Hearse 10 Charles Bukowski E.V. Griffith 1969 Little Magazine Poetry

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The late 1960s were a golden age for American little magazines. Produced on shoestring budgets and circulated through a loose network of editors, poets, bookstores, and subscribers, publications like Hearse served as an essential outlet for writers working outside the literary mainstream. Edited by E.V. Griffith and published in Eureka, California, Hearse 10 continues an earlier series that originally ran from 1959 through 1961, extending the magazine’s role within the independent poetry culture of the West Coast.

For Bukowski collectors, the highlight here is the appearance of his poem “The Days Run Away Like Wild Horses Over the Hills,” a title that would later become closely associated with one of his most beloved poetry collections. Finding Bukowski in the pages of contemporary little magazines remains one of the most rewarding areas of collecting, offering a glimpse of his work as it first circulated among fellow poets, editors, and devoted readers. Beyond Bukowski, Hearse captures the broader small-press ecosystem that helped define American literary culture during the 1960s.

A desirable Bukowski appearance and a strong addition to any Beat, mimeo-revolution, or little magazine collection.