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    <body><![CDATA[Ah, the real deal. Some beautiful early stuff that you can't find anywhere else. As usual Hank shines through with the word. An excellent addition to a large collection!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[some are horribly redundant---<br/>a good reminder not to write about the same years of your life over and over again.  or, if you do, keep the story consistent.  <br/><br/>but some were beautiful and endearing.<br/><br/>and i like finding new things of his to read...]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p>Charles Bukowski (19201994), one of the most outrageous and controversial figures of twentieth-century American literature, was so prolific that many important pieces were never collected during his lifetime. <em>Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook </em>is a substantial selection of these wide-ranging works, most of which have been unavailable since their original appearance in underground newspapers, literary journals, and even porn magazines. Among the highlights are Bukowski's first published short story, &quot;Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip&quot;; his last short story, &quot;The Other&quot;; his first and last essays; and the first installment of his famous &quot;Notes of a Dirty Old Man&quot; column.</p><p>The book contains meditations on his familiar themes (drinking, horse-racing, etc.) as well as singular discussions of such figures as Artaud, Pound, and the Rolling Stones. Other significant works include the experimental title piece; a fictionalized account of meeting his hero, John Fante (&quot;I Meet the Master&quot;); an unflinching review of Hemingway (&quot;An Old Drunk Who Ran Out of Luck&quot;); the intense, autobiographical &quot;Dirty Old Man Confesses&quot;; and several discussions of his aesthetics (&quot;A Rambling Essay on Poetics and the Bleeding Life Written While Drinking a Six-Pack [Tall],&quot; &quot;In Defense of a Certain Type of Poetry, a Certain Type of Life, a Certain Type of Blood-Filled Creature Who Will Someday Die,&quot; and &quot;Upon the Mathematics of the Breath and the Way&quot;). What is ultimately revealed is an unexpectedly learned mind behind his seemingly off hand productions.</p><p><em>Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook </em>is essential reading for Bukowski fans, as well as a good introduction for new readers of this innovative, unconventional writer.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[B knows I love Bukowski and gave me this for x-mas.<br/><br/>(Which is exactly why, if I'm gonna read it, I should probably get it over with now.)<br/><br/>(Except that I really can't handle it right now. I love you Bukowski, but I'll have to read this later.)]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p>Charles Bukowski (19201994), one of the most outrageous and controversial figures of twentieth-century American literature, was so prolific that many important pieces were never collected during his lifetime. <em>Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook </em>is a substantial selection of these wide-ranging works, most of which have been unavailable since their original appearance in underground newspapers, literary journals, and even porn magazines. Among the highlights are Bukowski's first published short story, &quot;Aftermath of a Lengthy Rejection Slip&quot;; his last short story, &quot;The Other&quot;; his first and last essays; and the first installment of his famous &quot;Notes of a Dirty Old Man&quot; column.</p><p>The book contains meditations on his familiar themes (drinking, horse-racing, etc.) as well as singular discussions of such figures as Artaud, Pound, and the Rolling Stones. Other significant works include the experimental title piece; a fictionalized account of meeting his hero, John Fante (&quot;I Meet the Master&quot;); an unflinching review of Hemingway (&quot;An Old Drunk Who Ran Out of Luck&quot;); the intense, autobiographical &quot;Dirty Old Man Confesses&quot;; and several discussions of his aesthetics (&quot;A Rambling Essay on Poetics and the Bleeding Life Written While Drinking a Six-Pack [Tall],&quot; &quot;In Defense of a Certain Type of Poetry, a Certain Type of Life, a Certain Type of Blood-Filled Creature Who Will Someday Die,&quot; and &quot;Upon the Mathematics of the Breath and the Way&quot;). What is ultimately revealed is an unexpectedly learned mind behind his seemingly off hand productions.</p><p><em>Portions from a Wine-Stained Notebook </em>is essential reading for Bukowski fans, as well as a good introduction for new readers of this innovative, unconventional writer.</p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm just skipping around reading bit and pieces.]]></body>
    
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