Bukowski mentions Beiles reviewing Penguin Modern Poets 13

 'also Penguin Poetry [sic] 13 is out. but it won't be published in U.S. until June 26, this year. Bukowski-Norse-Lamantia. but we are already in trouble. the slick-poetry academy boys and poets are already after our asses. Sinclair Beiles wrote a good review of Penguin 13, said it was the best of the series, but London Magazine refused the print the review and Beiles sent it to a South African paper which also refused to publish the bit. Beiles wrote Norse that he thought Hal and I were the best living writers using the English language ...'

Letter to Jon and Louise Webb, Feburary 5, 1969

(published in Charles Bukowski, Selected Letters, Volume 2: 1965-1970, edited by Seamus Cooney, Virgin Books, 2004.) 

Alice in Progeress by Sinclair Beiles and Annie Rooney

 

In the biography note to Ashes of Experience (Wurm, 1969) it was stated that Sinclair Beiles and his wife Annie Rooney were due to have a book called Alice in Progress published by the Nova Broadcast series in the US, which was run by Jan Herman. In was even listed as a forthcoming title by Nova Broadcast in an advertisement published by City Lights. However, this book never appeared and enquiries about the possible whereabouts of the manuscript led nowhere ... until about a month ago when musician and Burroughs enthusiast Jeffrey Ball kindly answered a question of mine about the contribution that Sinclair and Annie Rooney had published in the journal The San Francisco Earthquake 4, published in 1968 -- it was Alice in Progress! Jeffrey also kindly photocopied the respective pages, though due to concerns over the spine cracking was not able to photocopy them flat - but no matter, the pages can be read. The San Francisco Earthquake was also edited by Jan Herman, so obviously for whatever reason(s), it appeared in journal form instead. Thank you, Jeffrey!