Living On Luck

Living on Luck is a collection of letters from the 1960s mixed in with poems and drawings.

These freewheeling letters chart his leap from the drudgery of the post office into a precarious life at the typewriter. The outspoken author fires off candid notes to publishers and fellow writers between runs at the racetrack and late-night beers.

His spirited dispatches mix sharp opinions on contemporary poetry with domestic quarrels and classical symphonies on the radio. The ever clever Charles Buko...