Description
A striking production from Black Sparrow’s final years, Beerspit Night and Cursing collects the raw, unguarded correspondence between Charles Bukowski and Sheri Martinelli—writer, painter, and muse of Ezra Pound—spanning the years 1960 to 1967. Their letters trace a volatile and intensely human connection: two outsiders circling art, lust, and literary ambition in equal measure. Bukowski’s early voice here is still sharpening, still uncertain, and Martinelli’s responses form a counterpoint equal parts tenderness and provocation.
Handbound by Earle Gray in boards designed by Barbara Martin, this limited edition includes Bukowski’s original serigraph print dated “12-31-63” bound in—one of 526 numbered and lettered copies produced. Printed and designed with the distinctive Black Sparrow aesthetic: bright color blocks, clean typography, and a sturdy build that has made their editions enduringly collectible. An essential document for any Bukowski or Black Sparrow completist, revealing the bruised and brilliant heart behind the myth.
A vivid portrait of two uncompromising spirits in print—this limited edition from Black Sparrow Press pairs literary history with Bukowski’s art in one collectible volume.
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