Name: For Sale: Charles Bukowski. Fire Station. Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1970.
SKU: buk-002
Availability: InStock

For Sale: Charles Bukowski. Fire Station. Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1970.

$75.00

VG+ in wraps, as published.

Second printing stated. A really nice copy with only some tiny bumps / creases to 3 of the 4 corners. And yea, it’s a second printing…but it’s a good one to grab and fill the spot in your collection until you can grab the first.

Description

Charles Bukowski’s poem Fire Station captures his signature blend of raw observation, dark humor, and existential reflection. The poem revolves around a seemingly mundane moment involving a fire station, but through Bukowski’s lens, it becomes a meditation on life’s absurdity and unpredictability.

Bukowski contrasts the structured, heroic world of firemen with the chaos and futility he often sees in everyday life. His writing vividly portrays the tension between order and randomness, highlighting human struggles against forces beyond control. With concise, stark language, Fire Station embodies Bukowski’s ability to find profound meaning in ordinary settings, reflecting his deep yet unorthodox worldview.

The title poem centers around just another day with Buk and Jane. If you’ve never read the poem Fire Station, now you can. And if you’re ever in Los Angeles near DTLA on 7th street –1819 West 7th Street 90057 to be exact — pull over and take the picture of Station 11. Because that’s the real-life Fire Station where Buk made that all happen in the poem you just read.