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    well, i finally watched it

    one of the most boring films i have ever seen-no risk -no humour totally un-Bukowski.Think they were trying hard to be PC (for a so called modern audience maybe)-also whoever made the film has obvoiusly not read a great deal of Bukowski becuase it was...
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    new Bukowski web site-Bukowski's Goatee

    Here is an advert for Bukowski's Goatee Not any more it isn't. -mjp
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    buk on popular music

    I know he could not work out why everyone was going crazy about the Beatles-forgot where i read it.
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    poems-visit Bukowski's goatee now

    Edit: acky, we don't do poetry posts in these forums. You can pimp your goatee site in your signature, but it has to be in a post that isn't only pimping your site (or your poetry). Note that this "no personal poetry" policy has been in effect from day one, with the exception of one thread of...
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    What other writers have you read because Bukowski told you so?

    Oh right Cirerita-have read most of his books-except a few recent ones.Must have forgot him mentioning them in other poems-it's a wonder they did not get a mention in the "Sunlight here i am book" (which is well worth getting).i wonder how Buk first got...
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    What other writers have you read because Bukowski told you so?

    Chatterton and Villon Thanks for the cattulus link. Thier are another couple of poets who i think he only mentions once in the poem "Object Lesson" on page 82 of The Roominghouse Madrigals (early poems 1946-1966).They are Francois Villon 1431-14 ? who can be found by going to...
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    What other writers have you read because Bukowski told you so?

    Buks favorite authors and composers Heres a further list of authors who Buk liked-taken page xii of the book "Charles Bukowski :Sunlight Here I am" edited by David Stephen Calonne which is well worth getting and contains key interviews at different stages...
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    What other writers have you read because Bukowski told you so?

    magnus mills "the restraint of beasts" another writer I am sure Buk would have liked is called Magnus Mills because he is very very funny and a great no bullshit writer.Although i do not know if you Americans would get the english sense of humour but...
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    What other writers have you read because Bukowski told you so?

    also think Buk would have liked the english authors Irvine Welsh of "Train spotting" fame and the scottish writer James Kellman (his best i think is called "A Dissafection") i asume you can get them in the USA somehow ? They are well worth checking out...
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    What other writers have you read because Bukowski told you so?

    Carson McCullers-the heart is a lonley hunter one book you all forgot to mention and which Buk loved (and said was the greatest book written by a woman) is Carson McCuller's "The heart is a lonley hunter" have read it and it is brilliant. Submitt...
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    what poem is this from ?

    Help ! -bought a Bukowski Tshirt a while ago-it has some lines from a poem on it.Does anyone know the poem and where it can be found ? Here are the lines "no plans no hope no control just four walls a drink in hand and de spair" thanks ack and...
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    new Bukowski poetry web site

    Hi folks,thought you might like to know that i have just set up a new MSN web site dedicated to the poetry and storys of Bukowski.Am looking for any poetry or storys inspired or related to the work of Bukowski.You can join and post your poems and...
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