proudly presents our first
book, hot off the presses...
Bukowski
Never Did This:
A Year in the Life
of An Underground
Writer & His Family
by Jack Saunders
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Bukowski Never Did This:
Author Reviews 1
Author Reviews 2
Excerpts
Author Diary
About Jack Saunders
LitVision Press, August 2005
ISBN: 097671535X
Retail price: $15
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from Amazon's site:
"The most entertaining aspect of this book is when he
compares his life and prosperity and those of his friends
during the Clinton years to now. His descriptions of the
grim economic realities of Panama City, Florida, are well
portrayed." Click here to read more...
--Christopher Robin, Zen Baby
"...your book is GREAT and has that down-home feeling...
Peace & Light."
--Mike Jones, hippie
"Jack Saunders is a truly great, original writer. He is like a
Frida Kahlo type, in the sense that his life is the subject of
his art. He continues to invent and reinvent himself with
every book. He is going like a thousand miles an hour."
--Rhonda Void, Drag Queen
*Jack Saunders invited to read at the famed
Page & Palette bookstore in Fairhope!
*Publicity on Michael Allen's
Grumpy Old Bookman blog
"Serious literary ambitions aside, Bukowski Never Did This
is a fun, light, mess of a read of an interesting man who,
while you'd want to have a beer with, will not be the next
Saul Bellow. But then, who of us will?" Read more...
--Jen Michalski, editor of JMWW
"I received an intriguing book in the mail by prolific author,
Jack Saunders. The book consists of a variety of short
topics, ranging from social commentaries to diary entries
to letters to descriptions of Art Brew's life, Jack Saunders'
doppelganger. Threading throughout the book is this
question: how does a full-time working man with long hours
also find time to write? The book can be read by opening it
up at nearly every page, since the parts stand alone, as
well as being part of the whole."
--Pris Campbell, poet & blogger
"I've been enjoying Bukowski Never Did This. I especially
appreciate your comment on the back cover stating your
interest in "a family man, a working stiff." I feel the same
way. If you can do it with a wife and kids--you've really lived
in the battle zone. Buk never had 4 kids running around the
house while he wrote. I have 5 all together, ages 2 to 16. My
2 year old spilled orange juice on my typing keyboard
yesterday. I still can't get the "n" unstuck.
Have to keep retyping ..."
--Bradley Mason Hamlin, Mystery Island Press
"It makes me feel so good reading BUKOWSKI NEVER DID
THIS and your letter with all your plans for future work,
to find that you are so very much yourself—the
quintessential underground writer, full of spirit, words
and vinegar for the establishment.
My favorite part of your Buk book was Bush fucking the
pretzel. That guy always did come across as queer for
something very definitely on the outside aside from killing
terrorists by sending our young men to do it for him."
--Laurel Speer, writer
"Buk made music from the everyday life of a single guy
hooked into an urban neighborhood, a bluecollar worklife,
and a world of culture.
With this breakout book, Jack Saunders takes his turn. His
music comes from what it means to be from a rural folk
culture and to work in the whitecollar world and raise a
family and stay married in today's climate. The result is of
course the blues. But classical, jazz and wilder things are
in there, too. Jack works deeper into the notch Buk opened.
And his mining pays off. Big themes! Social relevance!
Tension! Will he be able to press on with his art AND
feed the kids?
If you're feeling a disconnect between your life and what
you read in today's mainstream fiction...if you wonder what
planet the characters come from...if you feel privilege being
rubbed in your face by an oblivious writer...you need
this book." Read more at Amazon
--Jeff Potter, OYB Books
"I love this book. It should be required reading for everyone
starting out writing and publishing. And anyone who's
involved with the small press/underground could really
relate to it too. What a beautiful struggle. My fucking
toonies and loonies are betting on Jack. He's got it, man."
--Chris Kornacki, Canadian poet
"Always nice to get a new Bukowski related title.
Jack Saunders is always a fine read."
--Al Berlinski, SunDog Press
"Thanks for publishing BUKOWSKI NEVER DID THIS
by Jack Saunders -- i dig it."
--Ron Androla, poet
"Technical Quality: The technical quality of the writer is
very good. His writing style is smooth and well honed. He
has written over 250 books, about one a month, and it
shows. Technical quality of the book itself is similar to any
published trade paperback.
Innovative Quality: The writing gets high marks for
innovation. He mixes everything into the work: rants, Q. and
A. self interviews, novel synopses, diary entries, poems,
even liner notes for a CD." Read more...
--Tom Hendricks, Musea
"Why does the author photo on the back show Jack eating
shellfish? We may never know."
--Jeff Somers, The Inner Swine
"I am enjoying the book "Bukowski ......" very much. It is
really quite good. The tales of your worklife in the cubicle
world of military contracting (an essentially worthless
enterprise) have a sort of "Dilbert" quality that I can really
appreciate. Also the book format adds a lot - you can easily
go back and forth and see the cycle which is a lot harder to
see on a screen. It is like putting a good meal on real china
versus a paper plate. Can't see how it can miss."
--Dick Vajs, political activist
"I really love your book Bukowski Never Did This. It's so
different that if someone described it to me I would have
thought it couldn't work as a novel but it does. It really
works. It's a book you can't put down."
--Shannon Smith, blogger
"From Larry's Foreword to the very end, I thoroughly
enjoyed this book! I cannot express how appreciative I am,
in having the total pleasure of such a fine piece of work.
Jack, I thank you from the bottom of my heart."
--Gerald Brown, critic
"ULA Read-Off headliner Jack Saunders exhibits the
fiercely independent spirit of the alliance, having written
more than 260 novels despite being rejected by every
major literary publishing house and agency. But now that
the ULA's indie label LitVision Press is putting out his latest
work Bukowski Never Did This, Saunders has gained a new
momentum (not that a writer who already churns out a
book a month needs any more encouragement)."
--Maggie Serota, Philadelphia Weekly
*Publicity in 3 AM Magazine
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