Los Angeles Times

Remembering Bukowski with O.C.’s ‘poet grandfather’

I am not a writer of prose. This is not an article, an anecdote or short story. It is simply the imperfect account of an evening from several points of view. So begins the document that Lee Mallory ...
Los Angeles Times

‘Bukowski’ explores a poet’s life on and between the margins

John Dullaghan’s “Bukowski: Born Into This” accomplishes beautifully what it sets out to do, which is to reveal the man behind the crusty, hard-drinking, tough-talking persona Charles Bukowski so ...
Fast Company

Charles Bukowski: poet, Twitter punch line—and internet visionary

Social media users are again debating the merits of Charles Bukowski, the late Los Angeles-based writer known for his poetry describing a coarse, often boorish version of American masculinity replete ...
Los Angeles Times

Huntington Library to offer the first look at its Charles Bukowski collection with ‘Poet on the Edge’ exhibit

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The Huntington Library in San Marino, known as the home of ...
Yahoo

‘You Never Had It: An Evening with Charles Bukowski’ Review: The Author and Poet, Lubricated and in Full Cry

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Charles Bukowski, the legendary gutter-rat-of-Los-Angeles author and poet, had such a pungent public image — the raw-meat face, ...
Los Angeles Times

Celebrating Charles Bukowski, ‘poet laureate of L.A. lowlife’

Charles Bukowski was called many things: “poet laureate of L.A. lowlife,” “the enfant terrible of the Meat School poets,” “the prophet of the underemployed” and “a flamboyant provincial.” Those ...
LAist

A Gorilla reads a Bukowski Poem

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Charles Bukowski wasn't *just* a beer ...
The Desert Sun

Valley Voice: Charles Bukowski was a bold, iconic poet for our 'crazy' desert

The legendary poet and writer, Charles Bukowski (August 16, 1920–March 9, 1994), a rough-and-ready representative of authenticity — whose centennial birthday was Monday — had a Palm Springs-based aunt ...
Los Angeles Times

Poet Bukowski feted 20 years after his death — at dive bar, of course

Charles Bukowski was known for his drinking as much as his poetry. So maybe, the man Time magazine once described as “the laureate of lowlife,” would have approved of a 20th-anniversary memorial held ...