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...says the man who deleted my last post.

excuse me sir, but your chutzpah is showing

Finally bought my own copies of Burning In Water Drowning In Flame and South Of No North from a used books store. unemployed and spending money on poems...

What's your secret to getting a new job so quickly?

I want to say that Becker's real name was Robert Baume and he died in WW2. Can't remember where I read that info. Maybe someone can verify it.

How do I feel about work? _screams internally

Welcome!

Perfectionism. A beginner will waste a lot of time trying to find just the right words. It's not necessary. Write something and edit it later.

Well trolled, sir... well trolled.

welcome.

I would agree, and add that the unnaturalness of speech and behavior applies to nearly ALL television acting. I quit watching television about 10 years ago and now whenever I see TV acting it seems bizarre and unintentionally funny - especially in dramas.

Uh, i'm just pulling this out of my butt here, but I from what I remember his "10 year drunk" was really only about 2 years, and he didn't stop writing, he simply wrote much less than usual. If my memory is correct, this happened when Jane died.

Can you imagine if Ben Pleasants and James Franco made a movie about this? Depression-era Bukowski flees from the FBI. He's drifting from one city to another working dead-end jobs and shacking up with women whose husbands are fighting in the Pacific. J. Edgar Hoover has his top G-men hunting for...

kind of old news, but apparently the lawsuit against Franco has been settled. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/james-franco-settles-lawsuit-charles-745235