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'just throw one'

Does anybody know what became of this?

I have found myself with the same problem. I guess the most obvious place to start like others here have said would be with John Fante, Ernest Hemingway and Hunter S Thompson. It depends whether you like Bukowski for his style or subject matter, combined they make for juicy reading material but...

Great, can't wait Sold. Enjoyable podcast by the way.

you do as am I

Damn. Thank you for sharing. Amazing. It is just as I imagined it. What an artist he was with his words. is Los Angeles still a good place for a writer? it served both Buk and Fante very well as a muse.

pint and a night of poetry let me know if interested https://rivislives.wordpress.com/forever/

Cheers!

great find

I thought this might be a cool story to share and an interesting topic to bring up: So apparently, yesterday was Poetry Day. Who knew? I didn't. I had absolutely no idea and no plans on celebrating it. For me every day is Poetry Day. But funnily enough it ended up being more poetry related than...

damn... what a fine tribute

I'm currently working in a pub, so might end up pouring you a pint of the good stuff soon!

I love that story

I'm thinking of setting up some sort of poetry night in south london... if you fancy taking a trip up to the big smoke, let me know.

So I first came across Charles Bukowski as a young man... hang on a minute, that sounded wrong, let me start again... So I first discovered Charles Bukowski when I found a rather dog eared copy of 'Women' in a dusty old box of books. The first page had me hooked like a fish with a maggot in its...