/lit/ - Literature

I would like to read something of Bukowski, any tips? I didnt reed any book from this man yet.

I want to know /lit/'s opinion on Bukowsi.

Do you consider him a good or bad writer, if so, why?

I'm thinking of reading Charles Bukowski; where's a good place to start?

Intellectual or worthless teenage angst?

Where would someone start with Bukowski? I see some hate about him here every so often. Is he worth reading?

Where do you start with Bukowski?

So,

Bukowski.


What book do I start with/what order to read him in?

Let's talk poetry /lit/. Who's your favorite poet/what's your favorite poem?

One of my all-time favorites is Dreamlessly by Charles Bukowski, but I also enjoy E.E. Cummings, Pablo Neruda, Sylvia Plath, and T.S. Eliot.

there is enough treachery, hatred violence absurdity in the average
human being to supply any given army on any given day

and the best at murder are those who preach against it
and the best at hate are those who preach love
and the best at war finally are those who preach peace

those who preach god, need god
those who preach peace do not have peace
those who preach peace do not have love

beware the preachers
beware the knowers
beware those who are always reading books
beware those who either detest poverty
or are proud of it
beware those quick to praise
for they need praise in return
beware those who are quick to censor
they are afraid of what they do not know
beware those who seek constant crowds for
they are nothing alone
beware the average man the average woman
beware their love, their love is average
seeks average

but there is genius in their hatred
there is enough genius in their hatred to kill you
to kill anybody
not wanting solitude
not understanding solitude
they will attempt to destroy anything
that differs from their own
not being able to create art
they will not understand art
they will consider their failure as creators
only as a failure of the world
not being able to love fully
they will believe your love incomplete
and then they will hate you
and their hatred will be perfect

like a shining diamond
like a knife
like a mountain
like a tiger
like hemlock

their finest art

Why is Bukowski so dreamy? Why can I relate to his works so well?

How are Bukowski's novels?

Why is is to hard to find a torrent of them?

So I want to get into Bukowski,
Where do I start?

>drink all the fucking time

hey /lit/ just getting into charles bukowski,what would be the best book to start with?

where to start? best? worst?

So what's the deal with Charles Bukowski?

Bukowski. Where do I start? What are his essentials?

Hey lit, Charles Bukowski here. What's your opinion of me?

http://oldpoetry.com/opoem/43542-Charles-Bukowski-So-You-Want-To-Be-A-Writer

/lit/ tell me a Bukowski to read
Novel preferred, but I"ll accept a collection of stories or poems

This guy only got famous because he looks like a rodeo cowboy

This is the man most people that frequent this board can relate to.

A challenger Appears!

just wanted to stop by and say Bukowski is the best author of the 20th century

that is all