The Roominghouse Madrigals

The Roominghouse Madrigals PDF Author: Charles Bukowski
Publisher: Ecco
ISBN: 9780876857328
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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The Roominghouse Madrigals is a selection of poetry from Charles Bukowski's early work. It shows a slightly softer side to the beloved barfly.

The Roominghouse Madrigals

The Roominghouse Madrigals PDF Author: Charles Bukowski
Publisher: Ecco
ISBN: 9780876857328
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 264

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The Roominghouse Madrigals is a selection of poetry from Charles Bukowski's early work. It shows a slightly softer side to the beloved barfly.

The Roominghouse Madrigals

The Roominghouse Madrigals PDF Author: Charles Bukowski
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061877425
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 566

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“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author “He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter The Roominghouse Madrigals is a selection of poetry from Charles Bukowski's early work. It shows a slightly softer side to the beloved barfly.

The Roominghouse Madrigals

The Roominghouse Madrigals PDF Author: Charles Bukowski
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ISBN: 9780876857335
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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Poems deal with rejection, history, barbershops, friendship, death, longing, loneliness, and disappointment.

The Rooming House Madrigals

The Rooming House Madrigals PDF Author: Charles Bukowski
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Languages : en
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The People Look Like Flowers At Last

The People Look Like Flowers At Last PDF Author: Charles Bukowski
Publisher: Ecco
ISBN: 9780060577087
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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the gas line is leaking, the bird is gone from the cage, the skyline is dotted with vultures; Benny finally got off the stuff and Betty now has a job as a waitress; and the chimney sweep was quite delicate as he giggled up through the soot. I walked miles through the city and recognized nothing as a giant claw ate at my stomach while the inside of my head felt airy as if I was about to go mad. it’s not so much that nothing means anything but more that it keeps meaning nothing, there’s no release, just gurus and self- appointed gods and hucksters. the more people say, the less there is to say. even the best books are dry sawdust. —from "fingernails; nostrils; shoelaces"

Tales of Ordinary Madness

Tales of Ordinary Madness PDF Author: Charles Bukowski
Publisher: City Lights Books
ISBN: 0872866386
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216

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Exceptional stories that come pounding out of Bukowski's violent and depraved life. Horrible and holy, you cannot read them and ever come away the same again. This collection of stories was once part of the 1972 City Lights classic, Erections, Ejaculations, Exhibitions and General Tales of Ordinary Madness. That book was later split into two volumes and republished: The Most Beautiful Woman in Town and, this book, Tales of Ordinary Madness. With Bukowski, the votes are still coming in. There seems to be no middle ground—people seem either to love him or hate him. Tales of his own life and doings are as wild and weird as the very stories he writes. In a sense, Bukowski was a legend in his time, a madman, a recluse, a lover; tender, vicious; never the same. "Bukowski … a professional disturber of the peace … laureate of Los Angeles netherworld [writes with] crazy romantic insistence that losers are less phony than winners, and with an angry compassion for the lost."—Jack Kroll, Newsweek "Bukowski’s works are extraordinarily vivid and often bitterly funny observations of people living on the very edge of oblivion. His poetry, in all its glorious simplicity, was accessible the way poetry seldom is a testament to his genius."—Nick Burton, PIF Magazine

Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window

Poems Written Before Jumping Out of an 8 Story Window PDF Author: Charles Bukowski
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Languages : en
Pages : 31

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Post Office

Post Office PDF Author: Charles Bukowski
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061844047
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 204

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Charles Bukowski’s classic roman à clef, Post Office, captures the despair, drudgery, and happy dissolution of his alter ego, Henry Chinaski, as he enters middle age. Post Office is an account of Bukowski alter-ego Henry Chinaski. It covers the period of Chinaski’s life from the mid-1950s to his resignation from the United States Postal Service in 1969, interrupted only by a brief hiatus during which he supported himself by gambling at horse races. “The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates “He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter

Bukowski

Bukowski PDF Author: Neeli Cherkovski
Publisher: Godine+ORM
ISBN: 1574232428
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 343

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Meet the man behind the myth in the only full-fledged biography of the American novelist, poet, and legend by a close friend and collaborator. Neeli Cherkovski began a deep friendship with Bukowski in the 1960s while guzzling beer at wrestling matches or during quieter evenings discussing life and literature in Bukowski’s East Hollywood apartment. Over the decades, those hundreds of conversations took shape as this biography—now with a new preface, “This Thing Upon Me Is Not Death: Reflections on the Centennial of Charles Bukowski.” Bukowski, author of Ham on Rye, Post Office, and other bestselling novels, short stories, and poetry collections only ever wanted to be a writer. Maybe that’s why Bukowski’s voice is so real and immediate that readers felt included in a conversation. “In his written work, he’s a hero, a fall guy, a comic character, a womanizing lush, a wise old dog,” biographer Neeli Cherkovski writes. “His readers do more than glimpse his many-sidedness. For some, it’s a deep experience. They feel as if his writing opens places inside of themselves they might never have seen otherwise. Often a reader comes away feeling heroic, because the poet has shown them that their ordinary lives are imbued with drama.” Full of anecdotes, wisdom, humor, and insight, this is an essential companion to the work of a great American writer. Long-time Bukowski fans will come away with fresh insights while readers new to his work will find this an exhilarating introduction. “A treasure trove for Bukowski fans . . . Cherkovski’s access to his subject allows him an intimacy otherwise impossible.” —John Rechy, Los Angeles Times

War All the Time

War All the Time PDF Author: Charles Bukowski
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061882062
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 292

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“The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.”—Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author “He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.”—Leonard Cohen, songwriter War All the Time is a selection of poetry from the early 1980s. Charles Bukowski shows that he is still as pure as ever but he has evolved into a slightly happier man that has found some fame and love. These poems show how he grapples with his past and future colliding.