Charles Bukowski was 51 when his first novel was ... He disdained literary circles and academic discourse: "Those who have been writing literature have not been writing life," he says in one ...

When I say that basically writing is a hard hustle ... "Barbet Schroeder [who directed a loose biopic of Bukowski, called Barfly] wants a plot and an evolvement of character.

When I say that basically writing is a hard hustle ... "Barbet Schroeder [who directed a loose biopic of Bukowski, called Barfly] wants a plot and an evolvement of character.

When Abel Debritto first started researching and writing about Charles Bukowski, he knew that the prolific underground poet, short story writer and novelist, who had written thousands of poems in ...

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994), born Heinrich Karl Bukowski in Andernach ... Bukowski's writing is heavily influenced by the atmosphere of Los Angeles, where he lived for most of his life ...

Charles Bukowski stood on the staircase landing above ... In high school, I spent my days filling notebook after notebook with drawings and writing. When a notebook was full, I threw it away ...

But then I came across this poem, “So You Want to Be a Writer” by Charles Bukowski. I found myself lingering between the lines, and I thought that maybe I am not alone in breaking writing tactics. If ...

Hard-LIVING, hard-writing Charles Bukowski was a product of his time and place. Since the ‘60s, Bukowski -- the homegrown author of more than 35 volumes of poetry and prose -- has had a fiercely ...

Howard Sounes, author of Charles Bukowski ... release a collection of previously unpublished letters by Bukowski, on the art of writing, in July. On Cats will follow three months later, and ...