Hearse 11 Charles Bukowski E.V. Griffith 1969 Little Magazine Poetry

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If Hearse 10 is desirable for its Bukowski appearance, Hearse 11 turns the dial up another notch. This issue contains several Bukowski poems, including the wonderfully titled “On Getting Famous and Being Asked: Can You Recite? Can You Be There At Nine?”, along with “Self-Destruction” and “Ariel.” These are classic period Bukowski pieces—funny, self-lacerating, cynical, and unexpectedly vulnerable all at once. They capture the voice that would soon make him one of the most recognizable literary figures in America.

Like many of the best little magazines of the era, Hearse wasn’t interested in literary fashion or academic respectability. It existed to publish writers working outside the mainstream, often before larger audiences caught up with them. Today these magazines serve as snapshots of the underground literary network that sustained Bukowski, the mimeograph revolution, and the broader small-press culture of the 1960s and 1970s. Copies turn up far less frequently than Bukowski’s later trade publications and remain highly collectible.

A strong Bukowski appearance and an increasingly difficult California literary magazine.