Recent content by Kenneth Garton

Style is everything: the honest, the dishonest, and the cruel and the compassionate aspects of a man's character that make up everything that he is and everything he ever could be. I don't know. It's a hard question.

The author managed to write a very dull biography about a very interesting man. And those are the best lines he could find to characterize Bukowki's poetry? Nevertheless, thanks for posting.

The sound is very clear, especially considering that it was recorded in his living room.

That's a great photo!

Just listened to "Charles Bukowski Uncensored (from the Run with the Hunted Session." The mailman dropped it off the day before Christmas. It was great! It has a lot of commentary, in addition to the poetry reading. One part that I found funny is when the interviewer chats with Buk about...

That's funny, Chronic. It seems every male writer is accused of bisexuality. Why don't they accuse female writers? That would be more interesting!

I think a lot of writers and critics read a smidgen of Bukowski's work and then simply write him off as crude and lacking in insight and sensitivity. No intelligent, open-minded person could read Bukowski's best poems and fail to recognize his talent.

Some people have strange ideas about what is literature and what isn't. The same people will eat the ass out of a cow, but they won't kill it. In other words, many who criticize Bukowski adopt an air of superiority that they don't deserve. Pigmantoo's comment surprises me. He says that Buk...

Insightful

Bukowski wrote poetry that was unique, powerful, and innovative. I've read a lot of poetry and I agree with Bukowski that most of its sucks. And it's boring. Bukowki also wrote honestly and hid little.