Bukowski fans: are we negative?

taxidriver

taxidriver

I'm Back!

I'm now at Binghamton University in Binghamton, NY and I've exposed a few people to Bukowski through South of No North. Most of them have agreed that Bukowski is a badass and that he isn't exactly the happiest writer in history.I really need to get some of my other books to campus so that I can show people a larger variety of Bukowski's work.
 
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Bjørn

Thanks

Thanks guys, i will be hanging around here in one negative piece from now:)
You can call me Bjorn, my name means Bear in norwegian.
Really looking forward to learn new stuff and talk to other bukowski fans on this forum.

Have a great weekend!
 
K

Kalli

bospress.net said:
...what is the name of the store? The owner could be on this forum.
Cleveland is a great town. I need to get back there soon.
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The name of the store is Visible Voice Bookstore. And I'm so glad a few private bookstores still exist--this is a great place and a great place to shop/browse--so much better than a big box. (See, Buk fans aren't negative...)
 
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Liuba

Bjørn said:
I`m new here...
Ciao
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Ciao. I'm new to Bukowski too and was introduced to him by a work mate and it turned out i was the only one who hadn't heard of him. My work mates were very enthusiatic of his work infact i've not heard any negativity about his writing. I've never given a fuck bout what people think neither had Bukowski. We are now living in an era where people can do what ever they like (western society) and no one bats an eye lid but in his day everything was so much more difficult! Living in Rome can be difficult as religion rules many souls and even telling peole your atheist can cause hyper ventilation but it's their problem right ?I don't deal with people who don't tell the truth..it's a modern disease to tell the truth these days. One things for sure it's very hard to find any Bukowski books in original language here.
 
ROC

ROC

It is what it is
Liuba said:
One things for sure it's very hard to find any Bukowski books in original language here.
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Ever heard of the internet?
Most everything you could ever want - in english too, if you like.

Amazon and/or ABE might be a start.
 
bospress.net

bospress.net

www.bospress.net
If you don't trust that you can order something and actually get it then I think that there could be a problem. I have send things all over the world and have only had one lost item in 10 years and probably 20,000 mailings.
 
mjp

mjp

Founding member
I think the Italian postal system may be a different beast altogether. I have heard some horror stories. A little distrust may be called for. Ha.
 
Bukfan

Bukfan

"The law is wrong; I am right"
Liuba said:
One things for sure it's very hard to find any Bukowski books in original language here.
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Surely, there must be an English bookshop in Rome or at least a bookstore with a section for English books. All major European cities has such a place. I'm sure Rome must have one too...
 
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number6horse

number6horse

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To me, Buk was neither positive nor negative. He was a realist.

However, I think of him as a "victorious/honorable" realist because of the fact that he never flinched. And survived. And in fact, prospered to become an old man lighting cigars in his upstairs study near the harbor and blowing smoke rings in between poems at the age of 70. Life punched. He counter-punched and won.

So maybe that puts me in the positive camp ?

yep
 
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