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Charles Bukowski: Autobiographer, Gender Critic, Iconoclast

Charles Bukowski: Autobiographer, Gender Critic, Iconoclast

David Charlson

Highlights include“South ofNoNorth: Bukowski inDeadly Ernest,” by Norman Weinstein, who examines therolethat “Ernest Hemingway's ghost” (52) playsin Bukowski's fiction, and “Charles Bukowski and the AvantGarde,” by Julian Smith, who ...
More Notes of a Dirty Old Man: The Uncollected Columns

More Notes of a Dirty Old Man: The Uncollected Columns

Charles Bukowski

The Uncollected Columns Charles Bukowski David Stephen Calonne. Aaron Krumhansl, A Descriptive Bibliography of the Primary Publications of Charles Bukowski. Santa Rosa: Black Sparrow Press, 1999, p. 41. 2. “IfI Only Could Be Asleep,” ...
War All the Time

War All the Time

Charles Bukowski

War All the Time is a selection of poetry from the early 1980s. Charles Bukowski shows that he is still as pure as ever but he has evolved into a slightly happier man that has found some fame and love.
Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life

Charles Bukowski: Locked in the Arms of a Crazy Life

Howard Sounes

This updated edition features a new preface by the author, expanded notes and a unique star rating in the bibliography of Bukowski's own works.
Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

David Stephen Calonne

In this new interpretation of the life and work of the American poet, short story writer and novelist Charles Bukowski, David Stephen Calonne examines Bukowskis writings, colourful life and the desperate conditions of his lifestyle, looking ...
New Poems Book Two

New Poems Book Two

Charles Bukowski

Although he published over 45 books of poetry, hundreds of his poems were kept by him and his publisher for posthumous publication, This is the first collection of these unique poems, which Bukowski considered to be among his best work.
New Poems Book Three

New Poems Book Three

Charles Bukowski

Although he published over 45 books of poetry, hundreds of his poems were kept by him and his publisher for postumous publication. This is the third collection of these unique poems, which Bukowski considered to be among his best work.
The Bell Tolls for No One

The Bell Tolls for No One

Charles Bukowski

[Short stories. Selections] Bell tolls for no one: stories / by Charles Bukowski; edited with an introduction by David Stephen Calonne. pages; cm ISBN 978-0- 87286-682-9 (paperback) ISBN 978-0-87286-684-3 (e-book) I. Title. PS3552.
More Notes of a Dirty Old Man: The Uncollected Columns

More Notes of a Dirty Old Man: The Uncollected Columns

Charles Bukowski

The sequel to his famous book, "More Notes of a Dirty Old Man" reprints rare Bukowski columns unseen in decades.
Absence of the Hero

Absence of the Hero

Charles Bukowski

Everyone's favorite Dirty Old Man returns with more boozy tales of extraordinary madness.
Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

Gay Brewer

An Authors Series volume addresses readers ranging from advanced high school students to university professors. The book suggests to the informed reader new ways of considering a writer's work.
Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski

Barry Miles

During his lifetime he published more than forty-five books of poetry and prose, including the novels Post Office, Factotum, Women and Pulp. His novels sold millions of copies worldwide in dozens of languages.
The Cowboy Bible and Other Stories

The Cowboy Bible and Other Stories

Carlos Velázquez

The provocateur and cult sensation Carlos Velazquez has earned comparisons to Hunter S. Thompson, Charles Bukowski and William S. Burroughs, and has been called 'a grand storyteller' (Diario Jornada), 'an icon'(Frente) and 'one of the most ...
The Bell Tolls for No One

The Bell Tolls for No One

Charles Bukowski

Hillary Chute, “Graphic Narrative,” in Joe Bray, Alison Gibbons, and Brian McHale, eds., The Routledge Companion to Experimental Literature (London and New York: Routledge, 2012), p. 410. Also see Patrick Rosenkranz, Rebel Visions: The ...
The Best American Poetry 2005: Series Editor David Lehman

The Best American Poetry 2005: Series Editor David Lehman

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A. R. Ammons John Ashbery-Maureen Bloomfield Catherine Bowman - Stephanie Brown - Charles Bukowski - Elena Karina Byrne - Victoria Chang - Shanna Compton - James Cummins Jamey Dunham - Stephen Dunn - Karl Elder - Lynn ...
A Knight of the Nets

A Knight of the Nets

Amelia E. Barr

... Catherine Parr Traill Charles A. Eastman Charles Dickens Charles Dudley Warner Charles Farrar Browne Charles Ives Charles Kingsley Charles Lathrop Pack Charles Whibley Charles Willing Beale Charlotte M. Braeme Charlotte M. Yonge ...
Word Nerd

Word Nerd

Susin Nielsen

Ambrose Bukowski is a twelve-year-old with a talent for mismatching his clothes, for saying the wrong thing at the worst possible time, and for words.
B: A Novel

B: A Novel

Jonathan Baumbach

How can B have failed so miserably at writing his own memoir, unless the life that memoir attempted to recount was also a failure? The poet-protagonist, B, an intellectual's Bukowski, struggles to write his history in this comedic novel.
Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life

Raymond Carver: A Writer's Life

Carol Sklenicka

David Stephen Calonne (Northville, MI: Sun Dog Press, 2003), 271–72. 32. Houston to CS. 33. In Ham on Rye, Bukowski writes that he was fired from “Mears -Starbuck” for fighting on the job, not for stealing cookies. 34. Halpert, 33. 35. Myers ...
Letters of the king of England

Letters of the king of England

Halliwell-Phillipps

Charles I. to Richard Browne 1643 343 Charles I. to prince Maurice . . , 1643 343 Charles I. to the mayor of Newbury 1643 344 Charles I. to the queen 1644 344 Charles I. to general Goring 1644 145 Charles I. to the earl of Newcastle . , 1644  ...
My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up

My Girlfriend Comes to the City and Beats Me Up

Stephen Elliott

Several of the stories feature the enigmatic Eden, the narrator’s polyamorous mistress. With My Girlfriend, Elliott confirms his status as a major young writer of a kind of literary fiction that recalls the work of Genet and Bukowski.
The Psychology of Conspiracy

The Psychology of Conspiracy

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Author note Małgorzata Kossowska, Jagiellonian University, Marcin Bukowski, Jagiellonian University. The preparation of this paper was supported in part by a grant from the National Science Center DEC 2011/02/A/HS6/00155 awarded to ...
Narrative Inquiries of School Reform: Storied Lives, Storied ...

Narrative Inquiries of School Reform: Storied Lives, Storied ...

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Charles and I unpacked the root of the problem in the following exchange: Cheryl : Charles: Cheryl: Charles: Cheryl: Charles: Cheryl: Charles: Cheryl: Charles: What do you think caused the problem with the [first story of reform—the state ...
The Boston Directory

The Boston Directory

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Hunt Charles. ship and freight broker, 156 State, bds. 65 Hancock Hunt Charles. h. Nep. av. near Chickatawbut, Nep. Hunt Charles A. boards 17 Green. Charlestown Hunt Charles А. machinist, house 54 (lates Hunt Charles E. clerk, 60 11igh,h ...
The roster of Union soldiers, 1861-1865

The roster of Union soldiers, 1861-1865

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D Blanchard, Charles 30th Inf. Co.G Blanchard, Charles 73rd Inf. Co.A Blanchard , Charles 77th Inf. Co.A Blanchard, Charles 89th Inf. Co.I Sgt. Blanchard, Chas. 92nd Inf. Co.D Blanchard, Charles 123rd Inf. Co.D Blanchard, Charles 153rd Inf.
John Charles Fremont: The Pathfinder

John Charles Fremont: The Pathfinder

Charles W. Maynard

His father, also named John Charles, was from France. Anne Beverley Whiting, John Charles's mother, was the daughter of Colonel Thomas Whiting of Richmond, Virginia. When John Charles was only five years old, his father died.
The genuine works of Charles Cotton

The genuine works of Charles Cotton

Charles Cotton

Charles Cotton. SCAR RONID ES; OR, Virgil Travestie. A MOCK-POEM In Imitation of the FOURTH BOOK O F FIRGIL's Æneis, In Englifo Burlesque, By CHARLES COTTON, Esq; The Fourteenth Edition. .f v. '-.-' a .a J V ' -'. .1.
The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb

The Life, Letters, and Writings of Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb

In the year 1795, Charles Lamb resided with his father, mother, and sister, in lodgings at No. ... whom he had faithfully served for many years ; Charles's salary , which, being that of a clerk of three years' standing in the India House, could have ...
Papers by Command

Papers by Command

Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons

Mr. CHARLES PIERCE MERRIAM called. Examined by the Chairman. Mr. CHARLES PIERCE MERRIAM. Mr. CHARLES PIERCE MERRIA.M. Mr. CHARLES. 6 February 1913.] [Continued. the platform. As he wiped the commutator with Borne ...

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