This is an excellent review and critical approach to Bukowski.
I love to read that which is in opposition ot my belief, i.e., that bukowski is great writer and poet. But, I don't just like to sit and repeat that, I know he is also the opposite of that which I think he is. Bukowski is, I'm sure he would admit, also a terrible writer.
The point is a like to here ALL SIDES of the story, not just to, Pro and Con. This makes some real stabs at the flaws of bukowski, the limitations of his style and approach.
I welcome them. But I don't believe them to be True, only valid.
And, of course, in some wasy, the man writing can't quite concede his envy of bukowski.