Charles Bukowski

Sifting Through the Madness for the Word, the Line, the Way is a poetry book written by Charles Bukowski.

Slouching Toward Nirvana is a poetry book written by Charles Bukowski.

With Bukowski, the votes are still coming in. There seems to be no middle ground—people seem either to love him or hate him. Tales of his own life and doings are as wild and weird as the very stories he writes. In a sense, Bukowski was a legend in his time . . . a madman, a recluse, a lover . . . tender, vicious . . . …