Description
Print: Currently pursuing placement of an excerpt in Playboy. Will look for more excerpt opportunities, especially for the previously unpublished stories. NY Times, LA Times, SF Chronicle, Washington Post, Toronto Globe & Mail, LA Weekly, LA Magazine, Beat Scene, Chicago Sun Times, Chicago Tribune, NYRB, TLS, Newsweek, Time, New Yorker, Nylon, GQ, Esquire, Maxim, Men's Journal, Men's Vogue, Penthouse, Playboy, Hustler Web: Bukowski.net, The Rumpus.net, Nerve.com, CollectingBukowski.com, Elegant Variation, Identity Theory, and other literary sites and blogs Academic: AWP, MLA, CBSD's Poetry and Lit Subject Catalog
About the Author
Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach, Germany in 1920 and brought to Los Angeles at age three. Using the city as a backdrop for his work, Bukowski wrote prolifically, publishing over fifty volumes of poetry and prose. He died in San Pedro, California on March 9, 1994. His books are widely translated and posthumous volumes continue to appear. David Calonne is the editor of a previous book of uncollected Bukowski, Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook, as well as a volume of interviews, Charles Bukowski: Sunshine Here I Am. He presently teaches at East Michigan University. David Calonne is the editor of a previous book of uncollected Bukowski, Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook, as well as a volume of interviews, Charles Bukowski: Sunshine Here I Am. He presently teaches at East Michigan University.
Reviews
"Charles Bukowski, the late poet best known for his odes to sex, booze and general skid-row squalor, turns reflective in much of Absence of the Hero: Uncollected Stories and Essays, Vol. 2: 1946-1992. In one piece, titled "He Beats His Women," Bukowski touches on a visit to these parts: 'The only time I read in San Francisco, 800 people arrived and 100 of those arrived with buckets of garbage to throw at me. At 2 bucks a head, that garbage didn't smell too bad.'"--San Francisco Chronicle "When Bukowski sat down at his trusted Underwood typewriter to 'play the piano,' it was the only time in his life he felt immortal, with every word painstakingly chosen and direct from the gut. If you haven't had the pleasure of digging into one of his already published works, these easily digestible stories are a perfect starting point."--Johnson Cummins, The Montreal Mirror "Even after he published more than 50 books, Bukowski (1920-1994) left behind dozens of unpublished stories and essays. U.S. American literature scholar Calonne, who also edited Vol. 1 of Bukowski's unpublished works, provides an informative and informed introduction and a useful set of notes."--The Toronto Globe and Mail "But unlike 'Exit to Brooklyn' and other erotically charged American tales of urban horror and desperation, many of Bukowski's short stories actually leave one with a warm glow, whether from reluctant but real love, brilliant delineation of sociological phenomena in America or, once in a while, juicy science fiction."--Adam Perry, Boulder Weekly "Charles Bukowski, prophet of the lost, deacon of the mean and insane...In Absence of the Hero, City Lights' second posthumous volume of uncollected stories and essays, we're given samples spanning almost his entire career. There are moments of brilliance and flickers of light..."--Chico News and Review "City Lights take their Bukowski uncollected stories and essays seriously and David Calonne has meticulously assembled and documented the two volumes of this series...this is essential reading for every Bukophile."--Bold Monkey "[Bukowski] seems to be one of those rare writers who learns not by emulating a given model but by reading his own stuff as he writes and rediscovering for himself the dignity of form...A low-life raconteur and a dimestore perv, Bukowski was the life of the party night after night. When you open any of his books, that party goes on."--Said Shirazi, Fifth Wednesday Journal
Book Information
ISBN 9780872865310
Author Charles Bukowski
Format Paperback
Page Count 300
Imprint City Lights Books
Publisher City Lights Books
Weight(grams) 411g