/lit/ - Literature

Is he good?

how do I become a modern day bukowski? I feel like it's harder nowadays, since there's social media and internet which doesn't seem like something he would be keen on, there also no small magazines that publish short stories anymore. and it's harder to change jobs and living places as fast as he did nowadays

after 7 years, it's still this guy

I'd like your honest opinions on this guy. I've been really underwhelmed with his work and I'm curious who feels the same.

> WWII rapebaby effortlessly shitposts his way into the literary world
> Drunken and horny gambler humanizes his characters and human experience through natural language better than authors far more educated and pedigreed than himself

Is real life experience and honesty the lost art of writers today? Why is Charles Bukowski so talented?

How can one man be so based just lmao

Is Bukowski a meme?

If not, what works of his should I read?