The first Bukowski work I ever encountered was the vinyl record, "Bukowski Reads His Poetry" on Takoma, when the radio station I spin for got a promo copy. Live performance, grade-b sound quality as I recall, but my mind was blown nonetheless!
Well, that's the first time I've ever heard that.I first discovered Bukowski through a German skateboarding video...
He wasn't called Charles either...:) ...usually he was called Hank or Buk...
The man seemed to hate working as much as me!.. I found a book called 'Post Office'. I was hooked ... It was like a miracle! It really helped me. That book saved my life!
i was told that i wrote like him...so i looked into it and realized that whoever thought that was a complete idiot
from then on though i've been a fan
Mixed response to that intro here: https://bukowskiforum.com/showthread.php?t=747I read a bit of Rodey Doyles intro...
I borrowed it from my local library, and when I did so, the librarian called my father to let him know I was reading 'inappropriate books' for my age (I must have been 13 or 14 when I got it out on loan). And what did my father do? He told the librarian to fuck off. My father was a hero!
I think the first thing I read of Bukowski was in Italian, a translation of Bring me your love when I was still living in my village in Italy.
I borrowed it from my local library, and when I did so, the librarian called my father to let him know I was reading 'inappropriate books' for my age (I must have been 13 or 14 when I got it out on loan). And what did my father do? He told the librarian to fuck off. My father was a hero!