I can't believe I didn't find this forum before. I discovered Bukowski's writing at an early age and was criticized all throughout high school for having a man labeled as (among many other things) a misogynist, a gimmick artist, unapologetically crude, and unsubstantial as one of my favorite writers. I've even got a tattoo with my personal favorite Bukowski line ("halfway to madness, dreaming of Hemingway's spain"). I've never found someone else with an honest love for Bukowski's writing, so to find a whole forum filled with them is mind-blowing!