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So far I have had good experiences with Hemingway's work and would include him somewhere in my top 10 writers list, but I also gather he has reputation for being incredibly hit-or-miss and I am pretty sure I experienced a definite miss with Across the River and into the Trees, which I tried and...

Hmm, I don't really agree. Once I got into his poetry it never really struck me as surprising at all. Classical music is full of conflicting moods: brutal, dark, beautiful, sad. It compliments his work (I couldn't imagine any other music doing so) There's something fitting - dare I say poetic -...

legend. love this! the man had a great smile.

Nice post, but I still think dogs are better.

Ahh, to say that I am looking forward to this would be a massive understatement. some very good news to start the day with!

No, even as a fan I have come to kinda agree with you. I find that while driving some of his best work, that the idealism and sentimentality was his undoing. I love a lot of his work but there's a certain naivety to some of it that isn't particularly helpful (for me at least - i'm esp. prone to...

Roky Erickson! legend.

Yeah, same here. I didn't particularly think much of that book. It got better near the end but man, I almost gave up on that one. Apart from Keroauc, the beat writers don't really do much for me...and with his work I prefer his childhood recollections (Visions of Gerard, Maggie Cassidy, Doctor...

Off the top of my head (in reality I could never settle on 10) The Deerhunter Five Easy Pieces A Woman Under The Influence Godfather 1&2 8 1/2 Once Upon a Time in America Taxi Driver Seventh Seal Il Vitelloni Once Upon a Time in the West

Thanks guys. I have been looking through the recommendations. Ones that particularly jump out at me have been by Frank O'Hara (I like the sound of the pocketbook Lunch Poems) and Nazim Hikmet, though I imagine his work is harder to find. Regarding Raymond Carver, how does the poetry compare...

Hmm, so far I've yet to find any poets whose work comes anywhere close to Buk's. I do like the Russian guys Yeveny Yevtushenko & Vladimir Mayakovsky & W.Whitman is great, but most of the poetry I've tried (inc. the classics) seems overly self-indulgent/romantic/lyrical...or about nature (I love...

NICE - You Get So Alone Sometimes That it Just Makes Sense & Hot Water Music on the way! I just hope my dog doesn't chew the post this time.

Yeah I've more or less settled on You Get So Alone but am still undecided about short story collection. Personally I found The Most Beautiful Woman a bit hit or miss (making me lean to Hot Water Music over Tales of Ordinary Madness). Maybe I need to re-read The Most Beautiful Woman again but I...

Oops, forgot to mention that I have the Sounes book (as well as Roominghouse Madrigals - just remembered now!). I'll look around for The Last Night of The Earth Poems - I quite liked the later/mid era poems in War All The Time. How about short story collections? I think i'll get a book of poems...

Hi, not a particularly exciting thread but I have some gift money from xmas, and I thought instead of letting it go on booze, food or rent i'd re-kick my Bukowski collection (haven't bought anything for a while now). So far I have: Burning in Water... War All The Time The Days Run Away... Ham...