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Urban Waite: IMG The Dark Side

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Every night after I finish work, I sit down to write this essay, and every night I fail. And failure, believe it or not, is one of the best things... Continue »
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Screams from the Balcony: Selected Letters, 1960-1970

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A must for any fan, Bukowski's letters in Screams from the Balcony show his guts and inner workings as he strove to succeed as a writer on his own terms and with no compromises. Stark. Frank. Drunk. Funny, at times. Brutally honest.
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Screams from the Balcony is a collection of letters chronicling Charles Bukowski's life as he tries to get published and work at a postal office, all while drinking and gambling.
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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.
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ISBN:
9780876859148
Other:
Bukowski, Charles
Publisher:
Ecco Press
Author:
Bukowski, Charles
Author:
by Charles Bukowski
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Poetry
Subject:
Authors, American
Subject:
Letters
Subject:
Correspondence
Subject:
Bukowski, charles, 1921-1994
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Authors, American -- 20th century.
Subject:
Bukowski, Charles - Correspondence
Subject:
Biography-Literary
Copyright:
2002
Edition Description:
Trade PB
Publication Date:
20020531
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
8.93x5.93x.98 in. .99 lbs.
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A must for any fan, Bukowski's letters in Screams from the Balcony show his guts and inner workings as he strove to succeed as a writer on his own terms and with no compromises. Stark. Frank. Drunk. Funny, at times. Brutally honest.

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