{"product_id":"pleasures-of-the-damned-poems-1951-1993","title":"Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles.\"--Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels.\"--Leonard Cohen, songwriter\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Pleasures of the Damned features selected later poetry of Charles Bukowski, America's most influential poet.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo his legions of fans, Charles Bukowski was--and remains--a counterculture icon. A hard-drinking wild man of literature, a stubborn outsider to the poetry world, he struck a chord with generations of readers, writing raw, tough poetry about booze, work, and women, that spoke to his fans as \"real\" and, like the work of the Beats, even dangerous.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Pleasures of the Damned \u003c\/em\u003eis a selection of the best works of Bukowski's later years, edited by John Martin of Black Sparrow Press, including the last of his new, never-before-published poems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charles Bukowski","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43793363861546,"sku":"9780061228445","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0690\/0891\/6522\/files\/pleasures-of-the-damned-poems-1951-1993-7094955.jpg?v=1762149727","url":"https:\/\/thepoetryshop.com\/products\/pleasures-of-the-damned-poems-1951-1993","provider":"The Poetry Shop LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}