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RD. Armstrong,
editor. Last Call: The Legacy of Charles Bukowski: The Saga
Continues.
Lummox Press (PO Box
5301 San Pedro, CA 90733-5301). ISBN: 1-929878-06-0.
Publishing Date: March 2004. Genre: Poetry, fiction, essays &
drawings; Trade Paper. Pages: 124. Price: $15.99
41 writers, poets and illustrators show the influence of the
late writer in their work. Order from www.lummoxpress.com - $19
(PPD)
"One important thing about
Last Call is that the cumulative effect of this
collection gives us all a better look at Charles Bukowski. Here,
in some rare moments we can see that Bukowski the Icon really
was a human being instead of some bloodless legend. And,
because we see him as a human being, we are somehow given
permission to be human beings as well.
Last Call is not just about Bukowski’s legacy
which seems like that has always been obvious. A book like this
is never completely about the man it is about. Instead, this
book is about a whole generation of writers who are or have been
attempting to come to grips with not just Bukowski’s legacy but
their own separate legacies as well. For that reason, Last
Call: The Legacy of Charles Bukowski is important in the
same way that the
memoirs of A. D. Winans and John Thomas are important. Books
like Last Call help us understand Charles Bukowski.
And, they also help us understand ourselves maybe just a little
bit more."
—Todd Moore
"It is the strength of his work that rolls on, like an errant
hubcap, released and hurling towards the horizon, inspiring us
to follow."
– RD Armstrong
Contact: RD Armstrong / PO Box 5301 San Pedro, CA 90733-5301
(562) 331-4351
Poetraindog@gmail.com
www.lummoxpress.com
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