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Yet, by the time of his death last march he had sold over one and a half million copies of 46 volumes of poetry and pros works which have been translated into 20. Poet, novelist, and shortstory writer charles bukowski 1920 1994 was known for his crude and evocative poetry and. Open city magazine, robert stone, charles bukowski, jonathan ames, rivka galchen, said shirazi published by open city books 2008 isbn 10. Henry charles bukowski born heinrich karl bukowski. Over the years i stumbled over a couple of places on the net, where you can read large bodies of bukowskiwork up to whole novels online. It is marked by an emphasis on the ordinary lives of poor americans, the. Poet, novelist, and shortstory writer charles bukowski 19201994 was known for his crude and evocative poetry and. Jamile vasconcelos is currently reading it dec 19, east dane designer mens fashion. The poetry was terrible, the body and the madness werent. The 5 best charles bukowski poetry books owlcation. Bukowski poems, stories, articles and interviews interviews.