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Rather than get all heavy and deep, I'm just going to list authors that everyone says you need to like and I don't.;) Most Hated Author that everyone says is classic- Nathaniel Hawthorne Also: William Burroughs (he wasn't a writer, he was a junkie) F. Scott Fitzgerald (Great Gatsby blows)...

You know, some of these poems aren't that bad, actually. And I admit, once when I was unemployed and depressed, I started writing a lot of Bukowski-inspired poetry. I'll have to search through my things to find it, but hopefully, you will get something from me in the future.

I'm just waiting patiently for the Simpsons movie to come out.

Buk's favorite color was yellow. Here's a question: In "Hollywood," Bukowski revealed his opinion of Mickey Rourke and Faye Dunaway's performances in Barfly. What did he say?

Celine's "Journey to the End of the Night," is really good, but it's the only good Celine book there is, in my opinion. Fante, as well, is really good. Ask the Dust is fantastic, and West of Rome is a great little book as well. Although, I'm not a huge fan of the rest of Buk's...

Nice Tat, buddy. Keepin' it real.

Favorite books besides Bukowski: The Sirens of Titan- Kurt Vonnegut Ender's Game- Orson Scott Card Ask the Dust- John Fante Kingdom of Fear- Hunter S. Thompson

Yes, Women is a very, very good book, as are most Bukowski books, and Post Office is really good as well. But I'm still going with Factotum. It was just such an interesting book for me, with all the material about his past jobs and his life in between. I've had over twenty different jobs in...

Pink Houses- Avail Real Love- The singer from Soul Coughing Where did you sleep last night?- Nirvana Melt with You- Stretch Armstrong Sweet Days- Snuff

Howl is a pretty good poem, but in the middle of it, I feel like he gets up his own ass with the gay imagery. Like he's just throwing it in there because he feels he must. Besides, I've never been the biggest fan of Ginsberg. Most of his books of poetry are like 30 pages. Nothing compared to...

You really want to know? Last CD I bought: The new Lifetime album Book I'm reading right now: Dangling in the Tournefortia

Hey, I just registered with this site today. (7/13/07) And, I'm at work right now, so I thought that I'd put up a thread. I've been a Bukowski fan ever since I was a teenager, (I just turned 27) and he's probably my favorite author. Other authors I admire are Vonnegut, Fante, Ferlinghetti...

That's it? It's no Calvin and Hobbes.

Nobody has mentioned Lawrence Ferlinghetti, so I will. Better than Ginsberg, if you ask me.

Actually, I was a huge punk and hardcore fan, and while in a bookstore one day, I noticed a book entitled "Hot Water Music," which was one of my favorite bands at the time. (For anyone who knew Hot Water Music, this was before their Epitaph days. This was even before "Finding the Rhythms" came...