Kim Addonizio if the author of a new memoir/collection of essays, Bukowski in a Sundress, as well as a new book of poetry, Mortal Trash. She discusses both books, as well as an earlier collection of ...
Arizona Daily Sun: Words That Work: Plans A to E of a writer’s life in Kim Addonizio’s 'Bukowski in a Sundress'
Words That Work: Plans A to E of a writer’s life in Kim Addonizio’s 'Bukowski in a Sundress'
Bukowski was born Heinrich Karl Bukowski in Andernach, Prussia, Weimar Germany. His father was Heinrich (Henry) Bukowski, an American of German descent who had served in the U.S. army of occupation after World War I and had remained in Germany after his army service.
Charles Bukowski was a prolific underground writer who used his poetry and prose to depict the depravity of urban life and the downtrodden in American society. A cult hero, Bukowski relied on experience, emotion, and imagination in his work, using direct language and violent and sexual imagery.
Charles Bukowski (born , Andernach, Germany—died , San Pedro, California, U.S.) was an American author noted for his use of violent images and graphic language in poetry and fiction that depict survival in a corrupt, blighted society.
Throughout his lifetime, Bukowski wrote over 5,000 poems and stories. While Charles Bukowski died on , his influence on modern poetry continues to be felt, despite his epitaph: Don't try. After Bukowski's death, Black Sparrow Press continued to release new poetry collections.
The late, great American writer Henry Charles Bukowski, Jr. was once called the “human embodiment of a raised middle finger”—an analogy that Bukowski would probably have welcomed, or possibly...