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The Professor and the Poet: Charles Bukowski and Wormwood Review

The Professor and the Poet: Charles Bukowski an...

Michael Sharon

Over the course of his career, Charles Bukowski submitted his work to hundreds of different magazines and newspapers. While his most prolific submissions took place during the 1960s and 1970s,...

The Professor and the Poet: Charles Bukowski an...

Michael Sharon

Over the course of his career, Charles Bukowski submitted his work to hundreds of different magazines and newspapers. While his most prolific submissions took place during the 1960s and 1970s,...

Happy Birthday Henry Chinaski! Bukowski's Literary Twin Turns 60

Happy Birthday Henry Chinaski! Bukowski's Liter...

Michael Sharon

Chinaski made his debut in 1965's Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts, Bukowski's first book of prose Although Charles Bukowski’s first two published works were short...

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Happy Birthday Henry Chinaski! Bukowski's Liter...

Michael Sharon

Chinaski made his debut in 1965's Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts, Bukowski's first book of prose Although Charles Bukowski’s first two published works were short...

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His Wife the Painter Charles Bukowski Broadside

His Wife The Painter: Charles Bukowski’s First ...

Michael Sharon

This month marks the 65th anniversary of Charles Bukowski’s first seperate publication, His Wife the Painter. While most collectors associate the broadside with E.V. Griffith’s portfolio Coffin 1, the poem was...

His Wife The Painter: Charles Bukowski’s First ...

Michael Sharon

This month marks the 65th anniversary of Charles Bukowski’s first seperate publication, His Wife the Painter. While most collectors associate the broadside with E.V. Griffith’s portfolio Coffin 1, the poem was...

Rediscovered Charles Bukowski Reading: Maryland Institute College of Art (1975)

Rediscovered Charles Bukowski Reading: Maryland...

Michael Sharon

Over the years, I’ve occasionally heard references to a video of a Bukowski reading filmed by Francis Hogan Brown. The title is listed in the University of Southern California Special...

Rediscovered Charles Bukowski Reading: Maryland...

Michael Sharon

Over the years, I’ve occasionally heard references to a video of a Bukowski reading filmed by Francis Hogan Brown. The title is listed in the University of Southern California Special...

Fire Station: 55 Years Later the Quire Still Burns

Fire Station: 55 Years Later the Quire Still Burns

Michael Sharon

Published in March 1970 by Capra Press, Fire Station holds a unique place in the bibliography of Charles Bukowski. Produced in both hardcover and softcover editions “by special arrangement with...

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Fire Station: 55 Years Later the Quire Still Burns

Michael Sharon

Published in March 1970 by Capra Press, Fire Station holds a unique place in the bibliography of Charles Bukowski. Produced in both hardcover and softcover editions “by special arrangement with...

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SUNLIGHT COMING DOWN: THE EARLY CHAPBOOKS OF CHARLES BUKOWSKI

SUNLIGHT COMING DOWN: THE EARLY CHAPBOOKS OF CH...

Michael Sharon

Some editors were so taken by Bukowski’s poetry that they not only championed him in their little magazines, but they also published Bukowski-only chapbooks in an attempt to consolidate the...

SUNLIGHT COMING DOWN: THE EARLY CHAPBOOKS OF CH...

Michael Sharon

Some editors were so taken by Bukowski’s poetry that they not only championed him in their little magazines, but they also published Bukowski-only chapbooks in an attempt to consolidate the...