This issue also includes: A short review of Bukowski’s new book (at the time), Cold Dogs in the Courtyard. An advertisement for CONFESSIONS OF A MAN INSANE ENOUGH TO LIVE WITH BEASTS. Bukowski’s small review/plug of Steve Richmond’s Earth Books & Gallery in Santa Monica, California. Book advertisements for Bukowski associates William Wantling and Carl Larsen. Ole was published by Doug Blazek, a fellow poet and early proponent of Bukowski’s work. They were friends and had a lengthy correspondence between 1964 to 1968. As with several other writers, the relationship ended abruptly after their first meeting in person. Blazek published Bukowski in all eight issues of Ole between 1964 and 1967, and was responsible for Bukowski’s return to prose, publishing the chapbooks CONFESSIONS OF A MAN INSANE ENOUGH TO LIVE WITH BEASTS and ALL THE ASSHOLES IN THE WORLD AND MINE. This copy is in Very Good + condition. A staple is missing from the cover, but the cover is still strongly attached. There is also some sunning to the spine, some general wear to the covers and a faint crease on the rear cover. A few interior pages have ink marks and underlines -- see photos. Other contributors include Lee Harwood, Tom McNamara, Steve Richmond, Phil Kienholz, John Cornillon, Al Purdy, Susan Johnson, Neeli Cherry, Harold Chumbly, Stephanie Wells, Wm. Wantling, Robert Grady, L.M. Herrickson, John Buckner, George Gieser, Bukowski, Walter Ego, Trevor Goodger-Hill, Phil Weidman, Peter Larouche, Harold Briggs, Alex Morra, Clarence Major, Harold Norse, Jack Anderson, James Gove, Ben L. Hiatt. Box 46