Charles Bukowski

A Bukowski playlist A Bukowski playlist
Four poems and an interview from Charles Bukowski
Who was John Fante? Who was John Fante?
The Italian American author of "Ask the Dust" was the quintessential L.A. writer, a big brother to the Beats and the voice of immigrant America.
The sound bite and the fury The sound bite and the fury
Literary bad boy James Frey says Dave Eggers can eat his dust. His self-promotion is tiresome, but his addiction memoir, "A Million Little Pieces," shows he has the right stuff.
Shane MacGowan Shane MacGowan
The life-embracing, death-defying founder of the Pogues is a king hell drinker, a writer and one of the last of a vanishing breed.
Hark, the audio angel speaks Hark, the audio angel speaks
Listen to Salon Audio's unique gift guide with literary suggestions for grumps, lovers, pranksters and more.
Charles Bukowski
"Run With the Hunted"
Charles Bukowski
Listen to uncensored material from the "Run With the Hunted" sessions.
The man who shot Charles Bukowski The man who shot Charles Bukowski
In Michael Montfort's photographs, L.A.'s late poet laureate of the gutter gets bent and knocks the bejesus out of literary decorum.
Shanghaied in Tinseltown
John Fante was one of America's great writers, encountering equal measures of victory and defeat during a decades-long career. But did Hollywood strangle his talent, or did he do it himself?
"Lovers on the Bridge"
French filmmaker Lios Carax romanticizes the sleaze and squalor of Paris street life.
"Charles Bukowski"
A biography of the lowlife nihilist forgoes the fig leaves.
"She's So Lovely"
'She's So Lovely' is a ridiculously conceived, confusedly executed, morally repugnant film.

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