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    No. 7 - 1962 - Thank God For Alleys
    No. 8 - 1962 - For Jane
    No. 8 - 1962 - The Sharks
    No. 11 - 1963 - Same Old Thing, Shakespeare Through Mailer •
    No. 11 - 1963 - Rhyming Poem •
    No. 12 - 1963 - It's Not Who Lived Here
    No. 12 - 1963 - Poem For My 43rd Birthday
    No. 12 - 1963 - The End
    No. 13 - 1964 - The Hours •
    No. 14 - 1964 - Beerbottle
    No. 14 - 1964 - What To Do With Contributor's Copies?
    No. 15 - 1964 - Practice
    No. 16 - 1964 - The Dogs
    No. 16 - 1964 - Poetess - For S.S.V.
    No. 16 - 1964 - The Literary Life
    No. 16 - 1964 - When You Wait For The Dawn To Crawl Through The Screen Like A Burglar To Take Your Life Away
    No. 16 - 1964 - Sleeping Woman
    No. 16 - 1964 - The New Place
    No. 18 - 1965 - American Express, Athens, Greece
    No. 19 - 1965 - Birth
    No. 19 - 1965 - About My Very Tortured Friend, Peter
    No. 20 - 1965 - Finish
    No. 20 - 1965 - Female And Breakdown And Peace •
    No. 20 - 1965 - 6:21 P.M. •
    No. 21 - 1966 - Dear Friend
    No. 21 - 1966 - One Hundred And Ninety-Nine Pounds Of Clay Leaning Forward
    No. 21 - 1966 - A World, Really •
    No. 22 - 1966 - In This Place We Eat Apples And Cut Our Fingers On Beercans •
    No. 22 - 1966 - Notes On A Bluebird Flying Past My Window •
    No. 24 - 1966 - Buffalo Bill
    No. 24 - 1966 - A Little Atomic Bomb
    No. 24 - 1966 - The Colored Birds
    No. 24 - 1966 - Somebody Always Breaking My Dainty Solitude
    No. 24 - 1966 - Fag, Fag, Fag
    No. 24 - 1966 - The Screw-Game
    No. 29 - 1968 - One For Ging, With Klux Top
    No. 29 - 1968 - Footnote Upon The Construction Of The Masses
    No. 30 - 1968 - No Hole In The Sky •
    No. 31 - 1968 - The Underground
    No. 33 - 1969 - The Ladies Still Don't Care •
    No. 37 - 1970 - One More Good One. Why Not?
    No. 37 - 1970 - Moonlight Ride •
    No. 38 - 1970 - Down Like Stairways, Up Like Smoke •
    No. 38 - 1970 - Another Academy
    No. 39 - 1970 - A Correction To A Lady Of Poetry
    No. 39 - 1970 - A Warm Afternoon Just Off Sunset Boulevard •
    No. 39 - 1970 - Boil Near Left Elbow •
    No. 39 - 1970 - Yes •
    No. 40 - 1970 - When All The Animals Lie Down •
    No. 40 - 1970 - 16 Jap Machine Gun Bullets
    No. 41 - 1971 - Looking For Jack Micheline •
    No. 42 - 1971 - A Great Writer
    No. 42 - 1971 - The Bombing Of Berlin
    No. 42 - 1971 - Ice •
    No. 43 - 1971 - The 1930s
    No. 43 - 1971 - Fleas In My Brain •
    No. 43 - 1971 - The Light Of Jesus •
    No. 43 - 1971 - A Northern Acquaintance •
    No. 44 - 1971 - Something On Berlioz •
    No. 44 - 1971 - The Butcher •
    No. 44 - 1971 - My Landlady •
    No. 45 - 1972 - The Outsider
    No. 46 - 1972 - Poetry, You Whore
    No. 46 - 1972 - The Smoking Car
    No. 47 - 1972 - I Met This Woman •
    No. 47 - 1972 - The Painter
    No. 48 - 1972 - The Last Poetry Reading
    No. 49 - 1973 - Born To Lose
    No. 49 - 1973 - Daylight Saving
    No. 50 - 1973 - The Angels Say Keep Going •
    No. 50 - 1973 - Vacancy
    No. 51 - 1973 - Our Song •
    No. 51 - 1973 - My Afternoons Into Night •
    No. 51 - 1973 - Bukowski •
    No. 53 - 1974 - 200 Years
    No. 53 - 1974 - Finish •
    No. 53 - 1974 - 55 Beds In The Same Direction •
    No. 53 - 1974 - Well, Now That Ezra Has Died •
    No. 53 - 1974 - Tarot •
    No. 53 - 1974 - Eleven •
    No. 53 - 1974 - No Bra, No Panties •
    No. 53 - 1974 - A Bit Of Light For The Toad •
    No. 53 - 1974 - Demise
    No. 55 - 1974 - Girls Coming Home In Their Cars
    No. 55 - 1974 - 75 Million Dollars
    No. 55 - 1974 - Some Picnic
    No. 57 - 1974 - Poor Trochi
    No. 57 - 1974 - Round Trip - For T.H. •
    No. 57 - 1974 - Fair Stand The Fields Of France And Negation
    No. 57 - 1974 - There's People In Places Where Snow Lives •
    No. 60 - 1975 - Look At That Guy •
    No. 60 - 1975 - Shoot Me In The Leg, Shouts The Sky; Some Good Soul Does As The Sawdust Falls Through •
    No. 60 - 1975 - An Old Fan
    No. 60 - 1975 - Kiss Me •
    No. 61 - 1976 - The New Place
    No. 62 - 1976 - Cloud 9 •
    No. 62 - 1976 - I Like To Look Up At The Ceiling For Designs In The Cracks •
    No. 62 - 1976 - I Live In A Neighborhood Of Murder
    No. 62 - 1976 - Susan's Sunset And Western •
    No. 64 - 1976 - Free
    No. 64 - 1976 - Utah •
    No. 64 - 1976 - Let's Be Original •
    No. 65/66 - 1977 - Blinks A Little Spot Of Senseless Yellow In The Middle Of It All
    No. 68 - 1977 - It's Strange
    No. 68 - 1977 - The Veryest
    No. 71 - 1978 - They Arrived
    No. 71 - 1978 - Inflation And All
    No. 71 - 1978 - An Old Jockey
    No. 71 - 1978 - A Little Sun
    No. 71 - 1978 - The Dandy
    No. 71 - 1978 - Silk Pink Gown, Silk Blue Gown, Silk Purple Gown
    No. 71 - 1978 - Black
    No. 71 - 1978 - Where's It At?
    No. 71 - 1978 - The Machine
    No. 71 - 1978 - My God •
    No. 71 - 1978 - The Beautiful Young Girl Walking Past The Graveyard
    No. 71 - 1978 - Beers
    No. 71 - 1978 - A Good Show •
    No. 71 - 1978 - Panasonic
    No. 71 - 1978 - Men In Urinals
    No. 71 - 1978 - Job #36
    No. 71 - 1978 - My Kind Of Place
    No. 71 - 1978 - The Image
    No. 71 - 1978 - And My Mother Had A Nice Umbrella And Looked Beautiful In The Rain •
    No. 71 - 1978 - Smashed •
    No. 71 - 1978 - Exegesis
    No. 71 - 1978 - A Love Poem For All The Women I Have Known
    No. 71 - 1978 - The Finish Of Moby Dick •
    No. 71 - 1978 - Sad Letters From Up North •
    No. 71 - 1978 - With A Class Lady In A Big Flower Hat
    No. 71 - 1978 - I Liked Him
    No. 71 - 1978 - Water Bugs
    No. 71 - 1978 - The Yards
    No. 71 - 1978 - 2 Buddies
    No. 71 - 1978 - Lost Dog
    No. 71 - 1978 - The Beast
    No. 71 - 1978 - He Uses Unwaxed Dental Floss
    No. 71 - 1978 - Ow •
    No. 71 - 1978 - Train Station
    No. 71 - 1978 - Last Try •
    No. 71 - 1978 - The Big Weight-Lifting Feat
    No. 71 - 1978 - Legs, Hips And Behind
    No. 71 - 1978 - Chilled •
    No. 71 - 1978 - The Interview
    No. 71 - 1978 - Rise, Old Purple Snake!
    No. 71 - 1978 - Firing Squad
    No. 72 - 1978 - The Deathly Bravo
    No. 72 - 1978 - A 56 Year Old Poem
    No. 73 - 1979 - The Lady With The Dog •
    No. 73 - 1979 - Nana
    No. 74 - 1979 - An Interview
    No. 74 - 1979 - Social
    No. 74 - 1979 - Within My Own Madness
    No. 74 - 1979 - Tongue-Cut •
    No. 74 - 1979 - Rock
    No. 76 - 1979 - The Immortals •
    No. 76 - 1979 - Sibelius And Etc.
    No. 76 - 1979 - 2nd. Street, Near Hollister, In Santa Monica •
    No. 76 - 1979 - Silk
    No. 76 - 1979 - An Observer •
    No. 77 - 1980 - Dead Again
    No. 77 - 1980 - A Note Upon Waste •
    No. 77 - 1980 - 1984 •
    No. 77 - 1980 - Overt Population
    No. 77 - 1980 - A Fact •
    No. 77 - 1980 - The Beach Boys
    No. 78 - 1980 - Hotel Felix •
    No. 78 - 1980 - Yes
    No. 80 - 1980 - Love
    No. 80 - 1980 - Shopping List •
    No. 80 - 1980 - We're All So Wanted •
    No. 80 - 1980 - Time Is Made To Be Wasted
    No. 80 - 1980 - And Titles Too •
    No. 80 - 1980 - A Note Upon Starvation
    No. 81/82 - 1981 - All Together Now
    No. 81/82 - 1981 - Hollywood Ranch Market
    No. 81/82 - 1981 - Edith Sent Us
    No. 81/82 - 1981 - Night School
    No. 81/82 - 1981 - The Old Pinch Hitter
    No. 81/82 - 1981 - Scarlet
    No. 81/82 - 1981 - A Friend •
    No. 81/82 - 1981 - Have A Nice Day •
    No. 81/82 - 1981 - Chill
    No. 81/82 - 1981 - The Trashing Of The Dildo •
    No. 81/82 - 1981 - A Bad Night For My Buddy •
    No. 81/82 - 1981 - Action Down On The Corner
    No. 81/82 - 1981 - The German Hotel •
    No. 84 - 1981 - Be Angry At San Pedro
    No. 84 - 1981 - A Loser
    No. 85 - 1982 - Louis-Ferdinand Destouches •
    No. 85 - 1982 - Getting My Money's Worth
    No. 85 - 1982 - Trouble •
    No. 85 - 1982 - Slaughter
    No. 85 - 1982 - Those
    No. 87 - 1982 - Parked
    No. 87 - 1982 - Parts Dept. •
    No. 87 - 1982 - The Drunk With The Little Legs
    No. 87 - 1982 - No Chance In Pomona
    No. 88 - 1982 - Pretty Boy
    No. 88 - 1982 - I Can't Stop
    No. 89 - 1983 - Retreat
    No. 90 - 1983 - Space Creatures
    No. 92 - 1983 - Quits •
    No. 92 - 1983 - The Big Benefit Reading •
    No. 92 - 1983 - Sick
    No. 93 - 1984 - And Then We Got The Green •
    No. 93 - 1984 - Some Of My Readers
    No. 94 - 1984 - Swinging From The Dumb Hook
    No. 94 - 1984 - Of Course •
    No. 94 - 1984 - Promenade
    No. 95 - 1984 - Dog Fight
    No. 95 - 1984 - Locks
    No. 95 - 1984 - Counter
    No. 95 - 1984 - The Vampires
    No. 95 - 1984 - American Literature II
    No. 95 - 1984 - Horse
    No. 95 - 1984 - My Soul Is Gone
    No. 95 - 1984 - Fight
    No. 95 - 1984 - Independence Day
    No. 95 - 1984 - Token Drunk
    No. 95 - 1984 - The Other Room
    No. 95 - 1984 - War
    No. 95 - 1984 - Guest
    No. 95 - 1984 - The Wavering Line
    No. 95 - 1984 - Dead Dog
    No. 95 - 1984 - Talking To The Barkeep
    No. 95 - 1984 - There Are So Many Houses And Dark Streets Without Help
    No. 95 - 1984 - The Payoff
    No. 95 - 1984 - The Cats' Behinds
    No. 95 - 1984 - Gift •
    No. 95 - 1984 - A Boor
    No. 95 - 1984 - Let It Go
    No. 95 - 1984 - The Girls
    No. 95 - 1984 - They Can Ruin Your Day
    No. 95 - 1984 - Horses Don't Bet On People And Neither Do I
    No. 95 - 1984 - Do You Use A Notebook?
    No. 95 - 1984 - Kenyon Review, After The Sandstorm •
    No. 95 - 1984 - In My Day We Used To Call It Pussy-Whipped
    No. 96 - 1984 - The Mutilation Of The Species •
    No. 96 - 1984 - Confession
    No. 97 - 1985 - My Big Fling
    No. 97 - 1985 - The Man At The Piano
    No. 97 - 1985 - The Miracle Man
    No. 97 - 1985 - Unloading The Goods
    No. 97 - 1985 - Message
    No. 99 - 1985 - Purple •
    No. 99 - 1985 - Fun Times
    No. 99 - 1985 - Puzzle?
    No. 99 - 1985 - The Sadness Of The News •
    No. 100 - 1985 - Good Stuff
    No. 100 - 1985 - The 7 Horse •
    No. 100 - 1985 - Back To The Machinegun
    No. 100 - 1985 - An Importation
    No. 100 - 1985 - Emergency
    No. 100 - 1985 - Morning After
    No. 100 - 1985 - The Old Movie Star
    No. 100 - 1985 - One For Dear Old Dad •
    No. 100 - 1985 - Wrong Way •
    No. 100 - 1985 - Casablanca And Everything
    No. 100 - 1985 - Pick Up
    No. 100 - 1985 - A Close Call While Shopping
    No. 100 - 1985 - 100 Jumbo Gem Clips And Some Hollywood Cigarettes •
    No. 101 - 1986 - Gallery
    No. 101 - 1986 - Hands •
    No. 102 - 1986 - The Lucky Ones
    No. 102 - 1986 - This Is Free, Take It, And Feel Better •
    No. 103 - 1986 - For The Foxes, The Defamers, The Tap Dancers, And The Dreamers Of Ballet
    No. 103 - 1986 - Result
    No. 103 - 1986 - Shut Out
    No. 103 - 1986 - My Friend
    No. 103 - 1986 - You Can't Tell A Turkey By Its Feathers
    No. 104 - 1986 - The History Of A Tough Motherfucker
    No. 104 - 1986 - Don't Play It Again, Sam •
    No. 105 - 1987 - Going On
    No. 105 - 1987 - Practice
    No. 105 - 1987 - How I Got Started
    No. 108 - 1987 - Speed!
    No. 108 - 1987 - Release •
    No. 109 - 1988 - Talking To A Part Of My Mailbox •
    No. 109 - 1988 - Save The Trees •
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - Letter To A Friend With A Domestic Problem •
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - 40 Years Ago In That Hotel Room
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - I Been Working On The Railroad •
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - Bright Boy
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - It's All So Clearly Simple
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - Fingernails
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - One Out
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - Fooling Marie
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - Hemingway's Shadow
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - Swivel
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - Transformation And Disfiguration At The P.O.
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - Red Mercedes
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - Macho Man
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - The End Of An Era
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - The Main Course
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - The Yellow Pencil
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - No Man Is An Island, Especially Around Hollywood Park
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - The Tax Consultant
    No. 110/111 - 1988 - Beauti-Ful
    No. 112 - 1988 - A Sad Poem
    No. 112 - 1988 - Good Morning, How Are You?
    No. 113 - 1989 - The Media
    No. 113 - 1989 - Justice
    No. 113 - 1989 - My Doctor
    No. 116 - 1989 - The State And That Begging Motherfucker, Art •
    No. 116 - 1989 - The Factory Crew Of South East L.A.
    No. 116 - 1989 - Dear Paw And Ma
    No. 117 - 1990 - She Said
    No. 117 - 1990 - I Am Chastised
    No. 117 - 1990 - I Might Get Traded
    No. 120 - 1990 - Slicing Hell •
    No. 120 - 1990 - The Darlings •
    No. 121 - 1991 - A Mention Of Some Lucky Pay-Offs •
    No. 121 - 1991 - For A Man Who Walks Around My Typewriter Very Often •
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - The Mutilation Of The Species •
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - The Roaches
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Journey
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - A Lady With Some French Wine •
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Bad Times At The 3rd And Vermont Hotel
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Car Wash
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - My Non-Ambition Ambition
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Ding-Dong
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Red
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Free Dinner
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Somebody
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - My Friend, The Parking Lot Attendant
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Cancer
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Madman
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - The Mirror Game
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Poem About A Lady With A Red Face And Long Blonde Hair •
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - The Famous Writer
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - A Little Cafe On 6th Street In Pedro
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - About Pain
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Dreiser Wasn't So Hot Either
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Snake-Eyes
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - No Nonsense
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Red Tennis Shoes
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - A Problem
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Mailbag
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - The Two Toughest Apes In The South Bay Area
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Those Girls We Followed Home
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - The Action
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Just Trying To Get A Little Service
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - A Re-Evaluation
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Emily Bukowski
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - The Fighter
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - The Crazy Truth
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Suitable
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Band-Aid
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Self-Invites
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Horse Fly
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Rosary
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Counsel
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - A Final Word On No Final Words
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Each Man's Hell Is Different
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - The Lady Who Looks Young Forever
    No. 122/123 - 1991 - Oh, Yes
    No. 124 - 1991 - The Train Station •
    No. 124 - 1991 - Ginsberg?
    No. 124 - 1991 - They Need What They Need
    No. 125 - 1992 - Problems In The Checkout Line
    No. 125 - 1992 - I'm A Failure
    No. 127 - 1992 - Training For Kid Aztec
    No. 127 - 1992 - Zero
    No. 128 - 1992 - The Sickness
    No. 128 - 1992 - Problems •
    No. 128 - 1992 - The Star
    No. 128 - 1992 - A Cat Is A Cat Is A Cat Is A Cat
    No. 128 - 1992 - London Bridges •
    No. 128 - 1992 - Rift
    No. 129 - 1993 - Out Of Place
    No. 129 - 1993 - On Being 20
    No. 129 - 1993 - P.O. Box 11946, Fresno, Calif. 93776
    No. 131 - 1993 - Dear Mr. Chinaski
    No. 131 - 1993 - Our Curious Position
    No. 131 - 1993 - She Goes For The Spin-Off •
    No. 132 - 1993 - Upon Splitting With The Last Woman •
    No. 132 - 1993 - Voice Out Of The Void •
    No. 132 - 1993 - The Condition Book
    No. 133 - 1994 - The Highschool Girls
    No. 133 - 1994 - Feeling Fairly Good Tonight
    No. 133 - 1994 - Who's Who In America: 1984-1985, Forty-Third Edition •
    No. 135 - 1994 - The Announcer
    No. 135 - 1994 - He Left •
    No. 135 - 1994 - O Tempora! O Mores!
    No. 136 - 1994 - Progress
    No. 136 - 1994 - The Uninitiated
    No. 136 - 1994 - The Skaters
    No. 137 - 1995 - Observations On Music By An Alcoholic
    No. 137 - 1995 - D. April 9, 1553
    No. 137 - 1995 - Strange
    No. 137 - 1995 - The Masses
    No. 138 - 1995 - Interview
    No. 138 - 1995 - Snapshot
    No. 138 - 1995 - The Fool Dines Out
    No. 140 - 1995 - The Lady In The Castle And The Lady Not In The Castle
    No. 140 - 1995 - The Way It Works
    No. 140 - 1995 - Coffee
    No. 141 - 1996 - Spinning The Ribbon •
    No. 141 - 1996 - Flophouse
    No. 141 - 1996 - I Have This Room
    No. 142 - 1996 - Funny? •
    No. 142 - 1996 - Vouchsafement •
    No. 142 - 1996 - The Soldier, The Wife And The Bum
    No. 144 - 1997 - Living In A Great Big Way
    No. 144 - 1997 - The Interlude •
    No. 144 - 1997 - Breakfast
    No. 145/146 - 1999 - Malone, Malone •

       

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