/lit/ - Literature

>>21663753
spot on. comparing chomsky to sowell is like comparing james joyce to stan lee

any enemy of god is friend of mine

Bukowski is what it looks like to write sans any pretension. Its like defying gravity, yet he does so without even consciously trying.
His poems have a zen like directness, paring away anything unnecessary. His poetry is effortless, sublime, honest to the bone.

He is an amazing writer and the only reason academia ignores him is because he's white, working class and not pc

One of the greatest american poets, tho incels here will hate on him just cause he got more pussy as an old man than they ever will.

>>6473887
Emerson is more quotable, but Thoreau walked the walk.

>>6108475
>You find Buk when you need him. I needed him badly, he helped to save my life.

This.

There is a rumor about him that he is a reincarnated Indian Holy Man, who came back to help others through heir pain.