Confessions of a Man Insane Enough to Live with Beasts, first published in South of No North (1973). Once again Charles Bukowski explores the depths of his alcoholism. The story itself is based on a near-fatal 1954 internal hemorrhage that almost killed Bukowski, painting a picture of drinking not as a pleasure, but as dark…
Bop Bop Against That Curtain by Charles Bukowski is from the fall 1975 issue of Arcade, The Comics Review #3, complete with Robert Crumb illustrations. Both underground legends from the 60s and beyond, Bukowski and Crumb did not collaborate much, but when they did it was explosive. Some say the character Mr. Natural was even…
Released in 1995 and directed by Richard Sears, An Evil Town was a big winner both at Cannes and the New York Underground Film Festival. The short film is based on the story of the same name by Charles Bukowski. Buk is also credited as a screenwriter on the film. Watch the film on YouTube.com.…
In Life in a Texas Whorehouse by Charles Bukowski, the author opens with, “I got off the bus in this place in Texas and it was cold and I was constipated.” Eventually, in just a few days, he manages a bowel movement: “I went back to the hotel, got hold of a pint of whiskey and…
There are a lot of great Bukowski quotes, but we particularly like this one. Bukowski wrote novels, short story collections and poetry. Check out his books at Amazon.com See more Charles Bukowski right here on Flashbytes… Charles Bukowski is one of America’s most outrageous authors of poetry and prose, and, many would claim,…
