Who is this meat poet mentioned in Women? (1 Viewer)

[justin grimbol]

in women bukowski meets up with a poet who is a pill head and heroin addict. he dies and then bukowski sleeps with his wife. what is the real name of this poet? i think it is william...something.

 

[cirerita]

W. Wantling

 

[Rekrab]

Wantling's widow has had some very harsh things to say about the way Bukowski treated her after Wantling's death. Can't recall where I read her comments.