My two good friends introduced me to Bukowski. The Pleasures of the Damned and Women where my first exposure to Bukowski and it hasn't stopped from there, it is a continues discovery of poems and stories that continue my experience, with this great writer. It's interesting that I had never heard of this man before, yet when I was in elementary school, I lived down the street from DeLongpre Ave and I bought nickel peanut butter cups at the Liquor store that he frequented. I wonder how many times I was behind him or in front of him buying peanut butter cups at the liquor store.