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<blockquote data-quote="Catatonic" data-source="post: 1547368" data-attributes="member: 7966"><p>What's Bukowski, one may ask?</p><p></p><p>One level above Romance novels it seems.</p><p></p><p><strong>Henry Charles Bukowski</strong> (born <strong>Heinrich Karl Bukowski</strong>; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist, and short story writer.</p><p></p><p>His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his home city of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles" target="_blank">Los Angeles</a>.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski#cite_note-Bukowski.2C_Charles-4" target="_blank">[4]</a> His work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol" target="_blank">alcohol</a>, relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books.</p><p>In 1986 <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)" target="_blank">Time</a></em> called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife".<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski#cite_note-6" target="_blank">[6]</a> Regarding Bukowski's enduring popular appeal, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kirsch" target="_blank">Adam Kirsch</a> of <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker" target="_blank">The New Yorker</a></em> wrote, "the secret of Bukowski's appeal. . . [is that] he combines the confessional poet's promise of intimacy with the larger-than-life aplomb of a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_magazine" target="_blank">pulp-fiction</a> hero.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Catatonic, post: 1547368, member: 7966"] What's Bukowski, one may ask? One level above Romance novels it seems. [B]Henry Charles Bukowski[/B] (born [B]Heinrich Karl Bukowski[/B]; August 16, 1920 – March 9, 1994) was a German-born American poet, novelist, and short story writer. His writing was influenced by the social, cultural, and economic ambience of his home city of [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles']Los Angeles[/URL].[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski#cite_note-Bukowski.2C_Charles-4'][4][/URL] His work addresses the ordinary lives of poor Americans, the act of writing, [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol']alcohol[/URL], relationships with women, and the drudgery of work. Bukowski wrote thousands of poems, hundreds of short stories and six novels, eventually publishing over sixty books. In 1986 [I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_(magazine)']Time[/URL][/I] called Bukowski a "laureate of American lowlife".[URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bukowski#cite_note-6'][6][/URL] Regarding Bukowski's enduring popular appeal, [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kirsch']Adam Kirsch[/URL] of [I][URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Yorker']The New Yorker[/URL][/I] wrote, "the secret of Bukowski's appeal. . . [is that] he combines the confessional poet's promise of intimacy with the larger-than-life aplomb of a [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulp_magazine']pulp-fiction[/URL] hero. [/QUOTE]
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