Sanford Dorbin Papers 1957-2007

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Sanford Dorbin Papers 1957-2007

The collection primarily contains materials relating to Sanford Dorbin's "A Bibliography of Charles Bukowski, manuscript drafts of his poetry and other writings, and files pertaining to his poetry magazine, "Schist: A Journal of Poetry and Graphics" (1973-1978).

8 linear ft. (19 document boxes and 1 oversize box)

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Bukowski, Charles J.

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Charles Bukowski was born on August 16, 1920 in Andernach, Germany, the son of a US soldier and German woman. His family immigrated to the United States in 1922 and settled in Los Angeles, where Bukowski spent most of his life. After a brief marriage to Barbara Frye, the rich publisher of a small poetry magazine, Bukowski began in 1958 twelve years of work as a Post Office clerk. In 1955 Bukowski began writing poetry, publishing volumes almost annually. His first collection, Flower, Fist, and Be...

Dorbin, Sanford M.

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Sanford M. (Sandy) Dorbin was born in the Midwest ca. 1933, and received his B.A. and MLS from UCLA. The bio for his Never Enough Light describes him as "Librarian, bibliographer and teacher by training, janitor and agitator or troublemaker by inclination." He is perhaps best known for his bibliographical writings about Charles Bukowski, in particular A Bibliography of Charles Bukowski (Los Angeles: Black Sparrow Press, 1969). He also is the author of several books of poetry, includ...