Chantel's review
Love Is a Dog from Hell: Poems, 1974-1977
by Charles Bukowski
Chantel's review
Love Is a Dog from Hell: Poems, 1974-1977 by Charles Bukowski
Chantel's review
rating:
bookshelves:
poetry
recommended for: people who love words
My friend Butch gave me my copy of this book. I am a Bukowski fan since about 1997, but this is the first book of his that I have owned.
I feel a real tension about liking Bukowski's work. On the one hand, he is a wordsmith, putting words together in ways that are lovely and exciting and unique. The man could write poetry. I also appreciate the fact that he was a working class working man for many years of his life. However, so many of his poems are misogynistic. He seems to think that all women are either wives or whores, and he doesn't seem to like either very much.
What's a poetry lover to do?
I feel a real tension about liking Bukowski's work. On the one hand, he is a wordsmith, putting words together in ways that are lovely and exciting and unique. The man could write poetry. I also appreciate the fact that he was a working class working man for many years of his life. However, so many of his poems are misogynistic. He seems to think that all women are either wives or whores, and he doesn't seem to like either very much.
What's a poetry lover to do?
