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Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns was a mimeographed literary magazine published between 1969 and 1971 in Los Angeles, California by Charles Bukowski and Neeli Cherkovski (then known as Neeli Cherry). The original title was to be "Laugh Literary and Man the Fucking Guns," but Cherkovski convinced Bukowski to substitute a less graphic word due to censorship concerns. In the late 1960s, the U.S. Post Office was actively prosecuting publishers for sending "obscene" publications through the mail. At the time of its publication, Bukowski was working as a clerk at the Post Office, having not yet made the transition to full-time writer.

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  • Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns was a mimeographed literary magazine published between 1969 and 1971 in Los Angeles, California by Charles Bukowski and Neeli Cherkovski (then known as Neeli Cherry). The original title was to be "Laugh Literary and Man the Fucking Guns," but Cherkovski convinced Bukowski to substitute a less graphic word due to censorship concerns. In the late 1960s, the U.S. Post Office was actively prosecuting publishers for sending "obscene" publications through the mail. At the time of its publication, Bukowski was working as a clerk at the Post Office, having not yet made the transition to full-time writer. (en)
  • Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns est un magazine littéraire miméo publié de 1969 à 1971 à Los Angeles (Californie) par Charles Bukowski et Neeli Cherkovski (alors connu sous le nom de Neeli Cherry). Le titre original était « Laugh Literary and Man the Fucking Guns » ( « Riez littéraire et servez les canons de la baise »), mais Neeli Cherkovski convainquit Charles Bukowski de changer « Fucking » par « Hamping » à cause de la censure. À la fin des années 1960, les services postaux américains poursuivaient les éditeurs d'envois « obscènes ». À l'époque de la publication du magazine Charles Bukowski travaillait encore comme simple employé au département des Postes des États-Unis, n'étant pas alors écrivain à plein temps sous contrat avec le directeur des éditions Black Sparrow Press. (fr)
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  • Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns was a mimeographed literary magazine published between 1969 and 1971 in Los Angeles, California by Charles Bukowski and Neeli Cherkovski (then known as Neeli Cherry). The original title was to be "Laugh Literary and Man the Fucking Guns," but Cherkovski convinced Bukowski to substitute a less graphic word due to censorship concerns. In the late 1960s, the U.S. Post Office was actively prosecuting publishers for sending "obscene" publications through the mail. At the time of its publication, Bukowski was working as a clerk at the Post Office, having not yet made the transition to full-time writer. The mimeographed octavo publication was published by Bukowski and Cherkovski's Los Angeles Laugh Literary press. The first edition in 1969 was 32 pages long, stapled inside of yellow printed wrappers; it contained poems, correspondence, and illustrations by Bukowski. Other contributions were by Douglas Blazek, , Jack Micheline, Steve Richmond, Jerome Rothenberg and . The cover of the first edition featured a manifesto by Bukowski that railed against Poetry Magazine and "the dull dumpling pattycake safe Creeleys, Olsons, Dickeys, Merwins, Nemerovs and Merediths." Bukowski intended his magazine to be an alternative to Black Mountain Review and its , such as Robert Creeley. According to Howard Sounes' biography Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life, Bukowski proved a poor editor in this, his second stint at editing a literary magazine. (He had co-edited "Harlequin" with his first wife in the 1950s.) Upset with the poor quality of the submissions, Bukowski would write insulting remarks to writers who submitted their work, even going so far as deface some of their submissions. I think that the miracle of our times is that so many people can write down so many words that mean absolutely nothing. Try it sometime. It's almost impossible to write down words that mean absolutely nothing, but they can do it, and they do it continually and relentlessly. I put out 3 issues of a little, Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns. The material received was so totally inept that the other editor and myself were forced to write most of the poems. He'd write the first half of one poem, then I'd finish it. Then I'd go the first half of another and he'd finish it. Then we'd sit around and get to the names: "Let's see, whatta we gonna call this cocksucker?" The "little" literary magazine was part of the 1960s "mimeograph revolution" and helped make Bukowski a well-known poet. Ever the iconoclast, Bukowski denounced the trend. In the May 1973 issue of Small Press Review, he wrote: "... [W]ith the discovery of the mimeo machine everybody became an editor, all with great flair, very little expense and no results at all." The second edition of the magazine was edited by Bukowski, Cherkovski, and "contributing editor" Harold Norse, a friend of Bukowski who had helped his career by encouraging publishing house Penguin to publish Bukowski in an anthology with him. (Norse's work had appeared in the first issue.) The second issue included the Bukowski poems "The Grand Pricks of the Hob-Nailed Sun" and "I Thought I Was Going to Get Some," as well as some Bukowski illustrations. It is rumored that Bukowski wrote poems under pseudonyms as they were not able to get enough publishable material. (en)
  • Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns est un magazine littéraire miméo publié de 1969 à 1971 à Los Angeles (Californie) par Charles Bukowski et Neeli Cherkovski (alors connu sous le nom de Neeli Cherry). Le titre original était « Laugh Literary and Man the Fucking Guns » ( « Riez littéraire et servez les canons de la baise »), mais Neeli Cherkovski convainquit Charles Bukowski de changer « Fucking » par « Hamping » à cause de la censure. À la fin des années 1960, les services postaux américains poursuivaient les éditeurs d'envois « obscènes ». À l'époque de la publication du magazine Charles Bukowski travaillait encore comme simple employé au département des Postes des États-Unis, n'étant pas alors écrivain à plein temps sous contrat avec le directeur des éditions Black Sparrow Press. La première édition est publiée à Los Angeles par Charles Bukowski et Nelly Cherkovski. Elle contient des poèmes, des correspondances et des illustrations de Charles Bukowski. Sur la couverture, un texte-manifeste : « Par dégoût de la poésie de Chicago, de ces boulettes de viande hachée ennuyeuses et sans danger, les Creeley, Olson, Dickey, Merwin, Nemerov et autres - voici le premier numéro du premier volume de Laugh Literary and Man the Humping Guns ». Charles Bukowski était très critique envers les textes qu'il recevait, il renversait de la bière sur les poèmes qu'il n'aimait pas quand il ne les trempait dans ses œufs au plat avant de les renvoyer. Ce magazine était conçu comme une réaction aux poètes de l'école de Black Mountain (poètes américains des années 1950 préconisant l'usage de la langue parlée et la liberté de l'inspiration). Les contributions de cette première édition étaient celles de Douglas Blazek, , Jack Micheline, , Jerome Rothenberg et Ce « petit » magazine littéraire faisait partie de la révolution accordée à l'auto-édition par le miméographe dans les années 1960 ; il aida l'auteur à établir encore plus sa réputation de poète. Toujours aussi lucide, Charles Bukowski écrivait en 1973 dans un numéro de Small Press Review : « Avec les possibilités offertes par la machine à ronéotyper, n'importe qui peut devenir éditeur, avoir du flair, et avec très peu de dépenses et finalement aucun résultat. » La seconde édition est éditée par Charles Bukowski, Neeli Cherkovski et Harold Norse, un ami de Bukowski qui fit paraitre des poèmes de celui-ci dans une anthologie. Cette deuxième édition comprenait les poèmes suivants de Bukowski : The Grand Pricks of the Hob-Nailed Sun et I Tought I Was Going To Get Some. (fr)
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