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I do really love Miller's stuff and I think a lot of people who are aligned with buk's sensibility will get a hell of a lot from reading Miller's books too - maybe a little ray of hope! Read Miller's essay: 'On turning Eighty.' Its simply beautiful. I like what you said about the...

I know Miller's influence on Bukowski has been mentioned now and again in various threads but I find the parallels between the two fascinating, they're like two aspects of a single entity. I was reading an essay on Miller by Kenneth Rexroth from the 60's earlier, and he describes Miller as a...

I have a fetish for Burroughs and Kerouac I have to admit. I love the psychadelic trippiness of Burroughs, the way he create Hieronymus Bosch like landscapes in the mind, and of course is often macabre and very funny sense of humour which is akin to the Bukowski anti-hero in a lot of ways...

Thanks for the nice welcome.:) The name 'DOGBREATH' I heard years ago in the school yard, and it always seemed to symbolize to me a creature that was unloved but also feared in a way as being outside the pack or the herd. We are all animals, and it seems to me that we all create social and...

Hello folks, Great forum, really in-depth and fascinating stuff. I first stumbled upon Bukowski's work around ten years ago while studying Psychology at uni. I was in my final year and was taking an optional module in organizational psyche. I had this great tutor, an old Irish guy who really...