Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993

Name: Pleasures of the Damned: Poems, 1951-1993
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by Charles Bukowski

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"The Walt Whitman of Los Angeles."--Joyce Carol Oates, bestselling author

"He brought everybody down to earth, even the angels."--Leonard Cohen, songwriter

The Pleasures of the Damned features selected later poetry of Charles Bukowski, America's most influential poet.

To 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.

The Pleasures of the Damned is 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.

Publisher:: Ecco Press
ISBN:: 9780061228445
Binding:: Paperback
Pages:: 576
Authors:: Charles Bukowski
Published Date:: 2008-12-02
Language:: English

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About Charles Bukowski

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) was born in Andernach, Germany, and raised in Los Angeles. He wrote poetry, fiction, and memoir. After years employed at the Los Angeles post office, he left to write his first novel, Post Office (Black Sparrow Press, 1971). His poetry collections include Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame: Selected Poems 1955–1973 (Black Sparrow Press, 1974) and Love Is a Dog from Hell (Black Sparrow Press, 1977). He published most of his work with Black Sparrow Press and remains among the most widely read American poets internationally.

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