BOOK 179: ON WRITING: CHARLES BUKOWSKI
Sharp and moving reflections and
ruminations on the artistry and craft of writing from one of our most
iconoclastic, riveting, and celebrated masters.
Charles Bukowski’s stories, poems,
and novels have left an enduring mark on our culture. In this collection of
correspondence—letters to publishers, editors, friends, and fellow writers—the
writer shares his insights on the art of creation.
On Writing reveals
an artist brutally frank about the drudgery of work and canny and
uncompromising about the absurdities of life—and of art. It illuminates the
hard-edged, complex humanity of a true American legend and counterculture
icon—the “laureate of American lowlife” (Time)—who stoically recorded
society’s downtrodden and depraved. It exposes an artist grounded in the
visceral, whose work reverberates with his central ideal: “Don't try.”
Piercing, poignant, and often
hilarious, On Writing is filled not only with memorable lines
but also with Bukowski’s trademark toughness, leavened with moments of grace,
pathos, and intimacy.
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