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'' and ''

The Most Beautiful Woman in Town ''The Most Beautiful Woman in Town & Other Stories'' is a collection of anecdotal short stories by American author Charles Bukowski. The stories are written in both the first and third-person, in Bukowski's trademark semi-autobiographical shor ...

''. Lawrence Ferlinghetti, the owner of City Lights Publishers, was one of the first to recognize Bukowski as a short-story writer. He published the collection, which was dedicated to Bukowski's girlfriend, the poet and sculptor

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. The stories originally appeared in the underground newspapers '' Berkeley Barb'' and '' Open City'', men's magazines including ''

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'', and in literary reviews, including '' Nova Express.

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