Raw confessional poems on love, sex, booze, and loneliness in Bukowski’s gritty, unfiltered voice.
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Raw confessional poems on love, sex, booze, and loneliness in Bukowski’s gritty, unfiltered voice.
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Charles Bukowski is one of America's best-known contemporary writers of poetry and prose, and, many would claim, its most influential and imitated poet. He was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles, where he lived for fifty years. He published his first story in 1944, when he was twenty-four, and began writing poetry at the age of thirty-five. He died in San Pedro, California, on March 9, 1994, at the age of seventy-three, shortly after completing his last novel, Pulp (1994).
What's Inside
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Sexual content
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Frequent explicit sex; graphic lust, affairs, and sexual encounters
Violence & gore
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Recurring physical violence, especially directed at women
Profanity
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Pervasive strong profanity and crude vulgar language throughout
Substance use
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Heavy drinking and alcoholism central; drug binges depicted
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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Magic & witchcraft
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No fantasy magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Recurring outsider masculinity, misogyny, and social alienation themes
Self-harm / suicide
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Suicidal ideation and self-loathing recur across poems
Abuse & suffering
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Domestic abuse; sexual violence; explicit desire toward minors; rape
Other
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