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Beerspit Night and Cursing
Unmasks the tough, street-smart persona of Charles Bukowski--America's "Ultimate Outsider" Amazing letters filled with passionate, literary, and personal observation Insights into the author of "Tales of Ordinary Madness," "Notes of a Dirty Old Man," and "Run with the Hunted" Insights into Sheri Martinelli: the protege of Anais Nin,
...moreHardcover, 300 pages
Published
June 5th 2001
by Ecco Press
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Fascinating because of the two clear divisions in the book. The letters Bukowski wrote to Martinelli BEFORE he realized he wasn't going to get in her pants, and then the letters after that sad realization.
At first Buk is a praise-horse that Sheri can ride around, and he hardly chides her at all on her incredibly pretentious writing style (which can best be described as a cell phone text message of some 2000 words) and even goes along with her when (c'mon, Buk!) she starts honestly t...more
At first Buk is a praise-horse that Sheri can ride around, and he hardly chides her at all on her incredibly pretentious writing style (which can best be described as a cell phone text message of some 2000 words) and even goes along with her when (c'mon, Buk!) she starts honestly t...more
These are some interesting letters to read and I think they show a fairly different side of Bukowski, but they didn't entertain me as much as the ones in the "Living on Luck" series. I think that the relationship between Bukowski and Martinelli was so close that there are gaps in the conversation that they did not need filled that I do. Still fascinating to read, but perhaps not as entertaining as the aforementioned other series. I did find it interesting to find out that Martinelli...more
brilliant.
This book of correspondence between the the great poet and a woman who in the annals of time has gone down as a relative unknown, but in the moment served as muse to many creative people, is outstanding and intimate.
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Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach, Germany on August 16, 1920, the only child of an American soldier and a German mother. At the age of three, he came with his family to the United States and grew up in Los Angeles. He attended Los Angeles City College from 1939 to 1941, then left school and moved to New York City to become a writer. His lack of publishing success at this time caused him to g...more
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