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Bukowski Undigested

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Bukowski Undigested by Linda King

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Sesow Illustrates poetry book by Linda King

"Bukowski Undigested"

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the first printing is SOLD OUT

updated november 11,2009

Release party on April 19, 2008

at the Beat Museum in San Francisco

released: April 2008

from the

Beat Museum april 19 opening

(more coming, including video)... photos by

dana ellyn

at the Beat Museum... opening April 19th, 2008 in San Francisco:

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Linda King’s Biography

Linda King was raised in the wild back country of Boulder, Utah known to be one of the last towns in United States to get a road. She has been sculpturing over twenty-five years doing many portraits, including poets and writers, Charles Bukowski, Lawrence Farlinghetti, A.D. Wianns, Jack Mich- eline. Geraldine King and Harold Nors Linda is the first women in Bukowski’s book called Women about her 5 years relationship with him, Her unpublished book about him is LOVING AND HATING CHARLES BUKOWSKI. Chapters of this book have appeared in books and magazines, Drinking with Bukowski, Beat Scene out of London, and Bukowski Anthology from Germany

Linda is a much published poet in her own right, published in many small press magazines, Wormwood Review, New York Quarterly, Pearl, Vagabond and Vagabond Anthology, City Light Anthology, Second Coming, Shamel Purr, Rattle and many, many more. Her Chap books are Sweet and Dirty (Vagabond Press), The Savageness of My Discontent, I Danced with a Man Last Night, Exposed, The Elephant Chronicles (Purring Press) and more recent, Curled in the Curve of His Body and The World Is Not what I Thought (Sore Dove Press)

Linda read poetry with Charles Bukowski, Lawrence Fer- linghetti, Allen Ginsberg. Jack Micheline and others in Santa Cruz for political prisoners and has many solo readings at Universities and galleries. Her book I Danced with a Man Last night was converted into an evening of theatre at ASU. She is has had her one act plays performed at Metro Arts in Phoenix, Az., where she now lives.

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Bukowski Undigested by Linda King ~ Artwork by Matt Sesow Linda King’s now bens iso callecion of poems about Bulow fam the 1970's unt peset. Book signing/reading with Linda King

Paintings in the book on display with artist Matt Sesow

also, on display sculptures by Linda King of: Charles Bukowski, Harold Norse, AD Winans, Lawrence Ferlinghetti and others.

Sat. - Apri 19th, 2008 @The Beat Museum at 7:30pm

Bukowski Undigested by Linda King

Beat Museum @ 7:30pm

540 Broadway (at Columbus) i SF, CA 94133 Artwork by Matt Sesow’

For more info: www.thebeatmuseum.org 1800-KER-OUAC www.sesow.com - www.lindakingart.com - www.purringpress.com

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April

Sth,

Linda King: Bukowski Undigested

Linda King was the gifriend of Charles Bukowski in the early 1970's, of whom he spoke lovingly and often. Linda is a poet and sculptor (see photo of Bukowski sitting with a bust of himself, created by Linda King). Her busts of Harold Norse, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and Gregory Corso are on display at the Museum, and additional works will be displayed while she's here. Linda will be reading from her new book, Bukowski Undigested, which will be available for purchase and signing.

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Big fat Pregnant Strogeing with birth Knowing Thave carved a mountain Slept with «dinosaur Fucked with creation Leaving room and time For birth in pain Discovering Thave bors Without pain Your love for me ‘Strange warm baby ‘Nourshed ‘On the rocks ‘Of your Enormous hell <cbinda King. 31970

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Bukowski Undigested by Linda King

Artwork by Matt Seso

In 2008, Matt Sesow collaborated with poet and girlfriend of Charles Bukowski, Linda King, for a book entitled “Bukowski Undigested”. Matt credits much of his early decision to become a painter from reading Bukows! Matt created over 100 paintings after reading the poetry

of Bukowski’s muse, Linda King.

“Bukowski Undigested” is available by visiting the website

bukowski.sesow.com

‘Some of the paintings on this wall are either collaborations with Linda King (paintings by Sesow, poetry by King) or are inspired by the poetry of Linda King that appear in the book “Bukowski Undigested”.

Paintings and poetry by Sesow/King are currently available and on display at the Beat Museum in San Francisco, CA.

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I filmed Linda reading her poetry about Bukowski against the fence in her back yard where birds were singing in the tree. Next to her is the famous Bukowski sculpture she started when she first met the great poet.

Matt Sesow painting with a poem called Undigested Bukowski by Linda

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I filmed Linda reading her poetry about Bukowski against the fence in her back yard where tree. Next to her is the famous Bukowski sculpture she started when she first met the greé

Matt Sesow painting with a poem called Undigested Bukowski by Linda

Side view of Sister Margie, latest sculpture by Linda. Do you like, Margie?

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